Florence: Cooking Class in a Prosciutto Factory – Florence, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Passionate about Italy’s cuisine? Cook, taste, eat, listen, remember! Explore Emilia-Romagna, a region renowned for its exquisite cuisine and considered a world-class food hub. Some deem it as the region with the best food in Italy. It is the birthplace of some of the most emblematic Italian dishes, such as lasagna, ravioli, tortelli, torta Barozzi.

One of the best ways to embrace the Italian culture is by taking an Emilia-Romagna private cooking class from Florence directly to a boutique Prosciuttificio, on the hills of Modena. On this exclusive day tour from Florence, you will visit a family-run boutique prosciutto factory, renowned for its experience in the fields and a reliable supplier to the Gucci restaurant in Florence and Massimo Bottura’s three Michelin-star restaurant in Modena. The factory produces a wide variety of cold cuts, raw and cooked ham and other Modenese specialties. You will get to visit the entire factory, from the production to the tasting room. You will better understand the art of prosciutto making in Italy and all the work that goes into it.

After the guided tour, get ready to enter their Italian kitchen and learn how to cook the way Modena grandmas and moms do every day for their families, as Penelope Cruz did for the film Enzo Ferrari. Accompanied by an expert local chef, you will prepare tortellini, tortelloni and pappardelle using only fresh ingredients and zero-km products. You will also learn how to cook staple sauces in the Italian cuisine, sauces that made Emilia-Romagna so loved and representative on the culinary scene. The recipes are chosen by the chef according to the seasonality of the fresh products. You will learn how to cut, braise, boil, cook and roast.

In no time, you will be able to easily recreate Italian traditional dishes at home and brag about your newfound skills. After this hands-on cooking lesson, you will sit down and enjoy the fruits of your own labour. An authentic culinary experience in Italy cannot be complete without diving into its wine culture as well. The dishes will be paired with Lambrusco wines originating from the area, just like the food.

Expand you culinary palate by joining our unique cooking class from Florence!

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Visit one of the best prosciutto factories of Italy
Take part in a cooking class accompanied by an expert chef
Learn how to cook a 3-course menu, including fresh pasta and accompanying sauces
Indulge in the bright flavours of the Emilia-Romagna cuisine
Taste the unique flavours of Lambrusco wine paired with your food

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