Cooking Class in Tuscany

 Cooking class at La Limonaia: sauces for pasta and rice

Food means joy , family and friendship. Our wonderful food history can become yours

Join Giulio, a great chef (native of Turin), in a cooking class during which you will learn how to prepare classic pasta sauces which you can easy reproduce at home. In this way our local traditions continue to be handed down.

Using local produce and traditional cooking methods the taste of Tuscany can be yours. From 10:30 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. you will take part in the preparation of three genuine Tuscan sauces. Giulio will share with you some useful tips and cooking skills which you can share with your friends and family at home.

During the class you will enjoy a glass of local wine while chatting together and creating simple yet superb sauces!

After the lesson Giulio will prepare a tasty tortilla after which you will feast on what you have prepared and enjoy two different Tuscan Sangiovese wines and the famous Vinsanto dessert wine.

Sauce Cooking Class

Ingredients:

Peperoni sauce

• 3 or 4 peppers of different colours
• 2 small potatoes
• 1 white onion (chopped)
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• Vegetable stock
• Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
• Salt to taste
• One small glass of white wine

Tomato sauce

• Tinned tomatoes + fresh little cherry tomatoes
• A handful of basil (torn)
• 1 clove of Garlic
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
• One pinch of sugar
• Salt to taste

Zucchini sauce

• 1 Kg. of zucchini
• 2 red onions (chopped)
• 4 tablespoons of Olive oil
• A handful of finely chopped parsley
• Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
• 50 gr. of butter
• Salt to taste
• Vegetable stock
• Grated nutmeg

Program: Two hours cooking class lesson with lunch served in our old kitchen.

More info on request info@lalimonaia.net