Sicilian traditional cuisine is the mirror of a unique island. A cuisine made of both seafood and mountain recipes, with great ingredients and an incredible variety of dishes and flavours, thanks to the many cultural influences that over the millennia have made it unique: from Greeks and Romans to Arabs, Spanish and French. A cuisine with an incredible heritage that makes it unique and unmissable. Definitely the best expression of the Mediterranean diet!
If you are visiting Catania, we start with a guided tour of the Piscarìa, the traditional food market. After buying some ingredients, we head to one of our selected venues: choose between Scammacca del Murgo Palace or Gran Duomo (in the Baroque city centre of the city, right in the Piscarìa traditional food market district) or the court of De Mauro Mansion.
If you are in the Catania area, the intimate outbuilding immersed in the Paternò del Toscano Garden or the Houses La Carrubbazza are our other proposals.
Are you interested in a guided wine tasting too? We propose our Sicilian traditional cuisine cooking class in some selected wineries (learn more at our Wine & Cuisine page).
Want to pair our cooking class with an organic olive oil tasting? Take a look at our Olive oil & Cuisine page.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
Guided visit of the Piscarìa, the historical food market of Catania, to purchase some ingredients for the cooking class. The tour is always included for cooking classes held in Catania, from Monday to Saturday, in the morning; for cooking classes held in Catania area, please ask.
Guided visit of the venue (at Paternò del Toscano Park).
Hands-on cooking class:
Tools and ingredients: everyone is provided with a station complete to actively participate in the class.
Content: guided by our chef, learn how to make some of the very best recipes of the Sicilian tradition. Four recipes, including fresh pasta, will be made.
During the cooking class will be served a glass of wine and an appetizer.
Lunch with the dishes made + dessert.
Beverage: 2 glasses of Sicilian wine pp, water.
Food storytelling: with our chef, discover the connections between recipes and Sicilian history and culture.
Recipes leaflet with the recipes used during the class.
WHERE:
Catania: Scammacca del Murgo Palace, Gran Duomo, De Mauro Mansion
Catania area: Paternò del Toscano Park
Taormina area: San Marco Castle, A Massaria
Note: the same cooking class is also held in selected wineries (please look at the Wine & Cuisine page), as well in a olive oil mill (Olive Oil & Cuisine page). On request, it can be organized at your home.
PARTICIPANTS: from 2 to 40 people (note: our classes are on request and for private groups only)
DURATION: 3 to 5 hours including lunch/dinner
LANGUAGE: English (others on request)
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