Immerse yourself in the Tuscan countryside, and get hands-on during this authentic cooking course designed to introduce you to the aromas, flavours and traditions of the Italian famous cuisine. You will prepare an special five-course meal at our boutique cooking studio using cherished family recipes and garden-fresh ingredients that honour the seasons. The menu is usually Mediterranean/Tuscan and it can be tailored to the guests taste. On arrival, you’ll enjoy a delicious steaming cup of vanilla tea or traditional Italian espresso coffee with homemade cake, and receive a brief overview of the lesson of the day. Around noon, you’ll take a break by sipping a glass of wine of the estate: white Trebbiano and red San Giovese, and enjoying the antipasto that you’ve prepared during the first part of the class. After your break, you’ll get back to work in the cucina as you put the finishing touches on your delicious meal before enjoying lunch at around 1.30 pm. Your cooking instructor is a Tuscan native whose passion for cooking started at a very young age in the home of her nonna, who shared her Tuscan family recipes with her, which she’s perfected and now thrilled to share with you
Sample Menu
• Focaccia con la Salvia - Focaccia Bread with Sage Leaves, Picked Fresh From the Kitchen Garden
• Gnocchi di Patate con Sugo di Pomodoro Fresco - Home Made Potato Gnocchi with Fresh Tomato Sauce
• Polpettine al Limone - Lemon Scented Meat Balls
• Pisellini alla Toscana - Tuscan Peas Cooked in the Typical Terracotta Casserole
• Dolce al Cioccolato - Melt in Mouth Chocolate Cake Dusted with Confectioners’ Sugar