Passionate about food? Want to learn a few new ideas and tips from the professionals?
Our professional courses range from 1 to 4 weeks in duration, offering something for all ages and all abilities!
Courses are taught in small groups, with lots of personal attention and dedication to your enjoyment.
Held over five daily classes and one day of local food exploration, “Cuisine Essentials” teaches fundamental cuisine skills to provide you with a solid foundation of cooking expertise. Techniques are first demonstrated by our Master Chefs before you apply them to a number of carefully selected recipes.
This course has been designed to improve your confidence in the home kitchen and provide an essential repertoire of skills that can be applied daily to a variety of dishes. No previous culinary experience is required to apply
Preliminary Programme:
Day 1: Key knife skills, manage essential ingredients, simple pan sauces
Day 2: Making the perfect home made pasta
Day 3: Red meat preparation and cooking
Day 4: Fish and shellfish preparation and cooking
Day 5: Vegetable preparation and cooking, dish presentation
Day 6: Visit to two wineries with a guided wine tasting, lunch in Gallipoli at the exclusive Puritate restaurant.
Day 7: Visit to food markets in Lecce or Ostuni, lunch and diplomas ceremony.
Day 1. Starters
Today we will teach you how to prepare some of the best italian “antipasti” and fry our amazing vegetables.
Fried Zucchini flowers filled with fresh ricotta cheese.
Green and red peppers marinated with olive oil and mint.
Cucumber, fennel and orange salad with olives and walnuts.
Whole-wheat Focaccia.
Day 2: Main Course (Pasta)
Home made fresh pasta with involtini/meat roulades (veal cutlets with tomato, pecorino cheese, parsley and garlic)
Fava (broad) beans pure' with chicory, green peppers, sweet onions, olives and aubergines.
Day 3: Main course (Orecchiette and cime di rapa, melanzane ripiene)
Day 4: Second Courses based on meat.
Day 5: Second courses (hunters style rabbit, stewed lamb).
Day 6: second course based on meat balls and eggplant parmesan.
Day 7: second course based on fish (oven baked codfish with potatoes, frittura mista of shrimps and calamari etc.)
Day 8: pizza and focaccia (in the afternoon visit to a cheese farm)
Day 9: making bread and focaccia.
Day 10: desserts (tiramisu etc)
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