Cooking classes
Sicilian cannoli and Busiate pasta with Trapani-style pesto
5.0
Francesca Maria
Spoken languages: Italian and English
Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina
Shared Experience
Your experience
- Busiate (a type of long macaroni)
- Sicilian cannoli
Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors of Sicily with our cooking class on the famous Busiate pasta with Trapani pesto and delicious Sicilian cannoli with ricotta cream. We will make both the traditional sweet filling for cannoli with ricotta and chocolate chips and the fragrant and aromatic dough. We will knead the fresh pasta together, completely by hand, using simple techniques handed down for centuries, and you will learn how to prepare it from scratch. In my bright kitchen, surrounded by the greenery of my garden, this experience promises to tantalize your taste buds. You will use only fresh, locally sourced ingredients, directly from the Sicilian countryside.
Vegetarian
€127.00 per guest
(€64.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €127.00
€127.00
per guest€64.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
79 reviews
- Francesca, was an excellent communicator prior to the day, was an excellent teacher and made our entire family feel right at home during the class, not to mention ger Arancine were excellent! Can't speak highly enough of her. Highly recommend to any traveller.
- We had the absolute best time ever with Francesca!! We is so easy and fun to be around and made it the best possible experiance. We are from new york visiting for our honeymoon and this is an absolute must.
- Our experience with Francesca was fabulous. She is warm, welcoming and easy to communicate with. She is an incredibly cook and everything was beyond delicious. We truly felt that we had an authentic Sicilian dinner experience. She was so sweet to pack up our leftovers and we had them for lunch the next day. The food was just as amazing! We highly recommend Francesca and will do this again when we return to Palermo.
- Francesca is a wonderful host and great teacher. My wife and I had an amazing time cooking and talking with her. She has a beautiful kitchen and a kind demeanor, we felt very relaxed and full by the end of the class. 10/10
- If you want to feel like you have a home away from home you must book with Francesca. You not only feel the love exuding from her but you taste it in her cooking too! I’ll never be able to eat regular food again. Nonna Francesca’s cooking is the only way to go! I’ll forever have this experience in my heart, mind, and on my taste buds of course
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€127.00 per guest
(€64.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €127.00
€127.00 per guest
Where
Francesca Maria
Cesarina from 2021Location: Bagheria Languages: Italian and EnglishFrancesca lives in Bagheria, the 'city of villas', a land kissed by the sun and the sea breeze. Our Cesarina brings Sicilian recipes to the table, rich in contrasts, where sweet is combined with salty, sweet and sour is used a lot and dried fruit is perfect on meat, fish and vegetables. "All this is the result of the cultures that have passed through our land. My cuisine is linked to the traditions of both my area and my family. I only use local products and I hope to be able to pass on to my guests all the passion and love that I put when I cook."
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