Itinerary

SUNDAY

    * Transfers from Pisa or Florence airports/train stations for arrival at the villa around midday for a welcome buffet lunch.

    * Buffet lunch - meet your hosts & cooking colleagues with time to settle in and relax before the first hands-on cooking lesson.

    * Hands-on cooking lesson with preparation of dinner

Fiori di zucca con cestini di parmigiano - Ricotta filled zucchini flowers with oven crisped parmesan baskets
Risotto ai Carciofi o Funghi Porcini - Artichoke or Porcini Mushroom Risotto Cantucci di Prato - Almond biscuits from Prato


    * Welcome aperitivi and orientation before dinner


MONDAY

    * After breakfast a specially themed cooking lesson - Pasta and its Sauces.


Tagliolini al pomodoro ciliegino & basilico - Long thin pasta with a cherry tomato and basil sauce

Ravioli di asparagi selvatici con una salsa tartufata di stagione - Wild asparagus filled ravioli with a truffle butter

Lasagna dello Chef - Chef’s special lasagna Mostarda/Jam Making for Cheese Tasting

 

    * Lunch alfresco followed by a chef’s tour of Lucca visiting gourmet suppliers and producers for tastings

    * Hands-on cooking lesson and preparation of dinner.

Zuppa di Farro - Spelt grain soup

Melanzane alla Parmigiana - Oven baked lauers of eggplant, tomato and parmesan
Pesche amaretti e gelato di cannella - Amaretto peaches & cinnamon ice-cream

Limoncello di Nonna Maria - Grandma Maria's lemon liqueur

    * Aperitivi and dinner


TUESDAY

    * Breakfast available

    * Depart for a Chianti adventure stopping off at an enchanting market town as well as renowned vineyard for wine-tasting and lunch.

    * Return home for an informal pizza supper in the lively village trattoria, just a short walk from the villa.


WEDNESDAY

    * Breakfast available.

    * Chef’s tour of the bustling market town of Pistoia to choose fresh produce for a kitchen challenge where students and chefs work together to prepare a buffet lunch with items found at the market.

    * Lunch followed by free time to relax and enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the villa.

    * Hands-on cooking lesson and preparation of dinner.

Gnocchi con Pesto : Potato dumplings with a pesto sauce

Tagliata Fiorentina con funghi porcini & rucola & fagioli zolfini – Florentine steak dressed with a porcini mushroom sauce or rucola topping and served with zolfini beans

Sformatino di Gianduia con una salsa di cioccolata bianca & vaniglia – Warm chocolate and hazelnut pudding with a white chocolate and vanilla sauce


    * Aperitivi and dinner.


THURSDAY

    * Breakfast available

    * Gourmet adventure in the Garfagnana visiting a cheese producer and a salami/cured meat specialist with a Tuscan tasting lunch at an old mill.

    * Hands-on cooking lesson and preparation of dinner.


Tagliolini di Pesce : Seafood pasta

Pesce in cartoccio - Fish in a bag

Sorbetto di limone & salvia - Lemon & sage sorbet


    * Aperitivi and dinner.


FRIDAY

    * Breakfast available.

    * Pastry – a specially themed hands on cooking lesson

Tiramisu` – A little “pick me up"

Florentines & Petits Fours

Bigne` - Profiteroles


    * Lunch followed by a short visit to see the Leaning Tower in Pisa.

    * Hands-on cooking lesson and preparation of dinner.

Crespelline Fiorentine – Fiorentine spinach & ricotta crepes with a walnut sauce
Ossobuco alla Milanese con riso pilaff – Beef shanks in a citrus vegetable sauce & pilaff rice


    * Farewell drinks, graduation ceremony and celebration dinner.


SATURDAY

    * Breakfast available and transfers to your next onward destination.

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