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- English
- Italian
- The only cooking class in which a Chef and World Champion, Camilla Pizzorno, winner of the World Mortar Pesto Championship, teaches her recipe and its secrets;
- Uses a large marble mortar and wooden pestle with more than 100 years;
- Prepare croxetti, one of the oldest and most symbolic pastas of the Ligurian tradition. Knead and roll out the dough, then choose your wooden stamp and stamp the design on each croxetto, as was once done with the family coats of arms.
- Taste the freshly prepared pesto with a Ligurian menu with three courses: the typical Genoese focaccia - your croxetti - a traditional homemade dessert: the Italian Tiramisù;
- The dishes will be accompanied with a wine from the Ligurian Riviera and Italian liqueurs and grappas such as limoncello, myrtle and Camatti bitter;
- Authentic Italian location surrounded by greenery: garden in the summer months and heated outdoors in the winter months.
Example Menu
Starter
Genoese focaccia with fresh pesto
We will start with the queen of Ligurian street food: the Genoese focaccia, warm and tasty, combined with freshly prepared pesto.
Main
Ceoxetti freshly prepared with pesto
as main course you will taste your croxetti, freshly prepared, with pesto
Dessert
Dessert of the Ligurian tradition
We will conclude with a typical dessert, homemade Tiramisu. All served together with a local wine from the Riviera, Italian spirits and grappa.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We will wait for you 5 minutes before the start of the activity at the meeting point, for any problem please contact us. To make your experience even more comfortable, we are available to arrange transportation service: please contact us.
What to expect
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 discover together the ingredients of real pesto and their role.
2. Using a centuries-old marble mortar and an olive wood pestle, Camilla will guide you in the preparation of your pesto by mortar. You will crush and mix the ingredients by hand, to create the right color and texture.
3. We will taste the freshly prepared pesto with freshly baked Genoese focaccia.
4. We will prepare together Croxetti, one of the oldest Ligurian pastas.
You will knead and roll out the dough, choose your own wooden stamp and stamp the design on each croxetto, as it used to be. And then taste them with your pesto.
5. The tour will end with homemade Italian tiramisu.
The dishes will be accompanied by wine from the Ligurian Riviera and Italian liqueurs.
6. You will receive the Champion's recipe, photos and videos of the lesson and a small gift.
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- A maximum delay of 15 minutes is allowed. Beyond this limit, the experience will be considered as a no-show and cannot be carried out, to ensure the proper performance of subsequent classes. However, we ask you to notify us in case of delay: we will do our best to find a solution and allow you to carry out the experience, subject to the organization of the day.
- 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.
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Rating
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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