| IN FLORENCE |
Cooking course with dinner (groups max 12 people)
An assistant will take you to a picturesque corner of the historical centre through a pleasant walk. You will live a different and involving experience combining food, art and culture. In an equipped kitchen of a characteristic Florentine home, guided by a skilled Chef you will be taught how to prepare a full typical Tuscan menu and to match wines in about 2 and 1/2 hours. The course is followed by dinner where prepared dishes will be served accompanied by matching wines.
Includes: assistant, course, recipes, dinner & drinks
Offered from April 3rd to November 15th on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 5:15 pm / return at around 9:45 pm
Euro 80 per person
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Cooking course with visit to the market (groups max 12 people)
On this course you can learn to cook a typical everyday Tuscan meal, starting off by choosing the ingredients in season. Under the expert guidance of a multilingual chef, you will visit the historic San Lorenzo central market, where you will select the ingredients that you will then use to prepare a four-course meal (starter, first course, second course and dessert) in a top class cookery school. The course will be followed by lunch with the dishes you have prepared, accompanied by a good Tuscan wine and a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Offered from April 7th to November 17th on Monday at 10:00 am / class ends at about 3:00 pm
Euro 85 per person
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Handmade Pasta Cooking Course (groups max 12 people)
On this course you can learn to make your own real fresh pasta following ancient Italian traditions using flour, eggs and other ingredients. Under the expert guidance of a ultilingual chef, you will learn how to make pasta, both using a rolling pin and a pasta machine. You will make three different types of pasta with three different sauces and a typical Italian dessert. The course will be followed by lunch with the dishes you have prepared, accompanied by a good Tuscan wine and a fun and friendly atmosphere.
From April 5th to November 15th on Saturday at 12:00 pm / class ends at about 3:00 pm
Euro 69 per person
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Pizza, Ice-cream and Chocolate Cake cooking course with Dinner (groups max 12 people)
This fun course cannot be missed and you will learn how to prepare the real Neapolitan pizza with dough leavened following the traditional method, the famous homemade Italian Ice cream prepared using natural ingredients and a delicious Dessert with chocolate produced by the best Tuscan chocolate manufacturers.
A dinner with the prepared dishes follows accompanied by good Tuscan wine and a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Offered all year round (except from 12 dec. to 11 jan.) Tuesday, Saturday at 6:30 pm
Euro 59 per person
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Wanna be Italiano? Cooking with Giovanni (groups max 8 people)
Meet chef Giovanni and learn how cook a nice Tuscan meal in the heart of Florence. Classes are offered as a view into a typical Tuscan cuisine. Classes are small and intimate, the chef uses products from this land such as seasonal ingredients, extra virgin olive oil, fresh herbs and produce, all of which are available in
the local markets. You can choose to either join the class early and shop with the chef, or reach the chef after shopping when it's time to start the actual cooking class.
Euro 120 per person (3 hours)
Euro 150 per person including shopping (5 hours)
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Cooking with Daniela at local restaurant (groups max 8 people)
Enjoy a hands on cooking class with chef Daniela at her restaurant situated in the San Friediano quarter. Daniela is a native Florentine. An expert chef, sommelier and owner of two restaurants in Tuscany. Learn typical Tuscan recipes at her central restaurant followed by lunch. Class includes starter, first course, side dish and dessert with recipes. Recipes are based on the season.
Euro 140 per person, 5 hour class
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Cooking with Simonetta & Paola (groups max 6 people)
This course covers traditional, home-style Tuscan and Italian recipes. It takes place in a classic private apartment in central Florence. The classes are held in a friendly atmosphere and you will learn a few secrets from Simonetta and Paola. Participants cook and eat dishes prepared using fresh, natural ingredients. You will prepare a complete meal (4 recipes - appetizers, a pasta dish, a vegetable or meat dish, a dessert) which will be served with a complementing wine.
Euro 130 per person group class (minimum 2 people)
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Visit to an Italian market + food and wine tasting with Simonetta & Paola (groups max 6 people)
An English-speaking guide will take you to discover an Italian food market, with taste of cheese, salami, prosciutto, vegetables, fruit. After this, you will enjoy a typical Italian meal at a private apartment in central Florence. You will learn how to serve extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, Italian cheeses, Tuscan prosciutto, Tuscan bread, focaccia and typical Tuscan dessert. Enjoy Simonetta or Paola share their knowledge and passion for their native land!
