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The
pastry maker showing the cookies
Children
enjoy the pastry workshop experience
Teamwork
during the class
Pizza
based lunch after the class
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The
Tuscan pastry tradition has always
been rich of delicious cakes.
It is very common to taste a variety
of them in small traditional pastry
shops, often located in charming
villages and little towns.
Arianna & Friends organize a
two-hour pastry class in a traditional
and welcoming pastry shop called "La
Vecchia Carraia", which is
also a renowned pizzeria and restaurant
in the middle of a small medieval
town called Peccioli.
Our classes are always arranged
for private parties, either
in the morning - followed by lunch
- or in the afternoon - followed by
dinner. Lessons at the pastry shop
can be set for singles, couples or
small groups of up to 8 people.
Our pastry experiences in Peccioli
are carried out as follows:
- At
your arrival our guide meets you and
shows you the village of Peccioli
in an introductive walk of about 30
minutes; the village is a typical
medieval hamlet with little lanes,
small picturesque squares and breathtaking
landscapes over the Tuscan hills;
- Once
at the pastry workshop you meet Andrea,
the pastry maker, and wear your
aprons and hats, which will be the
souvenir of your experience;
- The
first part of the lesson is dedicated
to the preparation of cakes and
biscuits belonging to the Tuscan
tradition like cantuccini
or the typical festivity cakes
called ricciarelli, cavallucci
and panforte; the selection of
cakes can be personalized if you want
to learn something in particular:
for example, a typical summer cake
is a semifreddo called zuccotto;
- The
second part of the lesson is dedicated
to the kneading of pizza dough,
which you will then stretch and
lay into a tin to bake your own unforgettable
pizza with all your favorite toppings;
the pastry shop and pizzeria "La
Vecchia Carraia" only makes use
of very selected local ingredients,
including flours, extra virgin olive
oil and all the toppings of your pizza;
- Finally,
all you have prepared will be served
in a following lunch or dinner
in the small restaurant of the pastry
shop together with some local
matching wines and with the unique
grappa of Colombana vine, a rare vine
growing only in a restricted area
of the Pisan hills.
- Before
you leave, Andrea will pack your cookies
and cakes for you to take away as
a souvenir to show your friends!
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