Puglia Cooking class "Le orecchiette, che pasta!"
An experience to live our traditions and know the origins of our cuisine in the typical Apulia buildings: i trulli surrounded by a peaceful nature.
The art of making the orecchiette (our traditional pasta) is part of a ritual made also of soil and wind, a time in the countryside, slowly spent for preparing our lunch collecting wild herbs, fruits, tomatoes, melons and all that our organic garden seasonaly produce.The same slow time lived by our grandmothers to prepare the daily lunch for all the family.
At home, a pastry board, the flour and the wind will be the simple ingredients to make our Orecchiette. We will learn to do this particular pasta, its variations and many other secrets will be revealed. We will then partecipate to prepare meat sauce, vegetables and cheese and all necessary for lunch. We will taste all our preparations.
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Cooking class The Orecchiette
Duration: 4 hours: A class to learn hot to make out typical pasta and the sauce. Finally a complete lunch/dinner
Complete lunch
What's included in Puglia Cooking class "Le orecchiette, che pasta!"
(Subject to Option Inclusions)In our Trullo house, an Orecchiette masterclass, based on making the famous Puglia pasta and cooking 2 typical recipes. We will eat all together our preparations in a 3 course lunch/dinner based on seasonal products. It also includes a short historical tour about Trulli, one of the Puglia typical buildings, where we live. The class takes place in an outside area close to our garden. In case of bad weather, there's a comfortable kitchen-living room, also warmed/refreshed. *** Kids are welcome. Vegetarian, vegan, celiac,lactose intolerant are welcome. We do not serve raw fish or milk. ++++ Please report any food requirements. We provide all necessary for the class. *** Dinner Mondays starting at 16:30 pm Lunch Wednesday and Saturdays starting at 10:00 am Composition of the meal: appetizer, a first course based on the self-made orecchiette with meat or vegetables sauce, second course of meat and seasonal vegetables, fruit, coffee. Wine and water included.We follow an organic and traditional cultivation, also ingredients may differ depending on the season. **** Duration: 4,5 hours, inclusive of lunch. You can park by me. Meeting point GPS coordinates: 40.654339,17.503607
Food Menu
STARTER - La Frisa or Acqua sala
A typical but unusual Puglia starter.
MAIN - Orecchiette with sauce
Main alternative pasta course with plain tomato sauce, always available.
MAIN - Brasciole or Cime di Rapa
Depending on the season, we can offer a meat sauce (Brasciole) or the vegetarian Cime di rapa sauce, a typical vegetable.
MAIN - Vegetables and appetizers
Seasonal vegetables as contour.
MAIN - Fruit
Seasonal and organic fruit
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- Beverages (local red wine: Negramaro, Salice or Primitivo)
- 3-course lunch
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian, vegan, pascatarian options are available, please advise at time of booking if required
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- I will send you the position via Whatsapp, but in case of difficulties reach the cemetery of Ceglie Messapica on the SPexSS581, just outside the city. Before the cemetry, go in the tiny road called "Padula del Cimitero". Go straight on for about 200 yd till number 3 white a white gate.
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We recommend smart dress, casual clothes, comfortable shoes. We are ready for allergies (celiac are welcome) but please let us know any diet needs. PARK: We have a small parking area but parking by us is available. Anyway, the destination is *Nord Salento Tour* via Padula del Cimitero, 3 - Ceglie Messapica GPS coordinates: 40.654597, 17.502920
