Private Cooking Lesson in your Tuscan Villa

This is a unique opportunity to have a local chef introduce you to traditional Italian cooking in the comfort of your own villa or rental in Tuscany or its surrounding areas. Your host Mirella lives in the south of Florence but can drive within 80 kms to your villa or vacation rental to offer you a private cooking class and dinner. Mirella conducts a hands-on cooking class that lasts about 2 hours. Learn to make a four-course Tuscan meal that includes a variety of bruschette or antipasto, a pasta, pasta sauce, a main, and other seasonal side dishes, all enjoyed over wine local Italian wine. Mirella's cooking is greatly influenced by Renaissance cooking, and she offers a different menu for every season, as she prefers using fresh, seasonal ingredients in her cooking. Some of the dishes you might try are bruschetta with sausage and stracchino cheese, penne with meat ragù sauce, peasant meatballs with seasonal vegetables, and tiramisu or cioccolatissimo (rich chocolate cake) for dessert. Mirella is happy to accommodate your dietary requests and personalize your menu. If you are interested in a meal only and not the cooking class, please choose the 'Dinner only' option during booking.

Sample Menu

• Seasonal bruschette - Italian toasted bread topped with sausage and cheese or tomatoes
• Pasta - Penne with ragù sauce (meat-based sauce)
• Meat or poultry - Florentine pork with peas, peasant’s meatballs with seasonal vegetables or hunter’s chicken with roast potatoes.
• Tiramisu or cioccolatissimo