A high class stone farmhouse in short drive from the Casentino, Tiber valley and Val d'Arno ( Valdarno ) few km from Arezzo, the home town of the great Piero Della Francesca.
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Cooking Course

You will enjoy the pleasure of the typical tuscan lifestyle, based on the food prepared by the italian woman.
In the Italian family, the woman is the column who organizes the home-menage. She really likes preparing typical italian food for her family, even when she also is a hard worker out of the home too.
Tuscan families usually have a complete meal at lunch. At dinner they have some ham, cheese, salade, and fruit.

You will learn recipes to make in every day life or for sunday lunch too.

The courses are in the owner's old villa in Chiassa Superiore (just 2 km from Il Forte) or in the meeting room and kitchen at Il Forte.

Weekly course: 3 lessons.

LESSON N. 1:
Menu: Antipasto toscano (with red crostini)
Pasta fatta in casa con ragu (hand made pasta with meat sauce)
Bistecca di Edoardo con insalata (Edward's steak with salade)
Castagnaccio (chestnuts cake)
Caffè (italian coffee)
Chianti red and white wines produced by the owner
Grappa di Mario

LESSON N. 2:
Menu: Crostini toscani di carne (crostini with meat)
Risotto con i funghi (rice with mushrooms)
Cinghiale in umido (wild boar with tomato sauce) con carciofi alla giudia (fried artichokes)
Biscottini aretini con vinsanto della casa (biscuits of Arezzo with vinsanto produced by the owner)
Caffe (italian coffee)
Chianti red and white wines from home

LESSON N. 3:
Menu: Crostini alle erbe di Tregognano e formaggio all'etrusca (crostini with the herbs from Il Forte and Etruscan cheese)
Pizza (pizza hand made)
Grigliata mista (mixed grilled tuscan meat) con radicchio (chicory from the garden)
Zuppa inglese
Chianti red and white wines produced by the owner


EACH LESSON BEGINS AT
h. 15,30, cook with us !
h. 18,00 taste an apèritif in our garden (or in the house) and discover with us the ancient Chiassa Superiore village (if the lesson is in Villa Adelindo) !
h. 18,30 … the cooking goes on …
h. 20,00 … let's have dinner together in the original old kitchen in Chiassa Superiore (or in the meeting room at Il Forte)!
…. and taste the typical wines from the farm.
….and oil and honey an marmelade and herbs.

* Enjoy the pleasure of the typical cooking of Arezzo, have your fun in learning our living style with the food !
* Reserve your course here or before your arriving !
* Ask for your favourite typical food !
Price for person (all inclusive): Euro 250. Min 4, max 10 people
(The courses are in italian or english language.)

Teachers:
the owner (Maria Grazia) and her daughter (Isabella).

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