Good morning I'm Velia.In this cooking class we will learn how to make traditional recipes of Italian gastronomy using fresh and seasonal products.At the end of the course we will be able to sit at the table and eat what we have prepared.I'm waiting to welcome you to my home in Palermo with the typical warmth of a DOC Sicilian!

Sun & taste of Sicily-  small group hands-on cooking class 

You will be welcomed in my art atelier immersed in the historic Ballarò market (Souk El Ballarak), we will decide our menu together, we will go and buy the ingredients at the market among the characteristic counters full of colors and scents typical of our land. We will return home and together we will create the menu with imagination, tradition and seasonality. The menu will consist of 3 courses, appetizer, first course of fresh pasta, dessert. The menu varies according to the season and your tastes. I will be careful of your allergies and intolerances. During the cooking class you can enjoy an aperitif with local products and during lunch / dinner, you can drink excellent organic Sicilian wine. All accompanied by my stories and my songs.

Market tour and cooking class in Palermo 

We will pay a visit to a typical Sicilian market with street vendors and purchase raw materials , and then we will go home to cook the three recipes of our menu.We will prepare the following menu:-Sfincione palermitano-Eggplant rolls stuffed with fresh pasta: homemade maccaruni covered with fresh sheep ricotta cheese-Lemon cream or ricotta cake as a final dessert

Palermo Cape Market plus cooking class

At my home in the Santa Flavia countryside, I am offering a special cooking class in which we will use the wood-fired oven... to cook pizza! Knead, season and bake your creations together with me, while I reveal tricks and secrets for top-notch preparation. What's next? All that's left is for you to enjoy your pizza as a true "pizzaiolo" .

Special cooking class: pizza passion

A visit to Catania's central fish market will give you a chance to see the ancient city and buy directly from local merchants anything you would like to cook together. In the cooking class to follow, I will show you the simplicity and authenticity of Sicilian dishes. From my side, I will point you to the best fish, meat, fruits and vegetables to make homemade preserves as well!

Visit the fish market in Catania

Catania is a special city, here Etna volcano meets the sea, and our cuisine tells of tradition, daily life and hospitality.We will cook together in a friendly home mixing flavors and knowledge of Sicily, recipes that mothers and grandmothers have handed down and adapted to seasonality.Finally we will taste together what we have prepared and chatting about tradition and hospitality we will "taste Sicily"!

Taste Sicily

Cous cous is undoubtedly the traditional dish symbolic of Maghreb culture that arrived in Sicily through the Arab dominations. In 2020 it was defined as a Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO. I will prepare for you cous cous according to the tradition that my family inherited, it can be either meat or vegetables. I am waiting for you !!!

Cous Cous, between tradition and culture

An emotional tour around our beloved island, one wine after another, todiscover the most characteristic landscapes with your taste; from Etna tothe west coast, to the producers and the splendid realities (and wines)they create year after year.In this experience, the participants will try 3 wines from 3 different areas of Sicily andwith different styles. Accompanied by our food and wine guide, they willdiscover the basics of wine tasting and the realities of various Sicilianproducers, selected for their regard to the territory and the authenticityof their work. Each wine will be skilfully paired with a taste of strictly localproducts, together with an introduction on the most effective food-wine pairings.

Food and wine tasting

Our Street food Tour you will let you immerge yourself in the Sicilianfood and wine culture simply by walking through the picturesquestreets of Taormina. Thanks to our wise guide, you will discover someof the most characteristic places in the area and taste their excellenceas well .The tour consists of three stops, each in adifferent shop focused on typical specialties of our land: from breadand focaccia made with forgotten grains to some famous localdesserts, as well as the classic sicilian street food, the arancino. Thetour is accompanied by stories and secrets told by our guide and by thesuggestive atmosphere of Taormina.

Street Food Tour

Come try an authentic Sicilian cooking experience!A beautiful kitchen and all the knowledge that our Cesarina Donatella and her family gathered through the many years of experience will be available for you.With a menu consisting of two different type of fresh, hand-made pasta prepared on the spot, a dessert and some accurately selected local wine, the warm and welcoming atmosphere will make our time together memorable.

Authentic Sicilian cooking experience with two pasta recipes

This experience willopen the doors of our houseto the travelers, where they will discoverymany ancient andsecret traditions which have been passed on from generations - and get to taste unforgettable dished and flavours that only SicilyThe experience will take place in a house that has always hosted travelers from all over the world and made them feel at home, accompanying them in a real experience between stories and famous or lesser known specialties of Sicily

Cena tipica siciliana

Cooking Class with cous cous, gnocchetti, almond biscuit 

After a tour of the market, where we will buy fresh products of our choice, we will go to my home and cook together.It will be a pleasant lunch under the banner of typical Sicilian cuisine.

Siracusa:Market tour, cook and lunch in my home 

Sicily is also Street Food, smells,flavors and colors that overwhelm friendly friends to cheerfully share an evening over a glass of local wine.

Let's Discover Sicilian Street Food

You are invited to “Silvia's house", Sicilian smells and flavors await you. You will be hosted by my family in a welcoming environment. You will be able to observe firsthand the preparations of the dishes that we will all taste together.Mediterranean fish, lemon, cherry tomato, fresh spices, fresh ricotta…

Sicilian style

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