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Messina cooking class in Palermo: the Street food Pidone!

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Alice

Palermo (PA)
Duration 2h
Max 8 guests
Spoken languages:  
English, Italian, Spanish, French

Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina

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    I am in touch with Messina city, the city in the Strait, and its traditional street foods because of my partner. You will learn the secrets I learned from his Nonna to prep the most iconic street food of Messina, 'His Majesty' the Pidone. A thin, crispy pastry pita-like enclosing a rich filling of Italian curly escarole, cherry tomatoes, tuma or primosale sheep cheese and salted anchovies. You will learn how to make the authentic dough without yeast, which is flaked several times to get lots of bubbles on the surface that give the characteristic crispness to the Pidone, and how to make a filling that tastes amazing.

    At the end of the lesson you will be able to taste the results of your work drinking a 'Messina' iced beer. A vegetarian option is also avalaible!

    Total: €62.00

    €62.00 
    per guest

    €31.00 per child

    Reviews

    5.0
    216 reviews
    This was the highlight of our trip to Palermo! Alice made an incredible meal and was an excellent teacher with our 3 year old

    Cassie - 

    Such an enjoyable experience! My mother & I chose this class as we really wanted to learn authentic pasta making and tiramisu. Alice and Francesco were a joy to be taught & hosted by. So knowledgeable and skilled. They made the session so enjoyable and easy to follow. Lunch was then had to enjoy our labor of love, with lots of laughter and great chats. We highly recommend and will be back again. Thank you

    Lex butler  - 

    We took a cooking class with Alice and Francesco during our stay in Palermo, and it was the absolute highlight of our trip. They were incredibly warm and welcoming hosts, as well as patient, knowledgeable teachers who made the experience both fun and memorable. The food we prepared together ended up being one of our favorite meals of the entire trip, and we’re excited to recreate the dishes when we get home. If you’re looking to learn authentic Sicilian cooking while spending time with genuinely wonderful people, I can’t recommend their class highly enough. It was a 10/10 experience and a memory we’ll always cherish!

    Dana - 

    We loved our class on the Italian Aperitivo and Spritz. Alice shared unique and personal recipes with great ingredients. It was fun, informative and everything was delicious. Wonderful hosts - would recommend to everyone

    Aaron  - 

    We can definitely recommend this cooking class to everyone! We had a really great evening with Alice and Francesco. Alice showed us many different types/shapes of pasta and shared really helpful tips and background information for the making of pasta. We also prepared a delicious tiramisu. As a vegetarian it was no problem at all and Alice checked our likes/dislikes with us in advance. After we made the pasta Alice and Francesco cooked for us as we had really nice starters and wine. The food was delicious. We had a lot of fun, shared great laughter and had a really nice and delicious dinner and local recommendations for our trip in Sicily. If we ever visit Palermo again we will come back for another cooking experience with Alice.

    Pia and Dustin - 

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    Alice

    Cesarina from 2022Location: Palermo (PA)    Languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French
    I was passionate about cooking and food since I was a child, accomplices grandmother who loved to cook and the whole family who loves to eat well. I therefore decided to pursue a university career in the field of gastronomy. I have faced a multidisciplinary and holistic path that has treated the world of food at 360 o'clock. I love cooking for my family and for others, starting from the choice of recipes and the selection of ingredients. I like to experiment and I'm particularly passionate about pastry and leavened foods. I do research on ancient cookbooks and asking around, especially older ladies, their family recipes. Sicily, like all Italy, has an invaluable gastronomic heritage, whose recipes and preparations vary from house to house, not only between cities and provinces. This gives the palate the opportunity to enjoy the same traditional dishes with different ingredients, techniques and stories.
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