Cookery programme

Cooking in Puglia
Dates
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Price
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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
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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.
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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