Hands on Tuscan Cooking at Chef Simonetta's Home Kitchen in Cortona

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Simonetta introduces you to her kitchen, full of books, spices, jars full of dried fruit and naturally with her pots and pans hanging from the wall, because there is no room left.

Cooking courses are a full immersion in her lifestyle, a mix of food and culture, but also of practicality. Learn to make dishes which you can easily reproduce at your home, and you will amaze yourselves creating ravioli, fresh pasta, gnocchi, pizza...

Simonetta will teach you the simple but important tricks of everyday cooking, such as how to substitute an ingredient at the last moment, but what really counts is to have a passion for food.... and some fresh herbs at hand.

Participants can be from one to a maximum of eight people, all working with the ingredients to create the final dish, all following the various steps and being allowed to taste but above all we aim to have fun.

After the cooking course comes the best time - to eat the food, and so “tutti a tavola”, 

Menu

Apetizer could be Zucchini Flowers with ricotta, Different types of Salad, Zucchini or Eggplan Flan

Primi could be Tagliatelle, Ravioli, Gnocchi with different sauces 

Main Course : Quiches, Parmigiana, Caponata, Vegetable Meat balls, Strudel with Scarola 

Dessert : Choccolate Cake, Lemon Cake, Cantucci,  Ricotta Cakeagliatelle 

The duration of the classes is around 4 hours, preparing at least 4 dishes. The dinner that follows the class is based on the dishes prepared.

ON REQUEST IS POSSIBLE TO PREPARE VEGAN DISHES 

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New Class Schedule for March - November 2025 

From March 29th until November 9th

Tuesday at 04.00 pm
Thursday at 11.00 am

• 3:30 pm: Introduction 
• 3:40 pm: Start to prepare the dishes
• 6:30 pm: Time to enjoy your dishes
• 8:00 pm: End of the cooking class 

VEGETARIAN AND/OR VEGAN MEAL