Busiate and cannoli in an authentic cooking class in Menfi

Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina

In a friendly and relaxed atmosphere at my home in Menfi, we will prepare recipes together that tell the story and capture the soul of the island’s cuisine, made with simple ingredients and full of flavour.

We’ll start with ‘cacio all’argentiera’, a historic dish from the Palermo tradition, created from humble ingredients yet full of character. We’ll continue by making fresh, handmade busiate using re-milled wheat flour and traditional ‘busi’, the ancient tools used for working wool. We will then dress the pasta with a sauce of tomato, swordfish and aubergine, the perfect symbol of the meeting between sea and land.

We will finish on a sweet note by preparing the iconic Sicilian cannolo, with a crispy shell and ricotta cream enriched with chocolate or chopped pistachios.