Orecchiette Cooking Class with Apulian Dinner and Wine

About this tour

Learn to shape orecchiette by hand from a local cook in Salento, then sit down to a three-course dinner built around what you've made. You'll taste hard biscuits soaked in tomato, creamy local cheeses, fried pastry parcels stuffed with meat, and your own pasta dressed simply. Three regional wines guide you through the meal, each chosen to match what's on the plate.

Highlights

• Hand-shape orecchiette pasta with a local cook
• Taste crispy frisa, aged cheeses, and fried panzerotti
• Eat the pasta you just made for dinner
• Three glasses of Salento wine pairings
• Intimate three-hour session in a home kitchen

What to expect

You'll spend the first hour at a kitchen counter learning the wrist flick that shapes orecchiette from soft dough. It takes practice; don't expect perfection. Once your batch is boiling, you'll move to the table. Dinner unfolds slowly across three courses: crisp, tomato-soaked frisa as an opener, then cheeses and fried pastries to build appetite, then your orecchiette tossed with local sauce. Wine arrives by the glass, not the bottle, timed to each course. Expect conversation to drift between kitchen technique and family stories.

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