Gourmet Cooking with Chef Paolo Monti " A Classic" Euro 1690 per person Convert in US Dollars
Travel Agents Welcome No Extra Charge for singles in 2010!!
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| 7 nights full board "All Inclusive" program - A great Northern Italian Cooking and Wine Program in Tuscany with Chef Paolo Monti. In this comprehensive "Hands On" cooking tour, you will learn the best of "Classic and Contemporary Northern Italian Cuisine" with 5 exciting italian cooking classes: traditional, Tuscan, Pasta and Pizza, Fish and Risotto Cooking Classes, as well as veal, beef, pork and chicken dishes and many desserts, with Dinamic and Informative Chef Paolo Monti, all together more than 55 recipes! Includes: Fish and vegetable market visits, 2 winery visits, excursions to Lucca, Parma and Modena. |
Program |
Sunday    - “Welcome |
 Check in at Hotel Carignano in Lucca. meet the other participants at 7.00 pm for aperitifs, followed by Welcome Dinner with Chef Paolo Monti. |
Monday  - The Ma in Ingredients and Sauces Class  |
| 9.45 am Hands on cooking lesson with Chef Paolo Monti followed by lunch. This class is very important, we will start with lesson on the origins of the Cucina italiana, the main ingredients, fresh herbs, an Extravirgin Olive Oil seminar, explaining how extravirgin olive oil is made and taste a dozen different olive oils to recognize the differences according to where they are produced. We will then start cooking some of the most important sauces of Italian and Tuscan cooking. Have a light breakfast! because we will make 14 recipes and we will taste all of them ! Afternoon excursion to Lucca and guided tour of the city. Dinner in a local restaurant. |
Tuesday - The Fish Class      |
| 8.00 am Trip to see the fish and vegetable market, for italian vegetables, herbs and fruit, salami and cheeses, but mainly to learn how to recognize fresh fish and less then fresh fish! See different types of fish and what they are used for. Return to the hotel and start the cooking class with italian seafood recipes. In the afternoon visit a local winery for wine tasting. 6.30 pm hands on cooking to prepare some more fish dishes for dinner. |
Wednesday -  Prosciutto, Par migiano and Ba lsa mico Tradizionale di Modena |
| 06.15 am Breakfast .06.45 am Trip to Langhirano (Parma) for to visit Bertinelli Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy and a "Prosciutto di Parma" maker, Drive to Modena to visit Acetaia Pedroni and lunch at the "Osteria di Rubbiara " with fresh home made pasta and local specialties, meet the "eccentric" owner! After lunch we visit the barrel rooms where the original "Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale" is made, an ancient tradition going back to the Roman Times...and of course taste it! Return to Lucca for dinner. |
Thursday “Tuscan Cooking"     |
| 10.00 am Hands on tuscan cooking class about typical Tuscan Cuisine, we will make crostini ai fegatini, crostini alle melanzane, al pomodoro, Panzanella: the famous tuscan bread salad. We will hand make the local vegetable ravioli and a delicious aromatic meat ragù from Lucca with unusual spices, for main dish Arista di Maiale: loin of pork with typical tuscan herbs. For dessert we will make Cantuccini also know as "Biscotti". Afternoon: free to relax, perhaps with a bicycle trip along the river or free to walkbout in Lucca. Dinner in a typical restaurant. |
Friday - The fresh pasta and Pizza class    |
10.00 am Today we will make all kinds of fresh pasta, white, green and black pasta, fettuccine, ravioli, pizza… Also focaccia, pizza napoletana and dessert pizza!
3 pm Check out of the hotel drive to Portovenere, check in. Dinner at 8 pm in the hotel |
Saturday - The Risotto, Carpaccio and Scaloppine Class    |
| Sunday "Breakfast and Departure" |
| The Cost For the 7 day all inclusive cooking package with hands on Tuscan Cooking, with 4 cooking lessons, all meals, wines and tours included is as follows: Euro 1590,00 per person in double room No Extra Charge for singles in 2009!! A deposit of Euro 500,00 is required at time of reservation. Balance is due on arrival For scheduled dates please visit Programs Summary You can reserve also for just one day, minimum 2 persons. |
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