5.0
Hands-on cooking class with starter, pasta and dessert followed by a tasting of the recipes prepared during the lesson
Shared Experience
Your experience
- Mixed bruschetta
- Ravioli (homemade pasta) with butter and sage
- Tiramisu with coffee and cocoa
A fun cooking class to learn secrets in the heart of Lucca's historic center.
We begin the experience with a tasty bruschetta that tells of the scents and colors of my land: the gold of the oil from the hills of Lucca and the sweet tomato canestrino, typical of Lucca. Then we will prepare together with eggs, flour and a rolling pin; ravioli stuffed with spinach and to finish we will learn how to make a sweet mascarpone cream, ladyfinger cookies, coffee and chocolate chips. I look forward to seeing you in my house overlooking the rooftops and towers of the city.
€179.00 €135.00 per guest
(€67.00 per child)
€179.00 €135.00
per guest€67.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
24 reviews
- My class with Maria was excellent! She had beautiful home and had the cooking area all set up for you to begin making pasta. She taught me how to make ravioli with spinach & ricotta filling, pork tenderloin, tomato pomadora and traditional dessert Castagnaccio. Maria is a great hostess, great cook and great teacher!
- Great host and location
- Exceptional experience! Novella is an amazing host and teacher. Everything was perfect from her home, the set up, her hospitality…you name it! I couldn’t have asked for a better experience!
- We had an absolutely lovely morning with our delightful teacher Novella and her friendly sidekick Marco. They were both willing and ready to have a laugh and we learned how to make delicious food in an absolutely beautiful environment, with a view of the Guinigi Tower, with its amazing trees. We had a ball and would highly recommend this experience to anyone who really wants to dive into Lucca and it’s warm, welcoming culture!
- This class was fun as well as educational! I went by myself and was paired with a lovely family also visiting Lucca. Both the instructor and her assistant were welcoming, engaging, and knew great English. I would do take another course with Novella if I were to visit again!
Elizabeth - October 2024
Jackie and Jim Mesack group - September 2024
Amber Odom - September 2024
Kelly - July 2024
Jessica H - June 2024
€179.00 €135.00 per guest
(€67.00 per child)
€179.00
€135.00 per guest
Where
Novella
Cesarina from 2022Location: Lucca Languages: Italian, English, FrenchI was born in Bologna but my roots are here in Tuscany, including in cuisine. From the Lucca cuisine, I love to prepare tordelli with ragù and various soups, from frantoiana to ribollita to pappa al pomodoro, all seasoned with the excellent oil from our hills. The appetizer is always rustic, with excellent unsalted "sciocco" bread bruschetta and Colonnata lard, Igp Sorana beans, black cabbage, and the inevitable chicken livers. To finish sweetly, almond cantucci and grandmother's cream cake.
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