PRIVATE Italian Home Cooking Class & Wine with Fabio & Christiane

Step into a home in the hills outside Florence for a private, hands-on Italian cooking experience with a local couple. Learn to cook and then sit down to enjoy the meal you prepared together, accompanied by local wine. You will be picked up from a central Florence location for your 2-hour cooking class. Learn to make pasta from scratch and a seasonal sauce - either a fresh vegetable blend or Sicilian-style sauce. Next, prepare a local dish like a pork fillet with almonds or Fabio’s favorite, a pan-stewed cod with leeks and purple cabbage. Finish with a seasonal dessert. If you choose the optional local farm and neighborhood food shop visit, stop at a local Tuscan farm for a short 15 minute visit to walk through the fields and learn about what is currently growing in the region. At the farmstand, you will purchase fresh seasonal vegetables you would like to cook with. Next, stop at a nearby local supermarket and specialty food shop where Tuscan residents buy their ingredients. Fabio will show you how to select the best cheese, fresh meat or fish. Depending on the menu and your preferences, you may visit the farm, the neighborhood market, or both.

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Seasonal welcome drink · First Course (Primo) — Homemade pasta with a vegetarian, meat, or fish sauce, or Gnudi (Tuscan “naked ravioli” with ricotta and spinach) · Main course (Secondo) — Tuscan slow-stewed beef with garlic, black pepper, and red wine or Pork fillet in almonds and aromatic herbs · Crostata with jam, Biscotti di Prato (traditional cookies), or Fabio’s apple pie