Poggibonsi Trip Overview
Discover the delights of freshly baked Italian pizza and delicious gelato with a 2-hour expert-led cooking class near San Gimignano. Learn the story of Pizza, observe a master chef prepare it and learn from them the techniques to make the perfect pizza, tasty homemade tomato sauce and fresh fruit gelato. Finally, sit down to indulge in your creations with your fellow chefs, accompanied by a tasting of Tuscan wines and olive oils.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Poggibonsi, Italy
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Poggibonsi, Toscana, Italy
Discover the delights of freshly baked Italian pizza and delicious gelato with a 2-hour expert-led cooking class near San Gimignano. Learn the story of Pizza, observe a master chef prepare it and learn from them the techniques to make the perfect pizza, tasty homemade tomato sauce and fresh fruit gelato. Finally, sit down to indulge in your creations with your fellow chefs, accompanied by a tasting of Tuscan wines and olive oils.
Make pizza in the oven with our professional pizza chef, called pizzaiolo. You will learn how to make tender, flexible yeast dough that stretches to almost paper-thinness, even the trick for a flavorful yet light tomato sauce. Even if you bake pizza in your own oven, these techniques are universal and using them really makes a difference. With the pizzaiolo, you’ll make your very own pizza, you’ll stretch it, sauce it, bake it, slice it. It will be the best pizza you ever tasted, and you made it yourself! Come to make pizza in San Gimignano!
After Pizza it’s time for Gelato! The chef will tell you why gelato remains Italy’s favorite dessert while giving an insight to the ‘gelato culture’ that continues to grow. Through a demonstration, you will get to know the basic raw ingredients, how to select the best products available according to specific principles and you will have a presentation and tasting of some of the flavors used in gelato making. You will learn about the development and application of natural colors, the heating and freezing techniques and how they have different effects on ingredients. It is always a great day to discover the recipe of the world most loved dessert.
Sample Menu
• Different kind of pizzas prepared together – Lunch with multiple types of pizza prepared together
• Sweet pizza or a Dessert prepared together – Pizza with Nutella or jam or mascarpone with Dessert Wine
