Cooking Classes
Three traditional Selinuntine seafood dishes
5.0
Ita
Spoken languages:
Italian, English, French
Cesarina Green
Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina
Shared Experience
Your experience
The appetizer will be presented in a cozy corner with sofas, located in front of a wall screen, where a short and fascinating video about the ancient archaeological ruins of Selinunte will be shown. The fresh seasonal vegetables for our caponata will be harvested directly from our family garden and served as an appetizer, accompanied by a fine wine produced in Sicily. Then we will roll out tagliolini (or stuffed sacchottini) by hand, using fresh eggs from our chicken coop and stone-ground Tumminia flour from ancient grains. Unique and aromatic first courses that will be paired with fresh fish from Selinunte. Nocellara del Belice extra virgin olive oil, harvested from our plants, will be used to fry the shortcrust pastry of typical Sicilian cannoli.
€92.00 per guest
(€46.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €92.00
€92.00
per guest€46.00 per child
Reviews
5.0
6 reviews
- We had an excellent cooking class with Ita and her husband. The food was superb, we learned a lot about how to make pasta and tiramisu and then ate a wonderful dinner with our hosts. The chef is a 'Slow Food’ advocate and as a result, everything was very healthy. My only caveat was the language barrier but we easily made it work with Google live translate. For us, it made the whole experience even more authentic. Highly recommend.
- Our evening with Ita and her family was absolutely fantastic. We were greeted into their home as if we were family, and their warmth and hospitality were amazing. We had the most delicious authentic Sicilian meals, all made with fresh products (mainly from their own garden), and learned how to make our own pasta. We would highly recommend the cooking class with Ita to everyone who is looking for a unique and warming experience.
- Our day with Cesarina Ita was one of the highlights of our trip. Not only did our family of four learn to cook exception Sicilian food, we gained a better understanding of our Sicilian heritage, and we were treated to the warmth and hospitality of Ita, her husband Franco, and Ita’s friend and translator, Carol. Our class was held in Ita’s beautiful home, a few miles north of Marinella di Selinunte. Because my grandmother was born in Marinella, Ita customized our menu at our request, and taught us to cook local dishes that were part of our family’s heritage including busiate pasta, ravioli, caponata, zucchini and red onions, and even cassatedde, a dessert that was my grandmother’s specialty. The lunch we helped to cook was the best food we ate during our entire trip. But, for us, this experience was more than a wonderful cooking class. It was a chance to learn more about our Sicilian roots, and we are so grateful to Ita for the effort she made on our behalf so this could happen.
- Wow, I was stunned by how good the food we made was. Ita was very attentive to how I was handling the dough to make sure everything we made was a success. She had expert tips and made it look easy. The result was true sicilian flavors. She was so warm and welcoming. I enjoyed our conversations as much as the food. I recommend this for beginners or experts. Her ingredients were local to the region and you'll never eat this wholesome food in a restaurant. She even had bread ready made from ancient grains for me to taste.
- Just a few kilometers from the sea and the archaeological park of Selinunte, an elegant house immersed in greenery with a beating heart – a teaching kitchen run by Ita: mastery and passion are palpable during the various preparations, with the opportunity to get your hands dirty, and to top it all off, it offers the chance to taste delicious, always fresh and innovative dishes. Highly recommended!
Ernst Heldring - February 2026
Christiaan and Ilse - September 2025
Joanne - July 2025
Sabrina - April 2025
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Giuseppe - February 2025
€92.00 per guest
(€46.00 per child)
Remaining char: 500
Total: €92.00
€92.00 per guest
Where
Ita
Cesarina from 2018Location: Castelvetrano (TP) Languages: Italian, English, FrenchA stone’s throw from the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, there is the country house of an architect woman who cultivates her great passion for cooking. Ita, our Cesarina, manages to create dishes of great naturalness, originality and genuineness, served in a refined and exclusive environment in an atmosphere surrounded by greenery, where the charm of good food is mixed with family hospitality. A different and original experience that will offer guests an opportunity for a cultural and culinary exchange, with an inimitable taste.
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