CHEF COOKING

Chef Mattisse will help you develop a gourmet's understanding of how to prepare and enjoy tasty meals, how to handle wine and how to train your olfactory memory. Every single menu will be prepared from scratch using only fresh daily shopped ingredients to guarantee real quality food which you can see, touch, smell and taste.
All classes can be held in either Italian, English or German language.
All you need to do is to choose among the following options:

1) COOKING CLASS (5 hours, min. 4 persons max. 12 persons)

This basic Cooking Class lasts ca. five (05) hours. It has the aim to present you some basic principals of good cuisine in general and to convince you that real good food does not need to be tricky at all. together we will work out a complete Tuscan meal, from the beginning to the very end.
This service is available anywhere and every day and includes travel up to 100 km roundtrip, the groceries, table wine (special vintages and aged DOCG wines are not included but available on request), the recipes and the final meal. Mattisse aprons can be ordered and purchased seperately.

2) CULINARY DAY (8 hours, min. 4 persons max. 12 persons)

A whole relaxing day shopping together, hands-on cooking, eating, drinking and chatting about a topic that enjoys mankind since thousands of years – Good food.
The Culinary Day lasts ca. 08 hours and includes travel up to 100 km roundtrip, the preparation of a great menu plus a traditional light lunch, all the ingredients, table wine (special vintages and aged DOCG wines are not included but available on request), a Mattisse apron, the recipes of the menu and the final meal we prepare.
Please NOTE - This service is available in Tuscany only but not on sundays, because most of the markets are closed.


Chef Mattisse is happy to present this extended version to all those, who are really interested to learn how to cook healthier and to pick up a much more detailed kitchen experience of Italian cuisine. Each day we explore a complete menu (meat, fish, vegetarian) including the ingredients, techniques and traditions of Italian cookery. Together we will prepare sauces, make fresh pasta and gnocchi, stocks and soups, touching general questions of planning & shopping, how to moove in the kitchen and many many more.
If you desire to learn more about the famous "WHY´s & HOW`s" in the kitchen, during the preparation of a great five course menu you´ll find logical and scientific answers, further more information about the function of our senses and the social and ethic importance of the dinner table. The Seminar includes a 03 (three) days cooking course, additional table setup, table wine (special vintages and aged DOCG wines are not included but available on request), the recipes of all the dishes we prepare, the final meals and a Mattisse apron.Please NOTE - This service is available in the Chianti region only !


Menu A)

1) Panzanella (Tuscan bread salad) 2) Ignudi (Gnocchi with spinach and cheese), 3) Tagliata di pollo al Vinsanto (Special Tuscan chicken with fresh sage and flambee with Vinsanto) 4) Grilled vegetables with special sauce 5) Panna cotta (fresh Tuscan vanilla custard with chocolate sauce)

Menu B)

1) Pappa al pomodoro (thick Tuscan bread soup with tomato, onion & basil) 2) Spaghetti con le briciole (pasta with garlic, hot red pepper and bread crumbs) 3) Maiale ubbriaco (pork with wine, vegetable, fennel a.o.) 4) Erbette saltate (large Tuscan spinach with garlic and olive oil) 5) Mattonella di frutta (fruit aspik with wine & cream)


Menu C)

1) Bruschetta tricolore (toasted garlic bread with fresh tomato, arugola and Parmesan) 2) Ribollita (the world famous Tuscan bread soup) 3) Peposo di Impruneta (hot peppery spicy Tuscan beef stew simmered with lots of garlic in red wine) 4) Patate al rosmarino (rosemary potatoes with garlic) 5) Mousse di cioccolato (chocolate mousse)

Menu D)

1) Frittata (eggcake with what is in season, 2) Minestra contadina (great Tuscan legume soup with vegetables), 3) Saltimbocca Toscana (beef/veal with Tuscan ham, fresh sage & flambee with Vinsanto), 4) Peperonata (bell peppers with tomato, wine, garlic and herbs), 5) Tiramisu classic.