I'll be waiting for you for my Campania cooking class to discover the history and origins of local ingredients, learn how to pair flavors, and how to choose the best fresh produce.We start with a typical local dish: eggplant meatballs, made with basil, Parmesan cheese, capers and olives. Then we continue with a great classic, potato gnocchi, topped with tomato and mozzarella sauce, a typical Sorrento recipe.To finish, torta caprese, a dessert born in Capri, very popular in Campania, made with almonds, chocolate and citrus fruits from the Amalfi coast.At the end of the course we sit at the table and eat the dishes we prepared together.My cooking is typical Campanian, with traditional dishes, using first-rate products.

Campania Cooking Class

Learn to make the famous pasta and tiramisu in local homes with this hands-on cooking class.Discover, cook and experience the most iconic Italian dishes with expert home cooks in their homes. This is a shared cooking class held in a carefully selected local house in Sorrento.Our Cesarina will welcome you as part of the family and teach you her family cooking secrets for an authentic culinary experience.

Pasta and tiramisù cooking class in Sorrento

I will be waiting for you in Positano to learn how to cook a 3-course menu, which we will taste after the event on my terrace overlooking the sea.We will prepare typical, good and tasty dishes, using traditional cooking techniques, local and km 0 ingredients. Once back home, you can use these recipes to impress your guests, from family lunches to dinners with friends!Your Cesarino: "I am a cook, originally from Positano. By traveling to the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and many Italian cities, I have learned new cooking techniques and discovered delicious recipes. I enjoy teaching my guests how to cook bread, fish and meat dishes.... But most of all, I love making fresh pasta!"

Cook fresh pasta like an Italian Grandma enjoying a sea view

Hello, I am Martina and I welcome you to my farm in Sorrento, where I will teach you how to cook ravioli capresi, one of the most typical dishes of the cuisine of the Sorrento Peninsula. My farm is located in a lovely place, with a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Sorrento, where you will enjoy one of the most beautiful views in the area while learning to cook our specialties.Together we will pick fresh vegetables from the garden and then make pasta by hand, with my guidance. The kitchen we will be working in is ancient and full of history, which will make you feel like you have been catapulted back in time.After preparing the ravioli, we will enjoy our lunch on the terrace, where you can savor the delicacies you have cooked, accompanied by a glass of local wine.

Cooking class in Sorrento: ravioli, caprese and tiramisù

A stone's throw from the Amalfi Coast, in Cava de' Tirreni, we offer a unique culinary experience in a villa with a garden to discover the flavors of the Amalfi Coast.We will begin with a toast with wines from our Colli di Castelfranci winery, paired with bruschetta with anchovies from Cetara.We will prepare together two first courses typical of the Amalfi coast and Campanian cuisine: a lemon-scented risotto alla pescatora (with baby squid, clams, mussels, cuttlefish, shrimp, scampi), and a spaghetti with clams.To end the meal, we will taste a homemade tart with our own jam.

Cooking class on the scents of the Amalfi coast

This cooking class in Pompeii includes three recipes followed by a menu in which they will be tasted. In particular, we will cook excellent fresh handmade pasta. There will also be bruschetta with seasonal vegetables and to finish, coffee tiramisu. I am waiting for you to try the flavors of Pompeii.

Handmade pasta in Pompei

A few miles from my home, in the foothills of the Lattari Mountains, is the family garden, the oasis where my parents lovingly cultivate every good thing.We will go there to harvest what the earth offers us according to seasonality and then cook together something simple but special because of the unparalleled and almost forgotten taste that freshly harvested and eaten vegetables offer.Ninety percent of what we will eat is homemade.Along with my preserves I will let you taste local dairy excellence, a real treat!From appetizer to dessert, in a 4-course menu, you will taste the authentic flavors of the Sorrento Coast, a paradise nestled between sky and sea.

Farm-to-Table Cooking Class in Vico Equense

Sorrento boasts fertile soils and plentiful sea, and the local cuisine reflects this bounty. Fresh fish is the jewel in Sorrento's crown, especially shellfish. Learning to prepare these correctly is vital. You'll also learn the secrets of the region's fresh cheeses, flavour some olives, sweet tomatoes and juicy lemons.Learning how to cook in a local home is a wonderful way to gain insight into Italy's real culture. What could be a better souvenir than cooking knowledge to last a lifetime?Learn how to prepare 3 local recipes: Caprese, with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella,** **the traditional recipe of Gnocchi and Tiramisù Masterclass!!After the class, taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by local wines.

Cooking class in Sorrento: Caprese, Gnocchi and Tiramisù!

Surrounded by lush greenery in Cava de' Tirreni, a municipality just a few kilometers from Salerno and the magnificent Amalfi Coast, Villa Maddalena will welcome you to an environment full of scents and flavors.A nice and tasty appetizer will inaugurate your visit: sliced cold cuts and home-made cheeses with an intense and genuine flavor.Next, you will enjoy a nice production of fresh pasta. The chosen draw is scialatiello seasoned with the typical "red gold" of our fantastic region: San Marzano tomatoes, grown in our countryside and whose preserve is produced by us.Dulcis in fundo, an exquisite tiramisu!Cheers and voila our adventure begins, we will toast with wines from our winery "Colli di Castelfranci".We look forward to seeing you

Campania Fresh Pasta Course

Vico Equense is world famous for pizza.If you want to get your hands in the dough and learn how to make it yourself my house is for you.In a simple,homely and welcoming atmosphere, with the view of Mount Vesuvius as your backdrop and inspiration we will knead pizzas for all tastes.The careful choice of fresh, zero-mile products combined with the satisfaction of having made it with your own hands will allow you to enjoy a pizza you have never tried before.A good local wine and a traditional Neapolitan dessert will make the experience unique and unrepeatable.

Pizza Passion

At the gateway to the Amalfi Coast, in Cava de' Tirreni, we welcome you to the green villa Maddalena.During this experience, I offer you to make different formats of fresh pasta, to be paired with different toppings according to seasonal vegetables: Tomatoes, Squash, Friarielli, Artichokes, Eggplant, Peas, Porcini Mushrooms, and many others.We will make a toast with wines from our Colli di Castelfranci winery, taste our own cold cuts and cheeses, before tasting the different types of pasta made together.We look forward to seeing you in Cava de' Tirreni

Fresh pasta course: cavatelli, tagliatelle, ravioli

How did they eat in Pompeii and Ancient Rome? How many courses did they typically enjoy, and which recipes have survived to the present day? These are some of the questions I asked myself during my years of studying archaeology and ancient cuisine. Let's discover the answers together through three very special recipes. Are you ready for a journey through history?

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