Food & Wine Tours
Market Tour and Cooking class with tasting
5.0
Pierangela
Spoken languages:
English and Italian
Food Tour: discover the best places where to taste the finest local food & wine
Shared Experience
Your experience
A tour of the local market is an experience you simply can’t miss. Immerse yourself in the vibrant colors and enticing aromas that tell stories of tradition and authenticity at every corner. Together, we will handpick the freshest and most typical products of our land, ready to be transformed into delicious dishes once we return home. In the kitchen, we’ll get straight to work, preparing a rich and traditional appetizer from our region, followed by a homemade pasta dish crafted with time-honored techniques. And to end on a sweet note, we’ll make the famous torta pasticciotto, an irresistible dessert that embodies the essence of our gastronomic culture. Your Cesarina, Pierangela, can't wait to guide you on this unique culinary journey!
Vegetarian
Remaining char: 500
Total: €123.00
€123.00
per guest€62.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
66 reviews
- I am so happy we chose this market tour and cooking class with Pierangela! We loved having her point out typical market foods and explain market etiquette as we gathered produce, cheeses, salumi, and breads for our class. Once we arrived at her home she and her husband made us feel like welcome guests. We had so much fun making tiramisù and two pasta shapes (surprisingly easy!) from one dough...also easier to make than expected! We had lovely antipasti which incorporated the fruit, vegetables, cheeses, breads, and salumi from the market followed by a delicious pasta course based on our hand made pasta. All accompanied by wine pairings including a family made wine. Then the tiramisù was ready as a perfect ending to a wonderful experience. We really appreciated all the knowledge she shared about Pugliese food and history. And her dog was an extra added bonus!
- Pierangela’s cooking was excellent, and easy, and rewarding. Low pressure. Very good instructions by example, which made it easy to follow and experience first-time success. She has a warm and great personality as a teacher and host. I would highly recommend Pierangelia’s.
- We just got back and it was fantastic. Fried bread with stracciatella, prosciutto, and an amazing tomato recipe with garlic and balsamic whose name I can't remember but whose flavour I will never forget. This was followed by orecchiette that we helped prepare, and then a dark chocolate torte. An absolute must - and a huge thanks for being welcomed into their home.
- We loved our class with Pierangela. First she showed us her favourite fruit and vegetable, bread, and cheese shops at the food market, then we went to her house to make oricchiete and pasticciotto. It was a delight to visit her home and meet her husband. She is a lovely person and a great cook.
- We had the most wonderful time with Pierangela. Learning how to make orecchiette by hand was such a special experience, and her patience and warmth made it feel like we were cooking in a friend’s kitchen rather than taking a class. The dessert was a real highlight — the crema pasticcera was simply divine. Beyond the food, we loved hearing her stories and learning more about the traditions of the region. A truly authentic and heartfelt experience.
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Remaining char: 500
Total: €123.00
€123.00 per guest
Where
Pierangela
Cesarina from 2024Location: Lecce (LE) Languages: English and ItalianHello, my name is Pierangela, and cooking for others is one of the things that brings me the most joy. Since I was a child, I've wanted to experiment with the traditional recipes of my hometown. I was born in Gravina in Puglia, a town on the border between Puglia and Basilicata, boasting an incredibly rich culinary tradition. It's precisely this richness that drives me to cook: so many recipes, so many flavors, unique and unmistakable, exclusively ours. Panzerotti, focaccia barese, Pan cotto alla gravinese, U' ruccl (typical San Giuseppe focaccia), sweet ricotta calzones with pork ragu, orecchiette al tegamino, cavatelli, baked finocchietti, cartellate, and much more—these are the typical flavors of my homeland. For the past 12 years, I have been living in Lecce, in the wonderful and spectacular Salento, and from the beginning, I started to savor and create dishes typical of the Salento tradition, including the famous Pezzetti di cavallo, Ciceri e tria, Pittule, Pizzo, Frise, and the unmissable pasticciotto.
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