I live on the border with Switzerland, in the Great St. Bernard Valley. With this experience you will try the typical raclette cheese, which, melted with the special tool, is spatulated over mountain potatoes, accompanied by pickles and sausages from Valle d'Aosta. All is served with tea or other hot drinks, or a good white wine. I end the meal with Nonna's Swiss cream, a secret family recipe.

Convivial dinner, perfect on winter evenings

Lasagna is a typical Italian dish, but the one I propose is absolutely unique and traditional in my family. Lasagna is a fresh pasta stuffed with meat sauce, cheese and béchamel sauce. My recipe has ancient origins and you will not find it in any restaurant in Valle d'Aosta, so all you have to do is come and prepare it in my home restaurant and be fascinated by so much deliciousness. All you need is a lot of curiosity and patience, and then sit down around the table to enjoy an unforgettable dish.

The lasagna of the Alps

The special menu includes traditional dishes such as polenta with meat stew, game, vegetables, mushrooms, and whatever seasonal ingredients are available: polenta concia in all its variations and tasty and genuine house desserts. Excellent wines, homemade liqueurs and Valdostan-style coffee.

Mountain people its food its traditions

In this experience you can taste and be fascinated by the goodness of the recipes offered, consumed in a family and convivial setting. The goodness of raclette, a humble and spectacular dish from the Alps, made with raclette cheese, mountain potatoes, charcuterie and homemade vegetables. All paired with pierrade, which will have you enjoying types of meat cooked on stone and vegetables.

Mountain pasture recipes

The proposed cooking class aims to introduce my welcome guests to a recipe of Piedmontese origin. Piedmont is the only Italian region bordering the Aosta Valley, from which it has taken inspiration from several recipes and made its own by using local ingredients and pairing them with its wines. Bagna cauda is made from salted anchovies cooked in olive oil and served with raw, roasted and fermented vegetables. In short, a delicacy. Its preparation creates a family complicity until its tasting. The light from the candles used to keep it warm warms the room and creates an atmosphere of yesteryear. The watchword is conviviality. My recipe runs in the family as my maternal grandparents were from Piedmont! I am waiting for you...it is an experience not to be missed!

The bagna cauda

A romantic love dinner with your partner in the beautiful Aosta Valley, in a cozy family setting, Cesarina Franca will cook delicious traditional dishes with local ingredients. Your dinner will be accompanied by Aosta Valley wines, and at the end you will be offered Aosta Valley-style coffee in the friendship cup that will then remain with you as a memento of the evening and accompanied by a recipe.

Valentine's Day a romantic and unique dinner together with you

My home is welcoming and open to guests curious to cook and enjoy unique and traditional dishes, my kitchen is the heart of my home where food is prepared for the family every day! I offer all kinds of recipes, traditional and vegetarian foods with respect to quality and research of km0 ingredients produced in my region! I am waiting for you for a unique experience full of knowledge and creativity 🌻