... COOKING LESSONS
IN THE FATTORIA ...

The kitchen of the Fattoria is the perfect setting where you will spend some friendly and interesting afternoons, learing how to prepare a good Tuscan meal but also how to handle our typical products, how to choose them and how to combine them with the right wines.
You will enjoy a funny time with our cook going through all the secrets of Tuscan way of cooking, preparing your own dinner and tasting every single product. At the end of each lesson you will prepare the table setting you prefer, you will serve and eat checking your abilities and laughing at your mistakes.
This is one of the best to come just in the heart of Tuscan way of leaving and to be plunged in our history and tradition.

Hereunder please find our suggestions for a 4 days cooking class. You can also choose just one or two lessons but we warmly recommend to reserve before your arrival, if possible.

First Lesson
(about 3 hours)
Hors d'oeuvre and soups

· Presentation of different kind of cold meats and salami in cooperation with Norcineria Falaschi
· Bruschetta's sauces: typical Tuscan with chicken liver, with mushrooms, with tomatos.
· Tuscan Ribollita (bread soap with vegetables)
· Pappa al pomodoro (bread soap with tomatos)

Possible combination with wines
– Vernaccia di San Gimignano Docg Az. Agr. Le Tre Stelle
– Vermentino di Maremma “Lucumone” Az. Agr. Mantellassi

Second Lesson (about 3 hours)
Fresh Handmade pasta and typical sauces

· Preparation and kneading
· Cutting of Tagliolini and Pappardelle
· Cutting and preparing of stuffed ravioli
· Classical Tuscan ragù
· Vegetables sauce
· Preparation of Lasagne

Possible combination with wines
– Rosato Castello di Ama
– Nobile di Montepulciano Az. Agr. Poliziano

Thirs Lesson (about 4 hours)

Meat: stewed and roast meat
· Tuscan saddle of pork with beans
· Stewed wild pork with olives

Possible combination with wines
– Chianti Classico Docg “Castello di Fonterutoli”
– Supertuscans: “Veneroso” 2001 Az.Agr. Tenuta di Ghizzano

Fourth Lesson (about 6 hours)

At this point you will be an expert in Tuscan food and you will be able to create your own menu starting from the shopping.
A person of our staff will come with you visiting 3 or 4 farmhouses in our area, each one selling their own products which are typical of our area. Following the season of your stay, you will have the possibility to buy truffles, meat, artichokes, olive oil and wines...Each of the farmhouses we co-operate with are really amazing and you will spend an half day enjoying a unique tour in the very heart of countryside.
Once again home, it will be funny to choose together with our cook, the kind of menu you can create. You will work all together preparing a special dinner you will never forget.

PRICES
Price for 4 lessons in English or Italian, including materials and ingredients (for the first 3 lessons), wines, and a guide for the “last shopping tour” - 200 euro p.p. for a minimum of 10 people

Price for 1 lesson in English or Italian, including materials and ingredients (for the first 3 lessons), wines, and a guide for the “last shopping tour” - 60 euro p.p. for a minimum of 10 people