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This is a fun, completely hands-on cooking class, where you’ll learn technique as well as recipes, useful little tips from the kitchens of Montepulciano, and a few choice Italian phrases as well. And of course the best part is that once we are done with our work we get to eat the results! For each cooking class we will have a new, classic Tuscan dish to teach you, and of course you are more then welcome to email us with special requests!
For this class we will be making:
IL MENU :
LA PANZANELLA
A traditional farmer’s dish, cleverly invented to recycle the day-old bread that otherwise would have been discarded. It is a summer dish, meant to be fresh for the hot weather, yet filling. Today, la Panzanella is one of the best choices for the typical 104°F of Rome during the summer time, with its tasty and cooling fresh tomatoes and cucumbers..
PICI ALL’AGLIONE
Pici is thicker spaghetti pasta, exclusively made by hand. The Pici are original of the Maremma Toscana, however this type of pasta has different names in different towns. If you have been to Montepulciano you’ve heard it called Pici (as we do), but if you were in nearby Montichiello, the same pasta is called Pinci. (Remember, each of the Tuscan hilltowns were once separate city-states, so they have a lot of individual identity!)
The aglione sauces, since its birth, it has been paired with the Pici pasta. This sauce is full of flavor but not heavy – great for all seasons.
CONIGLIO IN UMIDO
Slowly simmered in flavorful celery, carrots, garlic and tomatoes sauce; the meat of the coniglio will be absolutely tender and the meat will follow of the bone. Served with a side of green beans dressed with extra virgin olive oil and lemon. This item is a special request for our friend, Italian expatriate Rodolfo, who has been begging Boriana for two years to prepare her famous coniglio in umido (usually only a family treat at holidays)!
PECORINO DI PIENZA, PERA E NOCI
This could be the quickest dish to make, but there is a lot of history behind it! We’ll tell all when we’re together, celebrating our accomplishments with having prepared the other dishes!
I VINI:
Of course there will be a pairing offered of a glass of wine chosen to accompany each dish. Of course, for wine affezionati, there will be also be a wine pairing available, with four different glasses chosen, each to accompany one of the menu items.
Ci vediamo in cucina!
