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Forestside Cookery School

4.9(68)·From £67.50 - £95.00·2h 30m

From Bread Making and Sourdough to Macarons and Gluten-Free Baking, Forestside Cookery School in Belfast offers comprehensive hands-on classes that span traditional Irish baking and international techniques. This Northern Ireland school welcomes bakers of all abilities across evening and weekend sessions, with options for children, teenagers, adults, and corporate groups.

The Irish bread programme celebrates local traditions with classes like Classic Irish Breads, where you'll master buttermilk fluffy soda farls, stout honey and treacle wheaten bread, and grilled potato farls alongside buttermilk scones. The enriched bread classes teach techniques for brioche, cinnamon rolls with caramel sauce and vanilla icing, plus Japanese-style soft fluffy milk bread. Pizza enthusiasts can choose between the Pizza & Prosecco session featuring artisan-style sourdough pizza with nduja and buffalo mozzarella, or the more comprehensive Sourdough Style Pizza & Sides class covering hand-kneaded biga-style dough and spicy tomato oven-roasted sauce.

The patisserie programme includes a Macaron Masterclass teaching three flavours with bitter chocolate and cherry ganache, lemon and lime curd, and raspberry and vanilla buttercream fillings. The Amazing Meringues class covers raspberry lemon meringue roulade and key lime pie with meringue topping, plus aquafaba meringues as a vegan alternative. Gluten-free bakers learn to create a perfect Victoria sandwich, chewy triple chocolate chip cookies, and fluffy American-style blueberry pancakes. Most baking classes encourage bringing containers home for your creations, with prices from £67.50.

The school suits families through dedicated children's classes, teenagers through joint adult-teen sessions, and offers private hire for corporate events and date nights.

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