Private Tuscan Pasta Making Class and Dinner with a Local Expert in Florence

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Your hands-on cooking class will take place at the patio in Cinzia’s home. Watch as Cinzia prepares a Tuscan appetizer for your to enjoy before you get to roll up your sleeves and learn to cook regional Italian pasta from recipes passed down through generations of Cinzia’s family. You will learn to cook three dishes from scratch as well as a side or dessert.

Choose between a cooking menu that includes either three handmade pastas or a pasta and meat main course. You will also learn to create a seasonal side vegetable and dessert. For the pasta menu, you will learn to cook three different types of pasta cooked with three different sauces that you will also learn to create. If you choose to make a pasta and meat instead, you will learn to make one pasta and a meat dish. Your meal will end with a traditional Italian dessert.

You’re in for a true culinary adventure!

Additional Info

Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Florence, Italy
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes



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Your hands-on cooking class will take place at the patio in Cinzia’s home. Watch as Cinzia prepares a Tuscan appetizer for your to enjoy before you get to roll up your sleeves and learn to cook regional Italian pasta from recipes passed down through generations of Cinzia’s family. You will learn to cook three dishes from scratch as well as a side or dessert.

Choose between a cooking menu that includes either three handmade pastas or a pasta and meat main course. You will also learn to create a seasonal side vegetable and dessert. For the pasta menu, you will learn to cook three different types of pasta cooked with three different sauces that you will also learn to create. If you choose to make a pasta and meat instead, you will learn to make one pasta and a meat dish. Your meal will end with a traditional Italian dessert.

You’re in for a true culinary adventure!

Enjoy your cooking class at a local’s home. In the summer, you might get to see their small vegetable and herb garden in the courtyard where they grow zucchini, tomatoes and basil and pick a few herbs for your meal. In a light-filled space designed for cooking classes, Cinzia will first prepare a Tuscan appetizer for your to enjoy. Then roll up your sleeves and learn to cook regional Italian pasta from recipes passed down through generations of Cinzia’s family in a hands-on Italian cooking class. Choose between a cooking menu that includes either three handmade pastas and sauces (which might include pastas such as pappardelle, tagliatelli, tortellini or gnocchi) or a pasta and meat main course. You will also learn to create a seasonal side vegetable and dessert with both menus. End your meal with a traditional Italian dessert you’ve created such as a tiramisu, panna cotta or brutti ma buoni (“ugly but good”) biscuit and hazelnut dessert. Enjoy learning about the tricks and techniques involved in cooking Italian family recipes before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with Cinzia.

Stop At:

• Traveling Spoon, 50012, Florence Italy

Sample Menu

• Traditional Tuscan appetizer
• Fresh papardelle pasta with meat ragu
• Homemade gnocchi
• Chicken cacciatore
• Traditional Italian dessert such as tiramisu or panna cotta



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