Puglia Cooking class "Le orecchiette, che pasta!"

4.8
(248 reviews)

4 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English and 3 more

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.

Example 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

What's Included

Bottled water
Beverages (local red wine: Negramaro, Salice or Primitivo)
3-course lunch
Coffee and/or Tea
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

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.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

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

Additional info

  • 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
Supplied by Simona Ciccarese

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