Book your Cooking class with Chef Vito Quarto.
Are you in Italy and do you want to learn typical Umbrian recipes? Have you always wanted to learn how to make homemade pasta and traditional regional dishes?
Book your cooking class in advance, every day starting at 11:00 am and followed by a rich lunch with your creations.
Chef Vito Quarto will make you the stars of an unforgettable experience to do as a couple, family, or group.
The cooking courses are aimed both at those who wish to broaden their knowledge of local culinary traditions and those who want to have fun with their hands in pasta.
Workshop on ancient grains with tasting
Isabella will teach you how to grind the wheat, sift the flour, knead and make – according to ancient recipes – ‘torta al testo’ (a special bread to be stuffed with local charcuterie) and fresh pasta of various formats.
At the end, we will taste the ‘torta al testo’ made with our own hands and take home the pasta to remind us of the good times spent with Isa.
You may choose how long the activity shall last: 2 hours, a half-day, halfday with lunch.
It is possible to reserve your own lunch-box containing produces of the farm products and of other local farms for a picnic alongside the Zafferaneto (the saffron field) or the ancient grains field.
For those who are not satisfied with just eating a pizza, but want to ‘put their hands in the dough’, we recommend a unique experience: a three-hour journey that we have studied to give the basics of how to make pizza.
Let’s spend a day together and learn while having fun!
The activity includes:
- Learn how to make pizza
- Pizza tasting
- Wine tasting
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil tasting
Enjoy an amazing Italian cooking experience discovering how to prepare typical dishes using fresh, local and seasonal produce.
Recipes passed down from generation to generation!
The activity includes:
- Cooking class as per program
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil tasting
- Wine tasting
- Lunch or dinner with the dishes prepared
Whether you are just a food lover, an expert or a novice cook, the relaxed and familiar atmosphere that you will find at Cook By Me, together with the beauties of the place, will give you an unforgettable day!
The cooking classes take place in the kitchen overlooking the garden and the beautiful landscape of my home in the centre of Città della Pieve.
For the classes, we will use only fresh, seasonal, and local products. The lessons include the preparation of different kinds of pasta or lasagne, or parmigiana aubergine or gnocchi or rice from scratch, sauce and a dessert; you will learn how to use the rolling pin, the pastry board, and the pasta machine.
During the experience, in the garden of my home, I will offer first Italian appetizers with red and wine wines, and then we will have lunch in my dining room upstairs.
Especially typical of the Christmas time and excellent served in meat broth, cappelletti are actually good all year round!
Their preparation is not difficult, but a lot of patience is needed. The result will be a delight for the palate that contains the delicacy of many ingredients within its pastry.
Every Umbrian family keeps little secrets handed down from generation to generation… Come to the Abbey and discover tricks and tips to make them the best!
The experience includes:
- Course to learn how to make Umbrian cappelletto, pasta, filling and closing.
- Afterwards, participants will cook and eat the cappelletti prepared by them for dinner.
Experience organized by Agriturismo Fratres