During your stay, Cook in Umbria will offer you daily breakfasts and lunches. In your apartment, you will find everything you need for your breakfast, such as coffee, milk, tea, cereals, bread, biscuits, eggs, jams made with fruits from the farm, fruits, and yogurt. You will prepare your breakfast in your apartment respecting your time. Send Raffaella a list of foods that you want to find in your apartment.
For lunch, you will dine on your creations from the cooking classes accompanied by local, delicious, organic, red wines completely made in the farm. The lunch will be in Raffaella's home or in the garden of the farm. Dinners are not included. The lunches from your cooking classes are very rich and the afternoon tours often include tastings, so you should enjoy light dinners in order to be ready for your next cooking class.
In the apartments, your well-equipped kitchen is at your disposal and, after each tour, your driver can make a stop at a supermarket from where you can buy anything you will need. You can also ask the driver to bring you in the historical center of Perugia and dine in a restaurant; the driver will come to pick up them after the dinner at no extra rate. During your classes you will be preparing a wide variety of dishes that include appetizers, first course, main course, and dessert.
Appetizer
Tasty and delicious, starters have evolved as a true course meal of the Italian cuisine. Cold or hot, it can open a tasty meal or a special buffet. Some of the dishes you can prepare are:
- Bruschette - tomatoes and mushrooms
- Cake with zucchini, potatoes, and Taleggio cheese
- Crostini with chicken liver
- Crostini with roasted peppers
- Focaccia with onion and sage
- Fry flower zucchini
- Millefoglie with eggplants
- Mixed grilled vegetable with bread and garlic
- Panzanella
- Parmigiana with eggplants
- Salad with fennels and orange
- Salad with melon and mint
- Small onions in balsamic vinegar
- Spelt salad
- Torta al testo with ham and rucola
First course
A journey into the preparation of the symbol of Italian diet: pasta. The dry and fresh versions will alternate with different fillings and combinations of sauces inspired both by tradition and fantasy. Pasta sauce is made of fresh and seasonal ingredients. Either fresh or egg pasta, adapt well to many cooking styles or as a basic ingredient of Italian-style soups. Some of the types of pasta that you can prepare are:
- Gnocchi
- Homemade cannelloni with ricotta, prosciutto, mozzarella
- Lasagne
- Lentil soup
- Pasta and beans
- Pasta and chickpeas
- Handmade pasta (tagliatelle, strangozzi, maltagliati, pappardelle)
- Pasta sauce
- Pizza and focaccia
- Polenta
- Ravioli
- Risotto
- Soup with spelt
Main course
You will discover the world of meat by focusing on the techniques of preparation and cooking of both white and red varieties, two parallel universes, which often meet. Some of the dishes that you can prepare are:
- Chicken in a rich herb, olive, and vegetable sauce
- Chicken roller with Umbrian ham
- Hearby roast beef
- Italian vegetable quiche
- Pork loin with grapes and juniper
- Pork with pears and pecorino cheese
- Rabbit all'arrabbiata
- Rabbit with wild herbs
- Salmi of guinea fowl
- Salted cod in a tomatoes sauce
- Stuffed artichokes
- Stuffed vegetables
- Umbrian meatloaf with pine-seeds and dry grapes
Dessert
You are invited to discover the many facets of pastry, the preparations, and cooking techniques. A journey through cakes, cookies, and cream to delight your days and those of your friends. Some of the desserts that you can prepare are:
- Cake with carrots and almonds
- Cake with chocolate and pears
- Castagnaccio
- Crostata (with cream, fresh fruits, and jams)
- Panpolenta with ice cream
- Rocciata
- Tiramisú
- Tozzetti with holy wine
The following meals are included:
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Alcoholic beverages
