Food & Wine Tours
Siracusa:Market tour, cook and lunch in my home
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Follow your Cesarina in a local market tour, challenge yourself with a hands-on cooking class followed by a tasting of the recipes prepared during the lesson
Private Experience
Private experiences are reserved for you and any guests you have booked for: no other people will be added so that you can enjoy maximum privacy.
Your experience
- Eggplant, peppers, onion and tomato stewed
- Fresh pasta with swordfish and aubergines
- Biancomangiare (almond milk pudding)
After a tour of the market, where we will buy fresh products of our choice, we will go to my house and cook together.It will be a pleasant lunch under the banner of typical Sicilian cuisine. I love to cook in company and tell the reason why it is chosen.
A certain product in my recipe. I use a lot the products of my land and my city so in my recipes you will often find almonds, from the nearby city of Avola (almond of Avola igp) and lemons (the female lemon of Syracuse igp). We will prepare fresh pasta and season it with the fresh ingredients purchased at the market. My secret ingredient in the kitchen is the love for the territory and respect for tradition with some small innovation and customization.
Vegan
Vegetarian
Reviews
5.0
11 reviews
- My family and friends all participated in this amazing experience. The 8 of us met with Gilda in the Ortigia market where she showed us the different food vendors and advised us where to shop for the freshest items. Afterwards at her home with the lovely kitchen, we watched as she prepared several dishes, including caponade, pork spadini, pasta with a tomato and sausage sauce, and canolli filling to stuff the shells for dessert. Lunch included all the above, after being presented with an amazing Antipasta Italiana (a meat and cheese board) and a sciacia, a stuffed bread with cheeses and meats. It was an amazing experience to watch Gilda prepare each dish and hear her explain everything as she worked. We thoroughly enjoyed learning the recipes and methods of cooking her delicious meal. It was a memorable experience that we all are still talking about and will remember for a very long time.
- We had the most amazing meal with Gilda and cousin Pina. We learned to make Cavatelli, tiramisu and stuffed bread. We had a delicious meal and so many laughs. If you ever want a true dining experience and a host who will go above and beyond for you - All 6 of us will attest to the wonderful meal we had with our host and chef Gilda!! molte bene and grazie mille!!
- Excellent!
- Gilda was amazing! We had a wonderful experience from navigating the market, her welcome and meticulously clean house, preparing and cooking and delicious meal. Gilda was warm, very knowledgeable, and open.
- Gilda brought an authentic Sicilian experience to life for us. We went to market with her while she expertly selected the items we would need for our menu. It was then a short drive to her house where we helped her to prepare four dishes for lunch using the ingredients. We were able to create Pasta with Swordfish, caponata, a wonderful courgette (zucchini) flower frittata and Bianco Mangiare an almond milk dessert. Gilda is passionate about cooking and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with her. Meeting her dogs and husband was a bonus.
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Happy Traveller - June 2023
€189.00 per guest
(€94.50 per child)
€189.00 per guest
€189.00 per guest
€94.50 per child
Where
Gilda
Cesarina from 2018Location: Syracuse Languages: Italian and EnglishFrom its fascinating position on the sea to its archaeological monuments, Syracuse is the perfect city to lounge under the sun on its beautiful beaches, experience a classic tragedy in the ancient Greek theater or lose oneself in the narrow streets of Ortigia, the historic center, following the sounds, colors or the tantalizing aroma of Sicilian cuisine... Following the aroma emanating from the traditional Sicilian dishes will bring you to Gilda’s, our Cesarina. Gilda has an innate passion for cooking. She loves to cook and receive friends and relatives, organizing lunches and dinners at home. Gilda makes you feel at home and the atmosphere is cheerful and lively, and her table is always full of flowers and colorful!