Highlights
- Learn how to make a different types of pasta from scratch
- Enjoy a wine tasting and sample some of the best wines in the region
- Savor a delicious lunch featuring the pasta you made during the class
- Taste a variety of hand-crafted products including wines and truffle oils
- Experience a cooking class in a relaxed and respectful environment
Description
Enjoy a full day tour from Florence dedicated to knowing and learning the dishes of Italian cuisine and tasting the most famous wines. The tour will visit a winery that produces Brunello di Montalcino. You learn how to make authentic Italian pasta with a seasoned professional (classes taught in English). Our Pasta Class offers a relaxed and respectful environment that fosters a true understanding of Tuscan culinary secrets. After the class, enjoy your wonderful creations featuring three varieties of pasta for lunch or dinner, paired with tasting of unique and hand-crafted products including wines, truffle oils and balsamic vinegar.
Conducted entirely in English, a professional chef will assist you and your loved ones as you learn everything there is to know about fresh homemade pastas. During the class, participants will be taught how to cut, knead, roll and fill the ravioli. Additionally, the class will mix, form and cut the dumplings, noodles, or other pasta varieties.
The recipes of our chefs are focused on fresh, high-quality and local ingredients, adhering to Tuscan tradition and making this quintessential Italian dish a memorable experience for all. With encouragement and smiles your instructor will provide you with a pleasant and enjoyable day. Upon arrival the guests are greeted by their host in our Welcome Center.
The Cooking Class Experience included:
– Making of three different kinds of homemade pasta (tagliatelle, pici, ravioli)
– Where the chef will explain you the most technical aspects to prepare the pasta, so that you will be able to make your own pasta, directly in your kitchen. Lunch with menu of the recipes you saw during the course but cooked by our chefs.
– Full wine tasting and olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting.
The Tasting will include the following menu:
Appetizers – Tuscan cheeses and salami, bruschetta.
Main Course – The three types of pasta you cooked during the course but cooked by our chefs (tagliatelle, pici, ravioli)
Dessert – Cantuccini biscuits with dessert wine.
List of products you may taste during the event: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG; Chianti Classico DOCG; Morellino di Scansano DOCG; Super Tuscan “Baldassarre” Cabernet, Merlot, Sangiovese; Super Tuscan “Cavaliere” Sangiovese & Merlot; Super Tuscan “Bartolomeo” Sangiovese & Cabernet; Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG; Rosè; Extra virgin olive oil; Truffle olive oil; Spicy Pepper Olive Oil; Balsamic Vinegar Gold Reserve.
Includes
Cooking class with a professional chef
Tasting of three types of homemade pasta
Wine Tasting
Olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting
Lunch with the dishes prepared during the course
Transportation by air-conditioned minivan offered by Welcome Italy
Pick up and drop-off at hotel in Florence
Tour leader for the whole trip
Excludes
Tips
Important Information
- Classes are conducted in English
Please inform us of any dietary restrictions or allergies in advance
Menu variations available upon request (gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian)
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
