Pasta cooking class near Otranto or Lecce

Join an authentic experience with Terrachevive.com to get to know deep culinary roots of Puglia

Are you looking for a cooking class to learn how to make fresh Apulian pasta right here in Puglia? Would you like to live this experience in a typical location such as an ancient farmhouse? Then, don’t look elsewhere. You have just found the right cooking class for you!
Terrachevive.com offers you the possibility to take part in a fresh pasta cooking class in an ancient farmhouse near Otranto, a wonderful town which overlooks the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic Sea.
Within the walls of this authentic Masseria, dating back to the 1760, you will discover one of the most important Apulian rural traditional recipes.
Guided by an expert local grandmother you will enjoy this pasta making class. You will learn the correct dosage of the ingredients and how to process the dough. At the end you will make traditional local pasta shapes (such as our famous orecchiette) and taste them with tomato sauce and meatballs (one of the many typical Apulian recipes).
Join an authentic cooking class to get to know our deep food and wine roots!

The ancient tradition of fresh hand-made pasta

The ancient practice of fresh hand-made pasta belongs to the Apulian food and wine tradition. Since the times of the rural civilization, families engaged in agricultural activities handed down from generation to generation the secrets of this easy recipe.
The necessary ingredients were (are still are) easy to find: water, flour and nothing else. These are genuine products which combined together create a very good meal to share from its preparation to its enjoyment around the table, with a glass of good Apulian wine.

What will your cooking class in Puglia be like

We want to share with you the ancient rural culinary traditions to make you live an authentic experience during your stay in Puglia.
A nice and experienced Apulian grandmother will teach you how to make fresh hand-made pasta served with tomato sauce and meatballs: a pure delight! We will start the cooking class preparing the meatballs and the tomato sauce, deriving from fresh tomatoes harvested from the garden of the farm that hosts the experience.
While the delicious sauce is cooking on a low flame tickling your sense of smell, the experienced hands of the grandmother will show you how to knead flour and water to obtain different pasta shapes, such as the famous orecchiette, macaroni and the delicious “sagne n’cannulate”.
Soon after the preparation, you will taste the typical Apulian meal served with a glass of good local wine. Enjoy your meal!

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