Tuscan cooking lessons

Barbara Bartolotta and Valentina Lami, your chefs for this program, are expert Italian cooks and talian language teachers with extensive experience. They offer an introduction to preparing-and eating-traditional dishes along with the appropriate wines. Classes may be scheduled for any date with a two-day advance notice, and can be conducted in your native language. Lessons begin at 16:00. After assisting in the preparation of dishes, you sit at a table and at 18:30/19:00 you have dinner, enjoying your creations with the correct wines. The location for our cooking lessons is in Piazza D'Azeglio 20 in Florence, a few meters from S. Croce Cathedral and the Ancient Food Market of S. Ambrogio.

Some of our menus as examples:

A TUSCAN DINNER FOR FRIENDS
Pappa al pomodoro
Tagliata di pollo all'aceto balsamico (chicken with balsamic vinegar)
Seasonable vegetable side dish
Panna cotta with sauce
Red wine Chianti Selvapiana, Rufina

HAND-MADE PASTA
Pasta fatta in casa: preparation of different kinds of pasta with and without eggs, cutting by hand and machine (spaghetti, taglierini, fettuccine, tagliatelle, etc.)
Three typical Tuscan sauces: carrettiera, mushroom sauce *, and pesto
Flan al Caffè
Red wine Chianti collifiorentini Lanciola Impruneta

A MORE COMPLEX MENU
Mezzelune con ricotta e spinaci
Pollo alla cacciatora (chicken hunter's style)
Mousse al cioccolato
Red wine Sangiovese Lagone Livorno

A TRADITIONAL FAMILY MENU
Risotto con verdure (rise with seasonable vegetables)
Involtini di carne (meat rolls)
Seasonable vegetable side dish
Tiramisù
Red wine Monteregio Fabula Massa Marittima