Euro 130 per person (minimum 2 people)
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Visit to an Italian market + mini cooking class with Simonetta & Paola (groups max 6 people)
An English-speaking guide will take you to discover an Italian food market, with taste of cheese, salami, prosciutto, vegetables, fruit. After this, you will be driven to a private apartment in central Florence for the cooking class, which covers home-style Tuscan and Italian recipes. You will prepare a complete meal (3 recipes - a pasta dish, a vegetable or meat dish, a dessert) which will be served with a complementing wine.
Euro 180 per person (minimum 2 people)
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Chocolate making and dessert wine tasting (groups max 10 people)
Chocolate….Cioccolato. In any language, chocolate has become synonymous with sophistication, indulgence, romance, and love. In fact, chocolate can almost be considered a language of its own — a familiar tongue yet full of complex subtlety and decadent flavors. Cacao percent. Bean Varietal. Goute-de-terroir. Under our maitre chocolatier guidance you learn the secrets to make up several chocolate dishes, following every stage step by step. Starting from the single ingredients, you learn to blend them into a harmonious whole. Matching the right chocolate and wine is an important consideration, though. Just like a steak should be paired with a strong red wine, chocolate should also be paired with an appropriate taste. It sounds simple perhaps, but there are so many kinds of chocolate; the best gifts incorporating wine and chocolate are ones that carefully pair two complementing tastes with one another.
Euro 285 per person (for 2 to 4 people)
Euro 195 per person (for 5 to 10 people)
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Pastries Secrets (groups max 10 people)
Do your fantasies involve chocolate? Does the mere mention of making exquisite cakes or elegant Tuscan desserts make you tingle? We know your type - and designed this incredible Pastry course specifically for you.
Guided by an inspiring Chef-Instructors, you'll train in small, high-energy classes that are hands-on and exciting. You'll learn to handle a pastry bag with grace, as sophisticated techniques and high-level skills become second nature. And you'll do it all at your own well-equipped workstation with the identical ingredients used in New York's top bakeries and restaurants. This is the caliber of this greedy class. You will also learn how to combine each dessert with a specific wine for enhancing your spectacular desserts and also magnify your experience. It is commonly believed that the sweeter wines will be the natural selection for dessert, while the dry wines are reserved for non-dessert foods. In essence, this is true, but this should not always be the hard and fast rule.
Euro 285 per person (for 2 to 4 people)
Euro 195 per person (for 5 to 10 people)
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| FROM FLORENCE TO CHIANTI |
Pasta Making Experience (groups max 6 people) - pi
Visit a local producer of hand made pasta. Enjoy a tour of the premises situated in the Chianti Hills. Transfer to a local restaurant where you will enjoy a hand made pasta cooking class followed by lunch.
Euro 195 per person (minimum 4 people)
Price includes expert guide and driver, tour at local farm, cooking class and recipes, lunch
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Cooking at a Noble Villa (groups max 6 people) - pi
Transfer just 10km from Florence to a picture perfect property in the Tuscan Hills. Enjoy a tour of the premises that includes a renaissance Villa in immaculate condition. Meet expert chef for a hands on cooking class followed by lunch.
Euro 225 per person (minimum 2 people)
Price includes expert guide and driver, hands on cooking class, lunch with wine, recipes and cook book
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Cooking with Maria (groups max 6 people) - pi
Maria is originally from Ireland. Having lived in Tuscany for over 25 years she has grown a passion for authentic Tuscan Fair !Enjoy a hands on cooking class at her historical home, once a medieval watch tower. Ingredients includes fresh vegetables from her garden. Maria will meet you at the train station of Rosano where you will transfer to her home.
Euro 150 per person
Price includes hands on cooking class with lunch, recipes and cook book. Transport is to be paid for separately. You can take a train directly from the central train station to Pontessieve. Maria will pick you up at the Pontessieve train station.
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| IN CHIANTI (Poggio San Polo, 35 kms north east of Siena) |
 Cooking lesson in Chianti + visit to a winery (groups max people)
You will enjoy a day in the Tuscan countryside, combining a cooking class with a visit to a winery. You will take a bus to Greve in Chianti. From there you will be escorted to Podere Le Rose, an evocative stone farmhouse in the hills of Chianti, surrounded by vineyard & olivegroves. The hands-on class covers traditional, home-style Tuscan and Italian recipes. You will prepare a complete meal (5 recipes - appetizers, a pasta dish, a vegetable or meat dish, a dessert) which will be served with a complementing wine. After lunch you will visit a boutique winery estate where you can enjoy wine and oil tastings in the garden. Return to Florence by bus from Greve.
