Ostuni: traditional cooking class with local chef

Discover the secrets of delicious Southern Italian Cuisine in this special cooking class. Meet a friendly local chef and learn to prepare and taste typical Italian dishes in a joyful atmosphere.

Meet your local in Ostuni and begin this amazing experience through traditional Italian taste.
First, you will prepare the tiramisu and the tomato sauce. Learn how to make traditional handmade pasta, orecchiette, and the combining of Apulian wheat flour and semolina. Pasta preparation will be enhanced with olives, focaccia, taralli and a glass of prosecco! Prepare the "pastella", for the medley of fried vegetables. Cook parmigiana di melanzane. Once the work is completed, taste the fruits of your labor in a convivial atmosphere.

Sample Menu

• Local appetizers - Selection of cold cuts, mozzarelle, ricotta, burratine, and seasoned local cheese. Fried zucchini flowers filled with fresh ricotta cheese.
• Local appetizers - Peppers marinated with olive oil and mint. Cucumber, fennel and orange salad with olives and walnuts. Whole-wheat focaccia.
• Typical Apulian main course - Pasta with tomato, pecorino cheese, parsley, and garlic. Fava (broad) beans pure' with chicory, green peppers, sweet onions, olives, and aubergines.
• Typical Apulian main course - Layered eggplant parmesan with zucchini, mozzarella, prosciutto, and cherry tomatoes. Meatballs with fresh tomato sauce.
• Traditional Italian dessert - Crostata or Tiramisu with mascarpone cheese layered between coffee and Amaro.