Cooking lessons with guided shopping at the market and lunch
A guided shopping of the ingredients with your chef at the ancient food market of S. Amborgio.
The day will start with the choice of the fresh and simple ingredients at the marketplace. You will meet Barbara in front of the main door of the S. Ambrogio market or at the reception in your hotel and you will begin your guided tour among the stalls of this ancient food market, shopping the ingredients for your Tuscan menu. Ten minutes walking and the teacher will show how to prepare a complete meal in our kitchen inside an ancient building at Centro Italiano in Piazza D'Azeglio 20. After the cooking class, lunch will be served, accompanied with local wines.
The program
- 10:00 Meeting point in front of our centre in Florence, Piazza D'Azeglio 20, or at your hotel. Your chef guides you around this historical food market.
- 10:45 You are back to Piazza d'Azeglio
- 11:00 - 13:00 You start the cooking class. You work around a large table, assembling the ingredients and working at a Tuscan menu cooking session
- 13:00 - Lunch is served, with all the dishes prepared accompanied with the most appropriate wine
Check the complete list of the available menus at Private cooking lessons
Some of our suggested menus:
A TUSCAN DINNER FOR FRIENDS
- Pappa al pomodoro or Panzanella (depending on the season)
- Tagliata di pollo all’aceto balsamico (chicken with balsamic vinegar)
- Seasonable vegetable side dish
- Panna cotta with sauce
- Red wine Chianti Buondonno, Castellina in Chianti
HAND-MADE PASTA
- Pasta fatta in casa: preparation of different kinds of pasta with and without eggs, cutting by hand and machine (spaghetti, taglierini, fettuccine, tagliatelle, etc.)
- Three typical Tuscan sauces: carrettiera, mushroom sauce *, and pesto
- Mousse al ciccolato
- Red or Rosè wine Chianti Buondonno, Castellina in Chianti
A MORE COMPLEX MENU
- Mezzelune con ricotta e spinaci
- Pollo alla cacciatora (chicken hunter's style)
- Cantuccini di Prato (traditional tuscan cookies with almonds or chocolate)
- Red wine Chianti Buondonno, Castellina in Chianti
The price of the program includes: a chef-guide in your language, a guided visit to the food market and a Tuscan lunch with wine, one bottle of wine for every two participants.
During your lunch we serve good quality Tuscan wines, included in the price. If you want some special bottles, please, let us know some days in advance.
