During your culinary tours, how many different dishes would you teach each day? Is there a minimum number of days necessary to get the maximum benefit from the cooking program? Can you make a list of the things we would learn to cook in that period? Do you spend a lot of time in the kitchen?
Here you can discover our 7-day culinary tours that according to our experience is a good time to give you the insights to daily life, food & wine, culture and production in Abruzzo and will let you discover the authentic Italy in a balanced mix of experiences, relax, adventure and learning. At Italia Sweet Italia we believe that the oldest and most authentic Italian recipes are best learnt from those with a direct link to the origins & traditions involved. In all of them there are authentic experiences (usually we don’t offer cooking classes with a chef. According to our philosophy you can have a cooking class with a chef whenever in the world and we want to propose you something authentic, genuine and emotional) and usually, for every culinary tour, we start from these cooking experiences: 1.  An authentic Abruzzo 3-4 hours hands on homemade pasta cooking class (plus lunch) with a local family as you can read here: We’ll walk and visit Vasto’s colorful market to get seasonal products. Here you’ll have the opportunity to practice a little bit of Italian even if you don’t speak any of it Next we’ll drive to the beautiful countryside of Vasto where we’ll meet Fabrizio’s family to have an exclusive cooking class with them and we’ll learn how easy it is to make fresh pasta and we’ll be introduced to Abruzzo sauces An sample menu based on Fabrizio’s family recipes includes Bread with meat sauce, Pasta alla chitarra with meat sauce and polpette (meatballs), Cavatelli with vegetables and Tarallucci (typical biscuits from Abruzzo) Take a look at these pictures to have an idea of this activity and the atmosphere 2. An authentic homemade pizza cooking class with a local family as you can read here: Help Adele and Mamma Anna Maria to make tiramisù and many kinds of pizza including the world famous Margherita or local ones with typical toppings such as the renowned “ventricina” salami 3. Visit to a typical “agriturismo” to learn everything about Abruzzo farming, farm-to-table lunch as you can read here: We’ll learn how to make a special bread called “pizza scima – stupid pizza”, a pizza without yeast After collecting some organic wine from their winery, we’ll have an aperitif including a taste of their production: cheeses, salami and extra virgin olive oil Next we’ll learn how to prepare ricotta cheese Take a look at these pictures to have an idea of this activity and the atmosphere According to the selected tours, you could learn other recipes and preparation methods, such as how to make authentic Italian gelato with an award winning “gelataia” (professional gelato maker), tagliatelle with truffle or tomato passata sauce to learn how to preserve tomatoes to last all winter making traditional delicious bottles of passata and pezzetti (pieces of fresh tomatoes) using ancient recipes and methods or traditional Christmas dishes. So, as you can see, we don’t spend all the time in the same kitchen, but our main goal is to let you meet local people and have an interaction with them to create links among your culture and our culture through the food as well. Usually we visit also an olive oil mill and a winery with extra virgin olive oil and wine tastings.