Antonella
Cesarina from 2018My speciality: Pasta alla norma (Sicilian pasta dish with eggplant and basil)
I live in: Catania
Spoken languages: Italian and English
Good to know
I offer vegetarian alternatives
Hi from Antonella!
"I have always considered hospitality something important, a source of personal growth and development, through cultural exchange that can also pass through food. I have always loved cooking, since my adolescence, here in my home, inside of a mid-19th century building in the historic center of Catania, a city that with the beauty of its baroque, its climate, its lava soil gives the products a great flavor. "
My specialities
- Caponata (Sicilian dish of fried eggplant in pieces with celery, onion, capers, olives, tomatoes, seasoned in sweet and sour)
- Pasta alla norma (Sicilian pasta dish with eggplant and basil)
- Swordfish rolls
Experiences
Cooking classes (3)
Reviews
5.0
12 reviews
- By far the best cooking experience we have ever had! From best stands at the market and shops to learning new recipes in a beautiful historic home. Just a perfect day!
- This was BY FAR one of our top experiences in Sicily. Antonella was an amazing guide, treating us to food, locations and information we would never have gotten otherwise. Beyond highly recommend. Antonella went above and beyond making our visit to Catania a trip of a lifetime.
- Antonella ci ha accolti in questa splendida casa di fine ottocento, ristrutturata e piena di storia in pieno centro storico, a Catania, di fronte la Villa Bellini, polmone verde della città. Una persona eclettica, poliedrica e un'ospite eccezionale che ci ha saputo guidare verso piatti che, nonostante autoctoni, non conoscevamo e di cui siamo rimasti piacevolmente colpiti. Non si finisce mai di imparare. Le porzioni ricche e gli ingredienti, scelti accuratamente in piccoli negozi di fiducia, e lei un'insegnante eccezionale che ha saputo guidarci nello stendere l'impasto dei ravioli. Non se n'è aperto nemmeno uno e hanno tenuto benissimo la cottura. Grazie mille per aver creato uno splendido ricordo e non vediamo l'ora di ricreare la tua ottima granita!
- I bought this experience for my wife as a birthday present, she visited Antonella with our daughter. They were both absolutely excited about the experience. Antonella was very kind and made them feel really welcome at her beautiful home. The food was great (they even brought the leftovers home to share with the rest of us) and they enjoyed the whole evening very much, also learning a ton about Sicily. I can highly recommend this and thank you Antonella!
- Antonella is such a wonderful woman and cook! She welcomed me and my 12 year old son into her beautiful home in Catalina. She was very accommodating and thoughtful. She had an entire meal planned and smartly prepped some of the things that would take the longest (drying eggplant and frying it). We made busiati pasta and a long Sicilian macaroni pasta. We also made some amazing roasted red pepper/olive appetizer and a pecceriono onion appetizer (using olive oil from her brother’s trees!) The pasta we sauced two ways: a tomato sauce and a pesto (made with almonds, basil, cherry tomatoes, garlic, etc). Both were excellent. It was exchanging stories and learning about her culture.
Yarrow & Greg - November 2024
Lisa B - August 2024
Giulia Spampinato - July 2024
Martin - February 2024
Karen & Johnny - August 2023