Cooking class: learn how to cook Italian recipes and taste the dishes prepared during the lesson
- Local cold cuts and cheeses with homemade jams
- Pasta alla Norma (traditional Sicilian pasta dish of sautéed eggplant tossed with tomato sauce and ricotta)
- Sicilian Granita
In the city of Messina it is a must to taste a typical fresh and summer sweet meal, famous all over the world.
We are talking about the Messina granita, which comes in different flavors, (coffee, strawberry, lemon, peach, pistachio, etc.) often served with whipped cream and accompanied by a leavened pastry called brioche con il "tuppo." All this makes for a unique taste experience! If you are my guest and decide to experience this tasting, I am sure you will not regret it.
We will prepare together the typical Messina granita with brioche and I will reveal the original recipe so you can make it at home with your loved ones.
Reviews
- Rossella and her family welcomed us into their home for pasta making. We had a wonderful time making 3 types of pasta and enjoyed the company and conversations with 3 generations of her family. Rossella was very knowledgeable about the pasta making and very patient with us as it was our first time making pasta!!! It was a very enjoyable experience and I would highly recommend this to others looking to spend time with a Sicilian pasta chef. Thanks Rossella for the great day!!!
- This experience was one of the highlights of our trip. Rosella and her family were so welcoming and loving. We had the eight year old daughter with us, who loves to cook, and she was so kind and patient with everything we did. The food was amazing and we learned a lot!! Would recommend this to anyone and if we ever make it back we plan to do this again!
- We just left our cooking class with Rosella and I couldn’t speak more highly of this experience. Rosella and her husband were lovely company, it was so fun getting to know them. She showed us how to make 3 pastas, a fettuccine ragu, a spaghetti in pesto sauce and spinach ravioli in a butter sauce. All 3 pastas were so delicious. She also had made the BEST cannoli I have ever tried. Not only did she share her knowledge and answer all of our questions, but they sent recipes, links to tools, and gave us each a little gift. We will definitely reach out to them the next time we make it to Messina, just the nicest people. Thank you so much!
- Rosella and Giuseppe kindly welcomed us into their home and explained everything very thoroughly. The pasta class was fantastic and the food was extra delicious. This is definitely an experience we will remember forever and would definitely recommend for anyone looking to learn a skill and meet some nice people.
- Excellent experience learning how to create proper Italian pasta. It was great fun using the pasta machine and creating the ravioli. English speaking assistant was also very helpful. I would of liked to have seen how the different sauces for the pasta were made. Also having a print out of the recipies to take with us would have been good also.
Scott and Sue Swanson - June 2024
Deanna - June 2024
Bri - April 2024
Taylor bland and Lauryn Jamison - November 2023
Barry Cheevers - September 2023
€129.00 per guest
(€64.50 per child)
€129.00 per guest
€129.00 per guest
€64.50 per child