Euro 280 per person
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Hands on cooking class - 5 hours
You will enjoy a day in the Tuscan countryside at Podere Le Rose, an evocative stone farmhouse in the hills of Chianti, surrounded by vineyard & olivegroves. The hands-on class covers traditional, home-style Tuscan and Italian recipes. You will prepare a complete meal (5 recipes - appetizers, a pasta dish, a vegetable or meat dish, a dessert) which will be served with a complementing wine.
Euro 160 per person / per day
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Visit to an Italian market - 5 hours
An English-speaking guide will take you to discover an Italian food market, with taste of cheese, salami, prosciutto, vegetables, fruit. After this, you will enjoy a typical Italian meal at a private apartment in central Florence. You will learn how to serve extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, Italian cheeses, Tuscan prosciutto, Tuscan bread, focaccia and typical Tuscan dessert. Enjoy Simonetta or Paola share their knowledge and passion for their native land!
Takes place on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday morning / from April to November also the first and last Sunday of the month
Euro 160 per person
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Wine tour & food tasting - 4 hours
Guided visit to a winery where you will learn all about wines, from their origin to today's days. An English-speaking guide will take you to discover the Chianti Classico wines and Tuscan oil. After the visit, enjoy lunch at Podere Le Rose with typical Italian products. You will learn how to serve extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread , Italian cheeses, salami, focaccia and typical Tuscan dessert.
Euro 160 per person
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Wine tour & food tasting - 7 hours
Guided visit to 2 wineries where you will learn all about wines, from their origin to today's days. An English-speaking guide will take you to discover the Chianti Classico wines and Tuscan oil. First enjoy a visit to a famous winery, then lunch at Podere Le Rose with typical Italian products. You will learn how to serve extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread , Italian cheeses, salami, focaccia and typical Tuscan dessert. After lunch you will visit a second winery.
Euro 200 per person
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Herbs, vines & olives walking tour - 4 hours
You'll start with aneasy walk in Podere Le Rose organic garden to discover aromatic herbs, different varieties of olive trees, with explanation about how to recognize them and use them. You'll continue the walk through vineyards discovering different vine trees and reach a boutique winery family estate for wine and oil tasting in their garden. You'll go back to Podere Le Rose for a meal and you will learn how to serve extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread, Italian cheeses, salami, Tuscan prosciutto, Tuscan bread, focaccia and typical Tuscan dessert.
Euro 160 per person
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Olive oil lesson & food tasting - 4 hours
Lesson on Italian olive oil with explanations on the varieties of olive trees, olive harvest, olive oil production . You'll walk and see country people during olive harvest to learn how they pick up olives. After a visit to an olive oil mill you will have lunch with typical Italian products. You will learn how to serve extravergin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bread , Italian cheeses, salami, focaccia and typical Tuscan dessert.
Euro 160 per person
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| Packages: |
Mini package 2 day cooking & wine
- 2 Italian hands on Cooking classes with the meal with water, wine, snack with drinks and wine during the lesson
- accommodation with breakfast and dinner every day with various typical Italian products i.e. cheeses and salami with the Italian family de’ Mari (2 nights)
- 1 guided excursion in the Chianti region
- welcome dinner at the De Mari home on the arrival evening
- transfer at the beginning and at the end of the course from/to Greve to/from the accommodation by private car. Greve is connected to Florence by coach
- Toscana Mia apron
- Toscana Mia recipe leaflet
Euro 690 per person
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Mini package 3 day cooking & wine
- 3 Italian hands on Cooking classes with the meal with water and wine
snack with drinks and wine during the lesson
- accommodation with breakfast and dinner every day with various typical Italian products i.e. cheeses and salami with the Italian family de’ Mari (3 nights)
- 1 guided excursion in the Chianti region
- welcome dinner at our home on the arrival evening
- transfer at the beginning and at the end of the course from/to Greve to/from the accommodation by private car Greve is connected to Florence by coach
- Toscana Mia apron
- Toscana Mia recipe book
Euro 930 per person
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| Weekly programs : |
W eekly program A - COOKING & WINE EXCURSIONS
- 5 Italian hands on Cooking classes with the meal with water and wine
snack with drinks and wine during the lesson
- accommodation with breakfast and dinner every day with various typical Italian products i.e. cheeses and salami with the Italian family de’ Mari (5 nights)
- 2 guided excursion in the Chianti region
- welcome dinner at our home on the arrival evening
