Cookery programme
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Cookery programme
Cooking in Puglia Dates • Price • • 18-24 September 2011 € 990 per week (plus € 100 for single-room occupancy) € 790 for non-cooking partners Make the traditional oriecchiette, Puglia’s favourite pasta Puglian cookery Market day is Thursday The concept The chef In a group of ten or so, learn the basics of the traditional cookery of the Puglia region, which draws heavily on fresh local ingredients, notably olive oil. A true character, and chef at the nearby Masseria San Marco in Fasano, Peppino Palmisano will guide you through the above, delighting you with his enthusiastic and experienced approach. A taster: The classes • • • • get hands-on with pasta, especially the traditional oriecchiete tackle fresh fish, caught that day in the Adriatic Sea, twenty minutes’ drive away visit Alberobello’s Thursday market and cook up a ragù for lunch, the meat sauce traditionally eaten on that day learn about the cucina povera, the original ways with pulses, bread dough and tomatoes Peppino speaks Italian and we provide translation into English, French or German (depending on class). Learn what to do with the catch of the day ... your table awaits the results ! What is included: Accommodation in a trullo, breakfast and lunch or dinner every day of the course, with local wine, transfers from railway station/airport (Bari/Brindisi) at beginning and end of stay, excursions and tuition fees. What is not: Travel to and from Italy. One meal a day, dinner on day of arrival, and medical and other insurance. Groups of three or more sharing a room: special rates apply © 2011 Alberobello e più holidays PROGRAMME Day 1 (Sunday) Arrival and transfer to accommodation Settle into rooms, welcome drink, presentation of programme and group, dinner together. Day 2 (Monday) Breakfast Morning: Cookery class - pulses, meat Shopping for ingredients, followed by class and lunch. Menu: Purè di fave con contorni di verdure mediterranee Pasta e fagioli Costolette e braciole di maialino locale arrosto Contorni Accompanying wine: negroamaro 4.30 pm: Guided tour of the historical centre of Alberobello, the famous “Trulli capital”. The town was recognized in 1996 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. • • • • • Belvedere dei Trulli and Rione Monumentale Aia Piccoli Casa D’Amore Museo del Territorio “Casa Pezzolla” Rione monumentale ai Monti Chiesa di Sant’Antonio www.alberobello.net www.comune.alberobello.ba.it www.trulliland.it www.sylvanet.it Wine tasting at the Museo del Vino Cantina Albea www.albeavini.com Dinner (individual programme) Day 3 (Tuesday) Breakfast Morning: Cookery class - fish Shopping for ingredients , if possible directly from the fishing boats bringing in the catch of the day, followed by class and lunch. Menu: Alici in salsa, frittura di calamari e pesce azzurro, polipo di scoglio alla luciana Cavatelli fagioli e cozze Orate e spigole al forno Contorni Accompanying wine: verdeca 3 pm: Excursion to Bari and guided tour of the historic old town. Dinner in Bari Day 4 (Wednesday) Breakfast Morning: Cookery class - locally grown vegetables (cauliflower, potatoes, peppers, courgettes, aubergines, tomatoes) Class and lunch. Menu: Formaggi locali, mozzarelle Parmigiana di melanzane Agnello al forno con patate e lampascioni Contorni Accompanying wine: primitivo Afternoon: free Dinner (individual programme Day 5 (Thursday) Breakfast Morning: Cookery class - traditional special-occasion meal (local pasta and meat) Shopping for ingredients, followed by class and lunch. Menu: Antipasti Orecchiette al ragù di carne Braciole e polpette Contorni Accompanying wine: nero di troia 4.30 pm: Excursion to Martina Franca, beautiful white hilltop village near Alberobello, with its charming crooked alleyways and flowery balconies. Dinner in Martina Franca, individually or with the group www.martinafrancatour.it Day 6 (Friday) Breakfast Morning free Excursion to the seaside 5 pm: Cookery class - mediterranean-style dinner (shellfish, swordfish, calamari, mussels, anchovies) Shopping for ingredients, followed by class and dinner/end-ofweek party: music and dancing; souvenir of your stay Menu: Antipasti di mare Linguina agli scampi Pesce spada alla brace Contorno di verdure Accompanying wine: rosato Day 7 (Saturday) 10 am: Breakfast and check-out Practicalities: Dinner can be arranged for the group at local restaurants. We are happy to recommend our favourites. © 2011 Alberobello e più holidays