Residence Centanni

Tuscany Cooking classes.

Choose to spend a cooking vacation in Tuscany at Centanni

We organize Tuscan cooking classes for 8-people groups from October to March. So you have the opportunity to combine a holiday with a cooking school, by preparing traditional dishes together with our teaching chef: from home-made pasta to typical cakes.

In the week from Saturday to Saturday 3 days are devoted to the classes. 4-hour lessons every day and 1 day visiting the marvellous Chianti countryside.

In particular we will see one of the most beautiful wine-growing farms and its cellars, and we will taste the excellent wine they produce.

The cooking lessons are held in English or in Italian. Here is a sample from a real lesson:

Cooking classes 1st lesson Menu

Menù:

Ravioli with butter and sage
Stracotto dei Medici from the 17th century Sautéd vegetables
Dessert Tiramisù

Ravioli with butter and sage

Egg pasta:

500 gr of "00" flour
4 eggs
a pinch of salt

Filling:

500gr of ricotta cheese
100 gr. of spinaches
1 spoonful of egg
1 egg
grated parmesan cheese
nutmeg Butter

Sage salt and pepper to taste.

Stracotto dei Medici from the 17th century Sautéd vegetables

1kg of beef round or topside (haunch side)
1.5 kg of peeled tomatoes
3 glasses of red wine
1 carrot
1 onion
1 celery rib
100 gr of almonds and pine nuts
100 gr of currants
toasted bread and small pepper to taste
salt and pepper to taste

Sautéd vegetables:

8 spinach pellets
3 garlic cloves
olive oil

Tiramisù dessert:

500 gr of mascarpone cheese
200 gr of sugar
4 egg yolks
500 gr of ladyfingers
5 watery coffee cups
chocolate pieces