Travel through the flavors of Neapolitan culture, while gazing at the marvelous Gulf of Naples. Our typical dishes tell stories and family traditions that intertwine with the local culture. In the kitchen, we will prepare together three unforgettable courses from our menu. Let's start our journey with an appetizer from the popular culture of recycling, mozzarella in carrozza, and then cross the sea in search of the flavors of Capri, with ravioli capresi with tomato and basil.We will end on a high note, imagining ourselves entering a lemon garden of the coast, while preparing the world-famous Italian dessert: limoncello tiramisu.A culinary experience not to be missed!

Cooking Course on the Gulf of Naples

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

To discover the authentic culture of a country you have to visit the markets. The market I will take you to is in the greenery with a small church, very authentic. Part is outdoors and part is indoors. It is only open in the morning. You can find everything branded and at affordable prices, perfumes, shoes, sneakers, clothes, accessories, cosmetics, a vast range of food products, fruit, vegetables, all colored just like Naples; mozzarella, pizzas, taralli, cured meats, sweets, so you can immerse yourself in Neapolitan folklore among aromas and flavours. There we will buy what you like most, we will go home and together we will prepare what you have chosen. Then we will sit down at the table and taste what you have created.

Exploring Neapolitan culture at a local market

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

Experience with a marine scent that recalls my origins, diving in the sea of the Gulf of Naples, creating a marriage between the traditions of Campania and those of neighboring regions...Menu:-Cesarino-inspired appetizer (three dishes).-gnocchi with clams and pea velouté with parmesan crispy cheese-polypus plated with bufala and octopus broth with mayo (accompanied by sweet and sour onions)In addition: plated bread, house dessert and homemade bitters and liqueurs (limoncello, nespolino, laurel bitters, cream of limoncello), coffee

Special Menu: Neapolitan Sea Flavors

The menu I am proposing to my guests features fish as the main ingredients, and in general the flavors of our beautiful sea.I will delight you by starting with an appetizer of fried golden anchovies. As a pasta dish, the so-called "ammischiata" pasta made with beans and mussels, followed by baccalà in the neapolitan style.We cannot finish our meal without an iconic dessert: the Neapolitan pastiera. Water, wine and coffee are all included.

Special seafood menu in Naples

This menu can also be called "Tradition 2.0" , as in the proposed dishes we will find traditional recipes presented in an innovative way.On the menu you'll finda starter: onion and cheese omelettepasta ammischiata with provola cheese and potatoesmigliaccio cake, a typical Carnival dessert

Revisiting Neapolitan Traditions

In this cooking class you'll have the chance to try three different recipes prepared with genuine flavors. We'll start by preparing fresella with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella, a type of typical bread. It will be followed by gnocchi alla sorrentina and we will then end with a traditional but amazing tiramisù.

Cooking Class with fresh pasta and tiramisù

This amazing tasting experience consists of a lunch of fresh fish, caught in the seas of our Neapolitan Gulf, cooked according to the recipes handed down to us by tradition and sometimes with more innovative, fresh and original ones. Guests will be welcomed in a cottage with rustic style, surrounded by greenery and from which you can admire our symbol: Mount Vesuvius.The menu includes: seafood salad ( made with salt cod, black chickpeas, arugula and cherry tomatoes) ; finger food version of tuna meatloaf; Gragnano pasta with Amalfitan pesto ( sauce with parsley, pine nuts, lemon peel and anchovies) ; mini quiche with shrimp and anchovy flavor; and lemon tarts.

Taste the flavors of the Gulf of Naples

La Cesarina Carolina offers a complete journey into the flavors of the Neapolitan tradition.The experience kicks off with an appetizer consisting of: montanarine with cherry tomatoes, cheese and fresh basil, eggplant meatballs and parmigiana, and mozzarella in carrozza.As a first course, a typical delicacy: classic Neapolitan ragout with broken ziti, followed by ragout meat with friarielli.The journey ends with the classic Neapolitan pastiera, the highlight of our pastries, accompanied by the inevitable coffee and limoncello.

Explosion of ancient flavors at the foot of Vesuvius

Traditional dishes of the Christmas season will be enjoyed during the holidays. Traditionally, pizza di scarole is made, which will be tasted as an appetizer followed by minestra maritata, a marriage of vegetables and meat, then fresh pasta with meat broth.To close the meal struffoli. All will be tasted in the Green Room a garden in the house where traces of drawn plaster representing a balustrade can be seen

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