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

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

My Savoury Baking course teaches you to combine baking and culinary skills to produce delicious and traditional italian baked goods using savoury ingredients.Let's have fun together learning savoury baking skills and techniques, including different kinds of pastry.Course outline:Introduction to baking tools and equipment. The basics of a great dough.Hands-on cooking class. Let's get our hands dirty making one or more baked goods.Dinner time: time to put your cooking skills to the "taste".

Rustic pizzas made and eaten.

Are you ready to take on a super yummy culinary challenge? Get your hands dirty in the kitchen with me. I'll show you how to make fresh pasta the way italians do it. You'll become an italian cook in the span of a few hours, making fresh pasta from scratch and learning all the tips and tricks which make italian cusine so delicious and simple. Less is more. Buon appetito!

Home made pasta: gnocchi and tagliatelle in Salerno 

The course involves making three types of pasta typical of the Campania tradition: pasta patate e provola, scialatielli allo scarpariello, and classic Neapolitan pasta fritters. You will make scialatielli with your own hands, which we will then season with cherry tomatoes seasoned in a pan with oil, onion and oregano. All accompanied by excellent wine from Campania.

Three pasta recipes in Salerno

The course will be based on the preparation of an appetizer, two first courses and a dessert.The appetizer will consist of crostini alla napoletana (anchovies, butter, mozzarella di bufala campana, sun-dried tomatoes), gattò di Santa Chiara (with prosciutto cotto and mozzarella di bufala campana), and mozzarella in carrozza.You will make both cavatelli and scialatielli with your own hands. The cavatelli will then be dressed with sauce and mozzarella, while the scialatielli with clam sauce.Finally you will prepare the zeppole that you will enjoy hot hot at the end of the meal.

Cook a 4-couse menu in Salerno

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

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

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.