- transfer at the beginning and at the end of the course from/to Greve to/from the accommodation by private car Greve is connected to Florence by coach
- Toscana Mia apron
- Toscana Mia recipe book
Euro 1520 per person
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 Weekly program B - COOKING & ITALIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES
- 5 Italian hands on Cooking classes with the meal with water and wine
- Italian Language personalized course (2 hours a day), snack with drinks and wine during the lesson
- accommodation with breakfast and dinner every day with various typical Italian products i.e. cheeses and salami with the Italian family de’ Mari (5 nights)
- 2 guided excursion in the Chianti region
- welcome dinner at our home on the arrival evening
- transfer at the beginning and at the end of the course from/to Greve to/from the accommodation by private car Greve is connected to Florence by coach
- Toscana Mia apron
- Toscana Mia recipe book
- Toscana Mia italian language teaching materials
Euro 1829 per person
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SIENA
These courses are designed for people who wish to take an intensive practical course in a relaxed atmosphere while staying in the beautiful city of Siena. You will learn how to prepare a host of versatile Italian dishes with confidence and will gain a greater understanding of how to select and use basic Italian ingredients such as olive oil and spices - skills which you will be able to use at home to impress friends and family alike! During each course clients are given a copy of all the recipes they prepare for future reference. |
 One day private cooking class
1 person: Euro 240
2 people: Euro 175 per person
3 people: Euro 150 per person
4 people: Euro 120 per person
5 people: Euro 105 per person
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One day group cooking class
morning class
(5 course dishes)
Euro 110 per person
evening class
(4 course dishes)
Euro 90 per person
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Cooking with Costanza (groups max 6 people) - pi
Arrive at Costanza’s charming home where you will learn how to cook traditional Tuscan Cuisine. Savour fresh seasonal Tuscan Fair!
Prepare hand made pasta with delicious sauces while conversing like old friends over prepared plates and good local wine. Costanza looks forward to meeting you in her kitchen to pass a few culinary hours together.
Euro 180 per person (minimum 3 people)
Starts at 10:00 am
Price includes hands on cooking class with lunch.
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Cooking lesson in your apartment or villa - pi
Enjoy a hands on cooking class in the comfort of your own holiday home. One of our passionate chef’s will arrive at the property for a lesson of a full meal including starter, first course, second course, side dish and dessert.
Euro 195 per person (minimum 2 people)
Price includes food and wine
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Personal Chef & Market tour - pi
Experience shopping with the locals at the central Food Market of Florence where you will enjoy a tour of the local growers stands. Purchase a selection of ingredients for dinner. Your expert chef will arrive in the early afternoon and cook you a delightful Tuscan meal!
Euro 125 per person (minimum 2 people). Food and beverages to be paid for separately
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| CRETE SENESI |
CHEESE & SALAMI TASTING AT THE CRETE SENESI
Visit of a real Tuscan farm where cheeses and salami are still produced using the same production methods that are immemorially ancient. You could taste delicious pecorino cheeses, cinta senese salami and many other local products.
Euro 85 per person
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CHEESE MAKING AT THE CRETE SENESI
Mrs Silvia will show you all the secrets for making delicious pecorino cheese using milk coming solely from the farm’s flock of Sardinian Sheep. It is made traditionally, wholly by hand (in this case, your hands!). Then you will also learn how to produce ricotta, a creamy fresh, slightly and sweet cheese. At the end of the class a 4 courses lunch will be served: you will try tasty pecorino and ricotta cheeses, ham, pig cheek, fennel flavoured salami, Tuscan salami, fresh sausage, Cinta Senese lard….Wine tasting of 2 red wines: Chianti Classico Castello di Uzzano 2005 and Orcia rosso DOC "Tenuta Belsedere" annata 2006. Didactic tour of the farm and demonstration of the sheep milking method are included.
Euro 280 per person (for 2 to 4 people)
Euro 230 per person (for 5 to 10 people)
Euro 165 for children under 14 years old
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| MONTEPULCIANO |
TRADITIONAL COOKING CLASS
A course to learn how to make a traditional menu. Together with the cook learning to “appiciare” (making pici: the typical pasta of this area); followed by a lunch that includes the dishes prepared during the lesson, accompanied by Montepulciano wines.
Duration: about 2 hours (excluding the meal time)
Starting time: 9:00 am & 4:00 pm
Price per person: (minimum 2 people, maximum 10)
Euro 150 per person
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WINE TASTING CLASS (1 or 2 lessons)
A brief course on approaching wine for enjoyment or simply for curiosity.
The course consists of 2 lessons about the production of wine, tasting techniques and matching food and wine, with particular attention to the wines of the area. The lessons include a guided tasting of the wines produced by the associates of the Strada del Vino Nobile.
