"Pasta al forno" Palermitana is a type of ring-shaped pasta with meat sauce, peas and cheese, baked in the oven. Its preparation requires attention and time. This type of dish is eaten on Sundays or holidays. The particular format of pasta allows, the peas contained in the meat sauce, to finish in the center of the ring, so as to make the meal joyful and super tasty. Every Sicilian family has its own secret recipe and I am ready to reveal mine.You will be welcomed into my Atelier nestled in the Ballarò neighborhood. Together we will prepare this type of pasta and an appetizer the famous "Cacio all'Argentiera," caciocavallo cheese with vinegar, oil and oregano,also baked.You will enjoy your lunch with excellent organic Sicilian wine and we will finish with homemade liqueurs. Water, encores and coffee will not be missed!For those who have a car and wish to, we could meet at my house in the countryside 20 minutes from palermo immersed in the Monreale area.

Cook with me the Traditional "Pasta a forno" of Palermo.

Come cook carnival chatter with me! Carnival in my town is a party for everyone, young and old.Around there is music, colors, masks and lots of laughter. At the table there are traditional foods and sweets such as Chiacchere, thin sheets of dough fried and dusted with powdered sugar: you can't cook them in time that they are already finished!You will be welcomed in my atelier in the heart of the Ballarò market with a rich savory aperitif of km 0 and seasonal products, which you can enjoy during the preparation or right before pampering yourself with the sweet fragrance of the Chiacchiere. All accompanied by organic Sicilian wine, water and coffee.

Chiacchiere in company (typical carnival dessert)

Cooking class with 3 recipes (appetizer, first course of fresh pasta and dessert) followed by a 3-course menu with the dishes prepared during the course. Not only will you learn to cook, but you will enter into a convivial atmosphere, full of stories, songs and smiles typical of Palermo. You will be welcomed in my Atelier located in the Ballarò district, right in the historical center. Organic Sicilian wine will be your drinking companion. Bis, water and coffee will not miss.

Cooking Class with 3 recipes in Palermo

Cook a Sicilian menu of three specialty dishes during a private cooking class in Palermo.Start by choosing the freshest ingredients, then sip Sicilian wines as you cook in your host's home kitchen. The menu varies according to the season to highlight local pastas, fresh vegetables, meats and fish, and desserts, and the class concludes by sharing the meal you've cooked with your host.

Handmade Sicilian Pasta Cooking Class

Good morning I'm Velia.In this cooking class we will learn how to make traditional recipes of Italian gastronomy using fresh and seasonal products.At the end of the course we will be able to sit at the table and eat what we have prepared.I'm waiting to welcome you to my home in Palermo with the typical warmth of a DOC Sicilian!

Sun & taste of Sicily-  small group hands-on cooking class 

From East to West, traveling the Spice Route, Sicilian cuisine is full of traditions and novelties, foods blended into dishes unique in color and flavor, beautiful to see and good to taste. Ethnic cuisine combined with the mastery of the nuns who so jealously guard the secrets of their recipes, the ability of Sicilian women to seize these secrets creating spicy dishes with the aftertaste of an enchanting journey into the novels of A Thousand and One Nights. Once savored, you won't be able to do without them, and you too will want to discover the secrets that reach from the mouth to the head, to the heart and stay there. Tabulè, cous cous, white caponata, capuliato and pesto with almonds, pistachios, pine nuts and much more. Only by tasting can you understand what Sicily is, the beautiful one.

From East to West by traveling the Spice Route

Bread Love and Fantasy, recalls the title of a famous film but in Sicily it acquires a very special meaning associated with the cuisine and the many ways of interpreting it. An island where cultures, histories and traditions intertwine, overlap but have a single, common thread-the island itself where ancient grains constitute one of the most authentic expressions. Four extraordinary varieties of wheat that tell a centuries-old bond with this land. Tumminia or Timilia flour, still processed by stone milling, lends itself to the creation of dishes that delight the palate, (you know when you start tasting but you sure won't know when and how to stop). Breads, Scacce, Vota Vota, Faccivecchia, Pizze, Pizzoli, delight the palate and....Wowww...

Bread (and more) Love and Fantasy

Easter is approaching and with it also the preparation of the typical dishes of this holiday.What a better opportunity to get your hands in the dough and learn while having fun preparing the sweets that are symbolic of Sicilian Easter. An authentic experience that will allow you to learn and taste sweets that you will carry in your heart forever. The cooking class will be dedicated to the preparation of 3 traditional Sicilian Easter sweets. Baked cassata, marzipan lamb and cuddura with egg (Easter biscuit) will be the protagonists. Anecdotes, stories and secrets of these sweets will be told during the preparation.The preparation of the sweets will be followed by a snack where all the prepared sweets will be tasted paired with coffee, tea and homemade liqueurs.

Traditional Easter sweets in Sicily

Sicily is world famous for its sweets, the origins of which are the result of the many dominations that have passed through it. The different dominations in addition to having left traces in the architectural sphere have left a gastronomic legacy that has evolved, giving rise to Sicilian cuisine. Desserts are a fundamental pillar, without which a lunch or dinner cannot be concluded worthily, especially during festive periods. During the cooking class you will learn how to prepare 3 traditional Sicilian desserts as well as discover curious anecdotes about the origin or name of the dish. From almond cookies to cassata, via watermelon gelo and biscotti reginella. The desserts prepared vary according to seasonality and the holidays when it is customary to prepare them.

Sicilian dessert: a long pastry-making tradition

Cooking Class with cous cous, gnocchetti, almond biscuit 

Enjoy a hands-on way to discover the highlights of Sicilian cuisine: this home cooking class has you whipping up a variety of traditional dishes in no time. Make your own fresh pasta, get to work prepping and cooking. At the end of the class, enjoy your delicious meal of authentic Sicilian cuisine, plus wine, coffee, and limoncello to accompany.

Fresh pasta cooking class in Palermo

We will learn how to make Sicilian arancine of three types"Norma" with eggplant (vegetarian)"Accarne" with beef ragout"Abburro" with ham and cheese.We will start with cooking the rice then move on to preparing the toppings and finally assembling the arancine.I will offer an appetizer and dessert in addition to tasting the arancine.