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A
cookery course in Umbria, Spoleto
This cookery course is organized in a hotel in the medieval centre of
Spoleto, which is situated on a hilltop and is connected with the evergreen
mountain Monteluco by the Ponte delle Torri (XIV sec.). Spoleto is full of
life, with its many squares, lovely little streets, shops with local delicacies
and handicrafts, restaurants and a lot of sights to visit such as the Duomo with
the frescoes of the Florentine painter Filippo Lippi and the Umbrian il
Pinturicchio, the Roman theatre with the archaeological museum, the Roman house
and the museum 'Pinacoteca Civica'.
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Programme
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Day 1
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Arrival in your
hotel
At the end of the afternoon there's a welcome drink and you will meet
the chef of the restaurant. In the evening you will have diner in the
restaurant of the hotel, discovering their delicious specialities.
They have dishes on the menu such as:
Petto d'oca carpaccio con misticanza all' aceto di lamponi
(goose breast with mixed salad and raspberries vinegar)
Ravioli di grano duro au funghi con vellutata di pachino a
tartufo (Ravioli filled with mushrooms and a sauce of cherries tomatoes
and truffle)
Tortelloni di radicchio e ricotta con pesto estivo (Tortelloni
filled with red lattuce and ricotta cheese with a summer pesto sauce)
Il filetto di manzo con frutti di bosco (Beef filet with
wild berries)
Filetto di maialino al Sagrantino con bacche di ginepro (pork
filet with the red wine Sagrantino)
Il Soufflé al cioccolato con crema leggera al Rum (Chocolate soufflé
with Rum cream)
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Day 2
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Cookery course
The first cookery lesson will take place after breakfast. On the
program are 'antipasti' such as crostini with chicken liver pâté, homemade focaccia filled with caciotta cheese and ham, different
bruschettas with olive oil, tomatoes and truffle...which you will
taste at lunchtime.
The second cookery lesson begins at 3.30 pm and involves the
preparation of 'Primi' such as homemade 'strangozzi' pasta with truffle sauce, gnocchi with tomato sauce... At
5.30 pm the
course is finished, but during dinner you will taste your Primi.
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Day 3
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Montefalco
Today you will taste some authentic Umbrian products. Together with a guide
you will visit an olive oil farm and a winery, where you will taste some
wines. You will lunch in
Montefalco, a nice little medieval town in the Sagrantino D.o.c.g. and
Rosso di Montefalco D.o.c. wine area.
In the evening you are free to dine in one of the typical little
restaurants of Spoleto.
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Day
4
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Departure
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The package includes:
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Period
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All the year
round with exception of holidays and the
Spoleto music festival (24/06-10/07)
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Participants
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minimum 2
persons
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Price
2012
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per
person in a double room € 485,00
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Please,
contact us freely, if you would like to receive more information ! |
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