Cooking class: "Traditional dishes of the Mediterranean Diet"

About this tour

Learn to craft Mediterranean staples at a working farm south of Rome. You'll start the morning picking seasonal vegetables straight from the garden, then move into the kitchen to shape handmade pasta—gnocchi or tagliatelle—from scratch. Build a sauce using your harvest, cook a second course with the same ingredients, and sit down together for lunch. Four hours, four dishes, one table.

Highlights

• Harvest your own vegetables directly from the garden
• Hand-roll fresh pasta: gnocchi or tagliatelle
• Learn sauce-building techniques with foraged ingredients
• Cook a complete second course from garden produce
• Lunch included; eat what you've made

What to expect

You'll arrive mid-morning at the agriturismo and receive a warm welcome with a small drink. Next comes the basket collection walk—pick seasonal vegetables you'll use later. Back in the kitchen, an instructor demonstrates proper pasta dough technique, ratios, and shaping before you have a go yourself. You'll then prepare sauce using what you gathered, plus a complementary second dish. Expect hands-on work throughout. Lunch brings everyone to one table to taste the results together.

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