Duration: about 2 hours
Price per person (min. 2 people) Euro 45
Take 2 classes on the same day or different days - the more you taste the more you learn, Euro 80 per person
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OIL TASTING CLASS (1 or 2 lessons)
An afternoon dedicated to investigating the production, tasting techniques and the organoleptic characteristics of extra-virgin olive oil. Included is a guided tasting of extra virgin oils produced by the wine makers associated with the Strada del Vino Nobile.
Duration: about 2 hours
Price per person (min. 2 people) Euro 45
Take 2 classes on the same day or different days - the more you taste the more you learn, Euro 80 per person
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SLOW FOOD ASSOCIATION TOUR
“Chi mangia e beve sano arriva lontano” (who eats and drinks healthily lives longer)
Tour guided by the Slow Food Association for food and wine lovers to discover the typical products of the area. A whole day dedicated to food and wine connoisseurship wandering around the Val di Chiana and the Val d’Orcia: a tasting in a cheese factory and a tasting of typical cured meats from the area. A hand made “pici” tasting and a visit to a wine cellar with a tasting of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Transportation not included.
Duration: about 6 hours
Starting time: 11:00 am
Price per person
Euro 115 for 2 to 3 people
Euro 90 for 4 or more people
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CACIO PECORINO CHEESE FACTORY VISIT
Guided visit – with transport in a minibus - to a cheese factory where the famous “cacio pecorino” is made. Tasting of three types of cheese made by an expert, in the traditional production manner; accompanied by a video showing the phases of manufacturing. The tour concludes in a wine cellar in Montepulciano’s historical centre, where it will be possible to taste Vino Nobile as well see the ideal combinations of the vine products of Montepulciano and “cacio”.
Duration: about 2.5 hours
Starting time: 10:00 am and 3:00 pm
Price per person: Euro 40 (minimum 4 people)
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OIL TOUR
Guided tour in an olive press in the area, to see the various phases of the pressing (washing, crushing, separation, extraction), and the way this precious condiment, that is the base of Mediterranean food, is produced. The Olive Press operates from mid October to mid January. Enjoy a guided tour in a winery, which produces both wine and oil; a panoramic walk in the olive grove and a wine and oil tasting. In the winter time there is no walk in the olive grove.
Transfer by minibus.
Duration: about 3 hours
Starting time: 10:00 am and 3:00 pm
Price per person: Euro 36 (minimum 4 people)
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TRACKING DOWN TRUFFLES
January/April: truffle marzuolo or bianchetto in a private pine wood; June/September: the black truffle, called “scorzone”, in a private black-pine or oak wood; October /December: the “king of truffles”, the prestigious white truffle in a private wood of white poplars and oaks. The real protagonist is the dog with its amazing sense of smell. At the end a gift from the guide.
Duration: about 2 hours
Starting time: 6:00 pm in the summer at 11:00 am in the winter
Price per person: Euro 45
N.B. it is necessary to have boots and an anorak. Taxi service on request.
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| IN & AROUND LUCCA |
COOKING WITH RODOLFO - VIA
The chef Rodolfo will reveal the secrets of typical Tuscan cuisine – everything from how to make fresh homemade pasta to the use of aromatic herbs and spices, from baking bread to preparing main courses using seasonal meats and vegetables. He will share with you the secrets of preparing not only fresh ‘tagliatelle’ but also several typical Tuscan dishes including:
‘pappardelle alla lepre’ (pasta with hare sauce)
pork coated with ‘briseč’ paste roasted in our wood burning oven;
chicken&rabbit ‘alla cacciatora’ (with bay leaves and green olives);
guinea-fowl with ‘aceto balsamico’;
wild-boar ‘in salmi’ with red Sangiovese wine,
and traditional desserts like ‘panna cotta’.
Classes are small, informal, and geared toward hands-on learning. Relaxed setting appeals
to both beginners and advanced students.
Duration: about 5-6 hours
Starting time: 9:00 am and 4:00 pm
Price per person: Euro 150
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FOOD & WINE TASTING IN LUCCA - VIA
Discover Tuscany and Lucca by visiting one of the genuine Farms of this area: taste the IGT and DOC Montecarlo wines ( 5
different types) Lucca olive oil and other typical products such as Grappa and Vinsanto and enjoy a delicious lunch made of
pasta, salami and cheeses.
Duration: about 5-6 hours
Starting time: 9:00 am and 4:00 pm
Price per person: Euro 65
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