Top Puglia Food & Drink Classes - page 3

If you want to immerse yourself in the real cuisine of Lecce and Salento, come to my house where I am waiting to teach you the art of homemade pasta with simple ingredients. together we will cook a Salento menu full of delicious scents. We will make the pasticciotto that is the most famous dessert in Lecce and then we will make the coffee Leccese, the coffee that has bewitched all tourists in the world. I will use only top quality ingredients, always preferring local products and farmers with the use of organic products! Come and cook and eat with me, a menu also suitable for vegetarians. We'll make pasta with our hands and a rolling pin and we'll make orecchiette and macaroni just like my grandmother did.

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Pedal through Bari on a bike tour, then finish in the home of a local signora, cooking a pasta dish typical of the Puglia region. The experience starts with a bike ride through Bari discover landmarks such as the Basilica of St. Nicholasm, Bari Cathedral, and Norman Swebian Castle. Follow your guide through the modern French side of the city, then call in at a local home to make a pasta dish by hand. A glass of red wine is included as you eat.

The warm welcome from a real Apulian family, the hands-on pasta-making in a historic home, and the chance to share stories and a homemade meal using fresh, organic ingredients straight from their own farm—all right in the heart of Brindisi.

The cooking class will take place in an ancient 19th century farmhouse, completely immersed in nature! We will only use water and durum wheat flour to prepare the dough. At the end of the preparation, you will enjoy the dish of orecchiette that you have made with your own hands!

Skip the usual restaurant scene for this small-group pasta cooking class in a carefully selected private home in Otranto. Meet your host in their home, warm up with an Italian aperitivo, and learn how to make two kinds of fresh pasta and one of Italy’s most iconic desserts, tiramisu. Choose between lunch or dinner time classes and enjoy your meal with wine, water, and coffee.

Take some time out from sightseeing in Puglia and hone your kitchen skills by learning to make two crowd-pleasing dishes in one class. Join a local host for a hands-on workshop and pick up the tricks and techniques to turning out perfect fresh pasta and creamy tiramisù like a true Italian “nonna”. Relax after the class with a tasting of your handiwork, paired with Puglian wines.

Go inside a local’s home during a visit to Bari with this private pasta-making class. Learn to cook traditional Italian dishes from the Puglia region during this hands-on, half-day class. Make fresh pasta from scratch, including local favorites such as orecchiette. Learn how to prepare three authentic regional pasta recipes, then feast on everything you cook alongside local wines.

Learn to craft traditional orecchiette in a welcoming Martina Franca home, guided step-by-step by a local. Cook, sip wonderful Apulian wine, savor freshly baked focaccia and premium capocollo, and enjoy the warm, authentic atmosphere. Finish your experience with rich Italian coffee and a delicious homemade crostata for the perfect sweet ending. This hands-on cooking experience is perfectly suitable for everyone.

Delight your senses and explore Italy's culinary culture with an unforgettable 3-hour cooking adventure. Immerse yourself in the art of making Italian pasta like a master chef, rolling sfoglia (fresh pasta) by hand, crafting two types. Complementing this delightful experience is learning to make classic tiramisu—all within the company of no more than 12 new friends who share your love for Italian cuisine. Enjoy being guided to create these timeless dishes.

Hands-on cooking class Location: a cozy Bistrot in the old town of Lecce simple culinary techniques cooking with the locals in a casual atmosphere learning culinary experience

Take home more than just souvenirs from Fasano; instead, learn transferable Italian cooking skills that will last a lifetime, during an intimate, private cooking class with a local resident. In the comfort of a family home—where you’ll get a real insight into Italian life that few travelers get the chance to experience—prepare three regional dishes, before dining with your host family.

Spend time in a local’s home in Ostuni, learning the tricks to make fresh pasta and tiramisu in local style. Taking part in an intimately sized small group of just 12 other people, the class shows you how to roll and cut fresh pasta by hand as you learn about the food traditions of Puglia from your Cesarine host — a local who belongs to a network of home cooks who preserve culinary traditions in the region.

