Duration: 4 classes, 4 h per class

TO BOOK THIC COURSE PLEASE CLICK ON DAY 1 IN THE CALENDAR (the one in green) AND FOLLOW THE BOOKING PROCEDURE, THANK YOU.

During this course we prepare some of the best and most surprising Italian classic and regional dishes. TO FOLLOW THIS COURSE YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE BASIC COURSE 1

The classes start with coffee/tea (morning classes) or drinks and nibbles (evening classes). After the introduction and the explanation you get to jointly prepare a beautiful meal of Italian classic delights:

Lesson 1:
“King Tomato”: all sorts of dishes with tomato, the real King of the Italian cuisine. Fresh tagliolini pasta “nests” with mozzarella and basil, oven-baked aubergines with cheese and lemony Sicilian sauce, tomatoes stuffed with pasta, pancetta and scamorza cheese – also in vegetarian version – and herby frittata strips from Milan in tomato sauce. Then stuffed bell peppers with pesto and cheese, fried panzerotti (mini stuffed calzone) with tomato and mozzarella from Puglia and more! A beautiful dessert, mini hazelnut cakes with layers of nutty dough, cream and fresh fruit, is the sweet note.

Lesson 2:
Beautiful, pure dishes: 4 cheeses terrine with nuts and pears served with home-made nut and figs bread, also perfect for our creamy mushroom paté. Chickpea&vegetables burgers with a spicy home-made salsa, aubergine “schnitzels”, plus a rustico (stuffed savoury pie) with cheese, courgette and ham, also in vegetarian version. Cookies made with sweet Limoncello liqueur and the famous “roses cake” from Mantua with home-made sabayon are our desserts.

Lesson 3:
A stroll through the Italian regions: a wonderful focaccia barese with tomato and olives from Bari (Puglia), Sicilian arancini di riso, minestrone alla genovese. Sicilian layered potato cake with mozzarella and oregano, a mixed vegetables tartare with buckwheat and a basil “coulis”, spicy ricotta fritters from Calabria. As dessert the salame di cioccolata, a wonderful, chocolaty “salami” made with cocoa, almonds, butter and dates plus the soft soffione ricotta cake from Abruzzo.

Lesson 4:
Easy and laborious at the same time: pumpkin gnocchi with butter and fresh herbs sauce, oven-baked mozzarella “cocottes” with tomato sauce, and a rich frittata with spaghetti. Little croquettes made with peas and ricotta, a quick pizza with pecorino, vegetables and fresh basil for every day. We also make roasted pepper rolls stuffed with cream cheese and tuna (also in the vegetarian version). The sweet finishing touch is represented by an innovative carb-free tiramisù-like dessert with fresh fruit and white chocolate.

All menus can be made 100% vegetarian proof.

These classes include an abundant tasting (enough as a lunch or dinner).
Please remember to take with you some food containers in case there are any leftovers.

Highlights

• Learn the most iconic Italian dishes during our tasty hands-on lessons

Includes

• 4 cooking classes, meals
• Prosecco/wine with nibbles at arrival (coffee/tea for morning classes + Prosecco/wine when it’s aperitivo time), all wines, Italian beers & non-alcoholic drinks - Italian mineral water, fruit juice
• coffee/tea
• recipes for home, cleaning/washing up

Excludes

• Anything that isn’t mentioned in the description

Important to know:

• Individual classes means that you can sign up for this cooking course as an individual or with your partner, family member, friend etc.

This is NOT a private group activity.

• The tuition will be given in English if there are any participants who don’t speak Dutch. The working recipes are in both Dutch and English. Most teachers speak Dutch, some do not.
• Dietary requirements can be selected upon booking.

Also suitable for vegetarians since every non-veg dish is also made in a vegetarian version.