Pesto and walnut mortar sauce with World Champion and Ligurian Menu

2 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

The only World Champion to reveal her recipe and secrets in a cooking class;
Prepare your Pesto and Walnut Sauce by mortar and taste them with a typical Ligurian menu;
Use a Carrara marble mortar and a vintage olive wood pestle with more than 100 years;
Taste a typical menu of Ligurian tradition, consisting DA Genoese focaccia with pesto, handmade pansoti with walnut sauce, Genoese pandolce, wine, liqueurs and Italian grappa;
Live a unique experience in an authentic location surrounded by greenery: garden in summer and heated outdoor in winter.

Example Menu

Starter

Mortar pesto with Genoese focaccia

savor the World Champion Pesto and your freshly prepared pesto with the typical Genoese focaccia.

Main

Pasoti with walnut sauce

discover the Ligurian tradition with a plate of fresh handmade pansoti, served with the walnut sauce freshly prepared by mortar.

Dessert

Typical Genoese dessert

the route will end with the Genoese pandolce. The dishes will be accompanied DA a wine from the Ligurian Riviera and DA Italian liqueurs and grappa.

What's Included

Genoese Pesto and Walnut Sauce lesson with mortar gui DAta by Camilla Pizzorno, World Champion;
Final recipe of the World Champion in PDF DA take home;
We are available to arrange transport service : contact us.
A small gift for you;
Typical Ligurian menu consisting DA Genoese focaccia with pesto, pansoti typical Ligurian pasta with walnut sauce and Genoese pandolce;
Photos and videos of the experience;
Wine from the Ligurian Riviera, Italian liqueurs and grappas (limoncello, myrtle, camatti bitter...);
Drinks (water, coffee, tea, juice);

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We will wait for you 5 minutes before the start at the meeting point, for any problem do not hesitate to call or write to us, we will be at your disposal! To make your experience even more comfortable, we are available to arrange transportation service: please contact us.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

The only cooking class in which a World Champion, Camilla Pizzorno, winner of the World Mortar Pesto Championship, reveals her recipe and makes you taste a Ligurian menu.

1. You will be welcomed in a typical Ligurian garden surrounded by greenery during the summer, or in a heated outdoor area in winter. We will begin by learning to recognize the quality and role of the ingredients of Genoese pesto.

2. With a 100-year-old Carrara marble mortar and an olive wood pestle, Camilla will guide you in the preparation of pesto. You will crush and mix the ingredients by hand, to create the right color and texture.

3. We will taste the freshly prepared pesto, served with the typical Genoese focaccia.

4. We will continue the experience by preparing the walnut sauce by mortar, an ancient and today rare recipe made by mortar DA.

5. You will taste the walnut sauce with a plate of pansoti, typical fresh local pasta.

6. The tour will end with a typical Genoese dessert, pandolce, accompanied DA wine, liqueurs and Italian grappa.

7. At the end of the experience you will receive the recipe of the Champion in PDF, all the photos and videos of the experience and a small gift for you.

Additional info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • In case of allergies or intolerances, we ask you to report them at the time of Reservation. Before the start of the laboratory you will need to sign a liability form : while we guarantee that the reported food will not be used, we cannot guarantee the total absence of contamination due to packaged products or industrial processes.
Supplied by Lezione di Pesto Genovese con la Campionessa Mondiale

Tags

Cooking Classes
Small Group
Food & Drink
New Product
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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