This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet your host Alessio at his simple and sunlit apartment and join him at his dining table to enjoy a typical Fiorentino meal in a casual environment. Join your host Alessio in the kitchen of his apartment where he spends most of his time. You will learn to cook a regional Florentine meal from recipes that he has perfected over the years. Your hands-on cooking class will last about 1.5 hours. You will learn to cook three dishes from scratch such as an antipasto, main of meat or a pasta, and a dessert. As you cook together, enjoy learning about the skills and techniques that Alessio has honed over the years before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with him. If there is a specific Fiorentino dish you'd like to learn, please let Alessio know when making your booking and he'd be happy to teach you how to prepare it.
Please note this is not a professional cooking experience in a cooking studio. It is a cooking experience with a bachelor passionate about food in his local Florence apartment.
Sample Menu
• Appetizer of Fiorentino crostini
• Pasta or main - Pasta such as pappardelle ai fungi (mushrooms) or risotto carciofi (artichoke risotto) or main such as ossobuco
• Tuscan bean soup or vegetable side
• Torta della nonna (cream pie) - or Schiacciata alla Fiorentina (orange sponge cake)