HANDS-ON COOKING CLASSES @ LOCAL HOUSES

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CLASS CODE:  C1

Location: Milano 

Duration: 5 hours 

Experience: Private

Rub shoulders with the sophisticated Milanese locals as you scout out seasonal produce. Here you'll find the best cheese around, perfect for an aperitivo, or maybe you're looking for the right mushrooms to garnish your polenta. Encounter the delights of everyday Milan, behind its fashionable exterior!  

Enjoy the market tour, with the Cesarina learn how to select the best vegetables and ingredients of the season and immerse yourself in a private cooking class at the Cesarina's home. Learn the secrets of the most famous vegetarian dishes of local cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by local wines.  

During the cooking class the Cesarina will teach you some tricks of the trade of three authentic recipes (starter, pasta and dessert).  Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes.

Local Markets:

Mercato comunale Wagner, Wagner market, Mercato Comunale Coperto, Viale Papiniano market, or Via Fauchè Market

What's Included:

• Food shopping and home cooking class 
• Select and prepare 3 vegetarian dishes with local ingredients (starter, pasta and dessert) Italian Aperitivo: prosecco and nibbles 
• Learn to make Bruschetta Tasting session (lunch or dinner). 
• Enjoy everything you've prepared with wine, beverages and coffee included

CLASS CODE: C2

Location: Milano 

Duration:3 hours 

Experience: Private

Learning to cook in Milan is the perfect way to remember such an elegant and lively city. Why not try making the typical 'mondeghili' meatballs, or have a go at the divine 'osso buco'? Lombardy's famed for its rice and cheese, so pick up the technique for the perfect saffron risotto, a wonderful recipe to recreate at home.  

Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at the Cesarina's home, learn the secrets of some typical dishes and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by local wines.  Enjoy an Aperitivo with sparkling wine and nibbles followed by a cooking class. During the lesson the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic recipes (starter, pasta and dessert) and of the famous Bruschetta (/bruˈsketə/). Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes.

What's Included:

• Cooking Class (learn to make 3 traditional dishes: starter, pasta and dessert) 
• Learn to make Bruschetta Italian Aperitivo: prosecco and nibbles Tasting session (lunch or dinner). 
• Enjoy everything you've prepared with wine, beverages and coffee included

CLASS CODE: C3

Location: Milano 

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes 

Experience: Private

Milan is chic, and its food is a catwalk of deliciousness. Just like in fashion, the seasons matter here. In winter, cuddle up with a homely pumpkin Tortelli and Tiramisu. In the summer, you can't go wrong with a homemade pasta with a fresh vegetable sauce.  

You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So we'll serve you two!  You will be welcomed into a Cesarina host's home to enjoy “Bis di primi”, two pasta recipes followed by one of Italy's most popular dessert, the tiramisu.  

Feel like part of the family as you enjoy lovingly prepared regional recipes, accompanied by carefully selected local wines.

Typical Dishes:

Tiramisù, Sbrofadej, Bread Gnocchi, and Ravioli di magro

What's Included:

• 3-course lunch/dinner in a local home (2 pasta dishes + tiramisu) in a local home 
• Carefully selected local wine, beverages and coffee

CLASS CODE:  C4

Location: Milano 

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Experience: Private

Come visit Sissi, our Cesarina, in her spacious home just around the corner from Fondazione Prada, in the Morivione district. "It feels like you’re out in the open air, even though we actually are in the middle of a metropolitan city".  

Enjoy a four-course evening meal at Sissi’s, dining on a grand terrace, or under its veranda, with panoramic views of Milan and enjoy a unique experience dining under the evening sky!  Sissi is a perfectionist, everything is thought of down to the smallest detail, taking care to provide excellent food using quality local produce. And if she’s not cooking beautiful dishes, you’ll find her down at the local farmers' markets finding the best vegetables.  

Le Cesarine offers bespoke gastronomic experiences; to taste traditional Italian food in good company and idyllic locations: historic buildings, antique villas, houses secluded by nature, terraces with breathtaking views. Le Cesarine’s hand-selected locations are some of the most beautiful private homes in all of Italy.  If you are passionate to explore the authentic flavours of traditional Italian cuisine and dine in elegant homes with local experts, this is the experience for you.

What's Included:

• A four-course dinner in one of Italy’s most beautiful homes (starter, first course, second course with side dish, and dessert) 
• Selected local wine, drinks, and caffè (coffee)

CLASS CODE:  C5

Location:Milano 

Duration: 3 hours 

Experience:Private

Learning to cook in Milan is the perfect way to remember such an elegant and lively city. Why not try making the typical "mondeghili" meatballs, or have a go at the divine "osso buco"? Lombardy's famed for its rice and cheese, so pick up the technique for the perfect saffron risotto, a wonderful recipe to recreate at home.  

Learning how to cook in a local home is a wonderful way to gain insight into Italy's real culture. What could be a better souvenir than cooking knowledge to last a lifetime?  Learn how to prepare 3 local recipes (starter, pasta and dessert) from scratch with your Cesarina and discover the secrets of regional Italian cuisine.  

After the class, taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by local wines.  Learning and dining with a Cesarina gives you the chance to be welcomed in like one of the family and dive into in the traditions of everyday Italy.

What's Included:

• Cooking Class (learn to make 3 traditional dishes: starter, pasta and dessert)
• Tasting session (lunch or dinner). Enjoy everything you've prepared with wine, beverages and coffee included

CLASS CODE:  M1

Location: Milano 

Duration: 3 hours 

Experience: Private

This is your chance to gain true understanding of one of Milan's most loved dishes. Dive into the Italian way of life! Learn the secrets of Mondeghili, one of the city's most typical regional dishes.The origin of mondeghili comes from far away: the name, which means ""meatball"", derives from the Arabic word ""al-bunduck"", but the Spanish were the ones who taught the locals how to prepare the ""mondeghili"". 

This cooking lesson is the perfect choice if you want to improve your cooking skills and learn a quintessentially Milanese recipe. When you get home and prepare Mondeghili for your friends and family, it will bring back happy memories of your travels in Italy. This experience is perfect for both gourmets and beginners searching for the true spirit of Milan.

What's Included:

• Cooking class in a real local home 
• Learn to prepare traditional mondeghili from scratch 
• Enjoy your mondeghili, with local wine 
• Private booking, be the only guest(s) 
• Official 'Le Cesarine' apron 
• Italian Aperitivo: Prosecco and nibbles

CLASS CODE:  M2

Location: Firenze (Florence) 

Duration: 3 hours 

Experience: Private

One of Florence's favourite recipes. "Gnocchi nudi" or "Gnudi" are just what you're imagining... Nude! These humble dumplings are made with the filling of Ravioli, prepared without their outer layer of pasta. Both Gnudi and Ravioli are a first course from the local folk tradition, typical of the Maremma area.

In this class you will learn both these typical regional recipes: Gnudi and Ravioli.  Enjoy a classic Italian aperitivo, then learn to prepare these fun recipes with your Cesarina and discover the hidden secrets of Florence’s cuisine.  

After the lesson, you’ll have a delightful lunch or dinner and taste the fruits of your hard work with local wines!  

This cooking lesson is the perfect choice if you want to improve your cooking skills as you learn classic Tuscan recipes.

What's Included:

• Cooking Class (learn to prepare traditional Gnudi and Ravioli from scratch)
• Tasting session (lunch or dinner). Enjoy everything you've prepared with wine, beverages and coffee included 
• Italian Aperitivo: Prosecco and nibbles