Brunello Cooking Class

Overview

This class aims to bring you with us on this magical journey back to our nonna’s kitchen.Together we will make simple, hearty dishes that you can later make at home
yourself and teach to the next generation.

After a tour of the Castle-winery, aprons on! We’ll learn to make 4 distinct dishes together: a first course, a second course with a side dish and dessert, all based on traditional Tuscan cuisine. After you prepare your culinary creations, relax and enjoy your hard work accompanied by an aperitivo, a Brunello wine and a special dessert.

Description

Be  guided through the infinite culinary tradition of Tuscany, starting in Montalcino, a small town perched atop a hill, surrounded by vineyards and littered with medieval buildings that will take your breath away.

Then onto  the marvelous Castle–Winery, where spectacular architecture hosts cellars and barrels where the prestigious Brunello matures for the minimum period of five years before it can be served.

Brunello Di Montalcino is one of the world's finest wines, recognisable by its intense ruby red colour. The connoisseur appreciates its bottle aged scents of sour cherries and berries,with secondary notes of vanilla and spices due to the aging in wooden barrels. 

The very first appearance of Brunello Di Montalcino dates back to 1869, when the winemaker Clemente Santi was awarded at the Montepulciano Agricultural Fair. After learning about Brunello and its elaboration, you will be fully immersed into a culinary

experience. A local chef will guide us throughout a four course menu of typical Tuscan cuisine and you’ll take part in cooking.

Tuscany offers special products known for the connection to the territory and the dedication to an organic cultivation. The ingredients are Biological and the meat comes from the animals who live in their Natural Environment, without being treated with any kind of artificial additions.

The culinary tradition of the region is composed of poor dishes, using several vegetables and legumes, handmade pasta, and meat of the local environment. As a main course we will choose between pasta, like Pici or Pappardelle with wild boar ragout, or even stuffed pasta like Tortelli, usually sautéed in butter and sage.

If we orient toward soup, Tuscany is rich in their tradition, the basic ingredients are water, stale bread, onion, celery, tomatoes and olive oil. You will then focus on the second course, exploring the world of meat: local beef such as Chianina, the delicious Cinta Senese, a type of pork typical of the Siena area, venison such as wild boar, deer, hare. You will also prepare a side to go with the second course and the chef will guide you to the seasonal products and vegetables. For dessert we will indulge in the wonderful Cantucci cookies, Zuccotto or Panforte.

You will learn all these traditional recipes so you can even reproduce them at home, to bring a piece of Tuscany overseas. After the wonderful cooking class you will untie your apron and enjoy a relaxing moment, sipping a delicious glass of Brunello while tasting a special aperitivo and concluding the day with a sweet note, a special dessert!