Private
pastry & pizza class in a typical Tuscan
village
Hands-on experience in a traditional
pastry workshop
Preparation of typical cakes and exquisite
pizza
Practical cooking experience in a traditional
pastry workshop in the Tuscan countryside
In
the pastry shop La Vecchia Carraia
you can learn how to make traditional
cakes and exquisite pizzas. This activity
is IDEAL FOR CHILDREN.
The
Tuscan pastry tradition has always
been rich of delicious cakes. Arianna
& Friends organize two-hour
pastry classes in a traditional
and welcoming pastry shop in the middle
of the medieval town Peccioli. The
class is carried out as follows:
- the
first hour 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
second hour is dedicated to the kneading
of pizzadough and to the
prepartation of an excellent pizza;
- finally,
all you prepared will be served in
your dinner in the shop together
with some matching wines and with
the unique grappa of Colombana vine,
a rare vine growing only in a restricted
area of the Pisan hills.
Rates include the visit to the
pastry workshop, pastry and
pizza cooking class, full dinner
with drinks included, tasting
of pastry products and a personal
English speaking tour leader
(also German, Spanish, French,
Italian or Russian available).
We can arrange a customized
cooking holiday package
for your party. You only need
to inform us on your preferred
accommodation among double
bedrooms, apartments or independent
villas and we arrange a package
deal with the best premises
for your needs and our
cooking classes. You can
always add any other activity
listed in this website to personalize
your holiday package.
If
you like driving you can rent
a car or drive your own car to
the destination or to an agreed
meeting point.
Our English speaking assistant
can also meet you at your premises.
If your holiday house/hotel is
more than 70 kms from the premises
of our Travel Agency in Peccioli
(Pisa area) and you want to meet
the assistant where you are staying,
please consider a 20 Eur surcharge
on the total price for the tour
leader transfer.
This
is an email we received on
3rd July 2009 from Jana and Roddrick
on their honeymoon in Tuscany and
doing a truffle hunting tour and a
pastry class with us:
Massimo,
Here
are the pictures we promised! We had
the most amazing time on this whole-day
tour with you. We thank you for custom-making
this tour to fit all the things we
wanted to do! It was simply amazing
and we had more fun than we knew what
to do with! I know we went to bed
smiling and talking about it for many
days afterwards. Every part of it
was memorable, fun and perfect! If
we are ever fortunate enough to come
back to Italy, we are certainly booking
with you guys and spending more time
in that region. I have recommended
you guys to my friends who are planning
their trip to Italy in March. I know
you will give them the same spectacular
treatment that you did us! Thank you
from the bottom of our hearts for
making our honeymoon memorable and
exciting! Hugs to Massimo and all
our Italian friends we met along the
way!
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