Dive into the culinary world of Italy when you book this food experience during your time in Brindisi. Join a small group and start out by exploring a local market, where you learn about how to select the best ingredients for the season. Then, head back to your host’s home and enjoy a hands-on cooking class where you learn to make pasta and tiramisu from scratch.

Connect with a local cook to learn how to make both pasta and tiramisù in her home kitchen with this private cooking class, ideal for both adults and kids. Discover the secrets to turning out two types of fresh pasta and luscious tiramisu made from scratch during this hands-on lesson, then relax over a festive meal to sample the dishes you’ve created together, paired with wine.

Discover the true taste of Lecce with an immersive, hands-on cooking experience focused on Focaccia Barese. Learn to prepare the dough from scratch, create a rich mix of toppings, and bake the perfect focaccia under the guidance of a skilled local cook. As you shape and layer the ingredients, you’ll understand the delicate balance that makes this dish so beloved in Puglia. While the focaccia bakes, enjoy a small aperitivo and explore Lecce’s culinary traditions, soaking in the warmth of Italian hospitality. Finally, savor your homemade focaccia, paired with a glass of regional wine, for a full, flavorful experience. Hosted by Cesarine, Italy’s oldest network of passionate home cooks, this experience offers an authentic, local perspective that no restaurant can match. Join us in Lecce to cook, taste, and enjoy the flavors of Puglia like a true local!

This is your opportunity to choose and use ingredients that you’ve never been brave enough to cook with before. At this cookery workshop in Bari, visit a local market and choose the fresh ingredients you’d like to use—including meat, fish and vegetables. Then, take your finds back to the kitchen workshop in an authentic Italian home, and learn how to cook traditional Italian dishes with them.

Learn the secrets behind making truly authentic Italian pizza and tiramisu with a chef tutor who will teach you their skills from the comfort of their own home kitchen. Make pizza dough from scratch using high quality local ingredients, and top it with your favorite toppings and a sauce made from local tomatoes and herbs. Then, sit down to eat your dishes at the family table.

We bring to your accommodation/holiday home one of the most important culinary traditions of Pugliese cuisine: HANDMADE PASTA. This experience will not only allow you to carry in your luggage back home the satisfaction of having been part of the preparation of 3 types of pasta with your own hands, but also to have learned techniques and tricks that you can put into practice to delight your family and friends on their way home. The experience includes the preparation of 3 types of fresh pasta: Orecchiette, Tagliatelle and a stuffed egg pasta, but the experience does not end here, for each type of pasta we will prepare a sauce/dressing for an explosion of flavor. At the end, all seated, to taste the prepared dishes, accompanied by a starter that our local chef will offer us.

We will use only selected products from my beloved Puglia and from a farmers' market in Lodi.

Being protagonists of the experience, putting your hands in dough with an Italian mother, in an Italian family.

Combine a market tour and a cooking class on the same day to have the ultimate culinary experience in Lecce. Going on a market tour helps expand your knowledge of local ingredients before you visit a local’s home to begin your experience. Start with a traditional aperitivo, followed by demonstrations on how to make pasta and tiramisu. Then, end the experience with a chance to taste your culinary creations with wine.

Learn how to make Orecchiette Pasta from scratch with the locals in a wine bistrot located in the heart of Lecce old town. Live an authentic experience of orecchiette pasta making and tasting of the most famous Puglia wines.

Expand your kitchen repertoire and learn how to make Puglia’s most traditional dishes with this hands-on cooking class led by a professional chef. Roll up your sleeves and get to work making orecchiette pasta from scratch, eggplant parmesan, tiramisù, and other classic recipes passed down for generations. Afterwards, relax over a four-course meal featuring the dishes you’ve prepared under the watchful eye of your chef instructor.