4 Days Fresh Pasta Making & Italian Gastronomy Culinary Holiday in Tuscany, Italy

Facilities

During this four-day holiday, the focus will be on cooking lessons involving fresh artisan pasta and risotto making, and tours of great local sustainable food and wine producers. Included are cooking lessons with your private cooking instructor, Oli, and the use of kitchens, with a focus on the skills and secrets of great fresh pasta and risotto making. Oli, a trained professional pasta maker and chef, will walk you through a wide range of cut pasta (tagliatelle, parpadelle, etc), gnocchi, filled pasta (tortelli, etc), sauces, and everything you need to give you a skill set for a lifetime.

Sample daily schedule

Day 1

• 16:00 Check in and introduction
• 17:00 Gnocchi masterclass
• 19:00 Guided wine tasting and aperitivo at local vineyard with panoramic views
• 20:00 Four-course feast, including the gnocchi prepared earlier, cooked by your private chef under the villa’s pergola

Day 2

• 09:30 Buffalo mozzarella farm and producer tour and tasting brunch
• 12:00 Seaside organic Tuscan rice farm tour
• 17:00 Aperitivo and risotto masterclass - you will learn to make perfect risotto with the rice you picked up that morning!
• 20:00 Dinner of the dishes made in the class, set in the square of our medieval village, plus extra treats prepared by your private chef

Day 3

• 11:00 Fresh pasta workshop - learning to make cut fresh pasta like tagliatelle, and shapes like farfalle and garganelli
• 12:00 Lunch of your handmade pasta!
• 19:00 Four-course traditional dinner at local, organic family vineyard, with wine matching for all courses

Day 4

• 10:00 Filled pasta workshop. Using your new pasta skills to create advanced filled pastas like tortelli, ravioli, and 'plin'
• 12:00 Farewell lunch including the filled pasta created in your lesson
• 14:30 Check-out

Please note that itineraries are subject to change due to weather, availability, etc.

• Buffalo mozzarella farm and producer tour and tasting brunch
• Guided wine tasting and meal at local organic vineyards
• Seaside organic Tuscan rice farm tour

This culinary holiday will take place in Tuscany, Italy. The Maremma is the southern most coastal region of Tuscany. While the likes of Siena and Florence are easily accessible from the Maremma, it's a hidden gem that's relatively undiscovered compared to the well beaten tourist trails of central Tuscany.

Its incredible natural beauty and medieval hill villages provide an untouched and authentic land perfect for food exploration. Things are done the old ways there, and you will find some of the finest food in the country. Cook Eat Discover is based in the beautiful village of Roccatederighi, which is carved into the rocks over 500 meters above the plains. It teeters impossibly above the flatlands and from up here you can see the islands of Giglio, Elba, or even Corsica on a clear day.

The undisturbed wilds of Maremma produce extremely fine ingredients and dishes. Stuffed pasta, cured meats, honey, wild boar, hearty soups, and chestnuts are some local specialties. The Maremmana cow is famed around the country for its steaks, the freshest fish, and seafood comes out of the nearby Tyrrhenian Sea, while the region is also blessed with excellent wine, olive oil, and cheese producers. Tuscany's other famous gastronomic centers are not far away either - the pecorino of Pienza, the Brunello wine of Montalcino, and the Panforte of Siena.

• Daily cooking masterclasses and workshops
• Private cooking instructor and chef
• Buffalo mozzarella farm and producer tour and tasting brunch
• Guided wine tasting and aperitif at local vineyard with panoramic views
• Seaside organic Tuscan rice farm tour
• All meals, wine, and aperitivos
• 3 nights accommodation

• Airfare
• Airport transfers

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 28 days before arrival.