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Local delicacies from Lake Garda, dining with Elena

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Elena

Castelnuovo del Garda (VR)
Duration 2h 30m
Max 10 guests
Spoken languages:  
English and Italian

Tasting of traditional dishes

Private Experience
Your experience
  • Pike in sauce
  • Bigoli with sardines
  • Baked whitebait or salmon trout
  • Torta de Puina

My philosophy is to use top-quality ingredients, locally sourced wherever possible; homemade pasta, bread, pizza and desserts. Most of the fresh produce is home-grown or sourced from DOCG, DOP, organic or biodynamic farms.

The menu offers a comprehensive journey through the flavours of our lake, starting with a starter of pike in sauce with toasted polenta. For the first course, fresh bigoli pasta with sardines; for the main course, lavarello baked in foil, or salmon trout with aromatic herbs (depending on the season); and for dessert, Puina cake with ricotta. These are dishes from the ‘cuisine of the poor’, yet rich in authenticity and flavour, with a touch of modernity, to be savoured in the tranquillity of my garden.

Total: €105.00

€105.00 
per guest

€53.00 per child

Reviews

5.0
4 reviews
Our visit with Elena was amazing. We so enjoyed our polenta cooking class. Each dish (appetizer, first and second course, as well as dessert were made using polenta. The food was amazing. Most importantly of all was the hospitality shown to us. Our tour of the B&B was such an unexpected surprise. The rooms are creative and authentic. We highly suggest this experience!

Dan and Nanette - May 2025

Elena’s cooking was amazing at a nice country home. We’re so glad we were able to try local dishes! Highly recommend if you are in the area!

Sara - September 2024

Elena suggested a vegetarian dinner with several courses that was simply amazing: dishes different from the usual and carefully prepared in every detail. Her company was also truly enjoyable. I highly recommend it!

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Bellissima esperienza - February 2024

Elena is a wonderful hostess and we had the pleasure of spending a lovely and unforgettable evening with her (and her husband Antonio). Delicious and typically Italian dishes were cooked and baked, which we can now brag about to our friends, such as the traditional shortcrust pastry from the Mantova region, the Torta Sbrisolona. According to my friend Markus, it was the best birthday gift of all time! I cannot disagree. It was truly great :-)

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Markus und Steffi - October 2022

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Elena

Cesarina from 2019Location: Castelnuovo del Garda (VR)    Languages: English and Italian
"Friends call me 'Archichef', I'm an architect stolen from the kitchen. Architecture and Cuisine are both children of creativity, but supported by a rigid discipline, which is camouflaged by color, flavor and apparent lightness and simplicity. I love recipes popular, those of grandmothers and traditions that are no longer used and I love, at times, to transform them into a new dish, but not too much. My philosophy is to use top quality products, as much as possible at zero km; pasta, homemade bread, pizza and desserts. Most of the fresh products are of own production (vegetables, fruits) found in local farms, or from DOCG, DOP, organic or biodynamic denomination companies."
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