7 Day Abruzzo Italy Cuisine and Truffle Hunting
Duration: 7 Days (Airfare not included)
$ 1990
Trip Dates:
10/19/2014 - 10/25/2014
Vasto Day 1 Rome Fiumicino airport pick up at 14:30 and transfer to the ancient Roman town of Vasto on the Adriatic Coast after crossing beautiful Abruzzo mountains looking at amazing landscapes. After checking in at charming and family run Hotel San Marco in the historical downtown, get to know your guide and learn more about the 7-day Italian cookery holiday and enjoy a welcome dinner in a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto. |
Day 2
After a leisurely traditional breakfast of freshly baked bread, whole fruit country style
preserves, cake, pastries, coffee, tea and freshly squeezed juice:
AM
- Learn how easy fresh pasta is to make with a cooking class by Mamma and an
- introduction to her favourite seasonal sauces, an example menu includes Bruschette
- with meat sauce, Pasta alla chitarra with meat sauce and polpette (meatballs),
- Cavatelli with vegetables and Tarallucci (typical biscuits from Abruzzo) –
- naturally this depends on seasonal availability
PM
- Lunch will consist of the scrumptious dishes that have been prepared in the morning
- In the afternoon we’ll explore Loggia Amblingh, a promenade overlooking the fascinating
- crescent-shaped coastline, the old town with its medieval Castle, charming lanes, a tower,
- the Cathedral and Piazza Rossetti, dedicated to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet from the town
- and father of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Before dinner in a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto, we’ll meet some local
- artisans
Trabocchi Day 3 AM |
- Weather permitting, we’ll have a special fish cooking class on a trabocco that
- is constructed
- mostly from acacia wood and railway iron sleepers
- Rinaldo our host will show us how to fish from it and the secrets and history
- behind Abruzzo’s unique fishing platforms
- His wife Maria who comes from a family of well-known cooks will give us
- our fish
- cookery class sourcing fish from the Adriatic* where possible – Marinated
- fresh anchovies | Mariner’s-style clams | Octopus in tomato sauce with polenta
- | Stuffed mussels | Fish soup
- alla vastese and Pizzelle (typical sweets from Abruzzo) with home-made fruit
- conserve
PM
- In the afternoon after relaxing and trying our hand at fishing, taking some photos
- of the
- surrounding beautiful marinescape
- To close the day we’ll visit the enchanting San Giovanni in Venere Abbey that
- sits on a
- hill dominating the coastline, surrounded by orange, olive, oak and pine trees
- Dinner in a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto.
Truffle |
Day 4
AM
- After a leisurely breakfast, we’ll travel to Torrebruna, where, deep in the woods
- and forest,
- we’ll have an exciting and hopefully successful truffle hunt
- Accompanied by an “aperitivo” we’ll enjoy a truffle cookery demonstration using
- what we
- collected and eat our rewards for dinner
PM
- Free afternoon for your own activities, which could be: to go to one of the many
- beaches,
- visit a natural reserve, biking, take part to some extra activities/excursions or
- whatever you
- prefer. Dinner at your leisure
Day 5
AM
- After an early breakfast we’ll make our way to the farm where Pina and Dino
- will reveal the
- secrets of sheep farming to us and guide those that would like to learn how to
- milk a sheep
- ready for pecorino cheese
- After a snack of cheese, we’ll learn how to prepare ricotta cheese in their creamery
- A delicious traditional lunch will be prepared and served. This will be the time to
- savor
- just made warm ricotta cheese
PM
- We’ll explore the enchanting Abruzzo’s castle in the sky in Roccascalegna
- Dinner in a traditional restaurant in the heart of Vasto
Day 6
AM
- Following breakfast we’ll visit the La Selvotta Olive Grove that has been farmed
- by Giovanni’s family for 3 generations to produce DOP olive oils. He will unfurl
- he secrets of what Homer described as “liquid gold”and we will finish with an olive
- oil tasting
- Next we’ll visit Fontefico, an award winning winery that sits between a marine park
- and the mountains. We’ll have a wine tasting with pairings from local cheeses and
- salami and tour of the vineyard and cellars by owners Emanuele and Nicola
PM
- After lunch we’ll have an homemade pizza cooking class that includes the teaching
- of
- traditional bruschette and tiramisù
Day 7
After breakfast departure for Rome Fiumicino airport or your next destination
* Recipes subject to the availability of seasonal produce
For information contact Mara your certified travel planner
italyclassychictravel@gmail.com
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