Cooking classes
Flavors of yesteryear: cooking class in an old barn
5.0
Margherita
Spoken languages: Italian, English, Spanish, French
Hands-on cooking class with starter, pasta and dessert
Shared Experience
Your experience
- Bruschetta tomato or mushroom or herbs
- Fresh hand made fusilli with fennel and almonds
- Buccellato di Lucca with cream and fresh fruits
We will be in an old farmhouse in the hills of Lucca. In the old barn where the kitchen and spice workshop are now located, we will prepare together the legendary Tuscan bruschetta with tomato and oregano or mushrooms or herbs. Then we will knead fresh pasta, and while the dough rests we can enjoy an aperitif and a glass of wine together. Then discovering the history of various pasta shapes we will continue by creating fusilli al ferretto. For beginners we will also discover together the secrets of cooking fresh pasta and its possible toppings. Finally we will try Lucca's delicious dessert: buccellato con crema (an ancient sweet bread with raisins soaked in custard and fresh fruit).
€179.00 per guest
(€89.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €179.00
€179.00
per guest€89.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
2 reviews
- Margherita and Pierre went above and beyond to welcome our family into their home for tiramisu and pasta making. They were excellent hosts and made it a fun and interactive experience. We learned about local agriculture and all of the hard work that goes into making pasta and harvesting olives for making olive oil. We loved getting to visit their farm, learn about all of the herbs and local ingredients they cook with, and how they make use of everything that grows in their garden. At the end of the evening, sitting down for a pasta meal and wine, followed by the tiramisu (a family recipe of Margherita‘s) was the perfect end to an evening. We’d recommend to anyone wanting to experience an authentic taste of local Lucca cooking!
- Margherita made the cooking class an unforgettable experience on her olive farm in the mountains. She provided 3 great recipes which we had to prepare and gave us a lot of information about the ingredients used and the way how to prepare them. Furthermore, Margherita was very patient and showed us how to improve our handling in making pasta. All in all, it was a pleasure to meet Margherita, her husband and the other two guests in this class and share such a great evening together with a lot of new things learned and very good dinner at the end. We just can say thank you very much for this great evening.
Sarah Maines - April 2025
Daniel G. - July 2024
€179.00 per guest
(€89.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €179.00
€179.00 per guest
Where
Margherita
Cesarina from 2023Location: Lucca Languages: Italian, English, Spanish, FrenchMy cuisine is healthy and sustainable, made with natural seasonal products that I harvest and process myself. These are either grown on our farm or sourced from a network of responsible local producers. My preference is to offer vegetarian dishes inspired by the traditional Lucchese Tuscan cuisine, with international influences. For two years now, I have been researching and experimenting with dishes based on herbs, vegetables, and flowers to showcase and familiarize people with the landscape of Lucca's olive groves through the senses.
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