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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:
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. We will work
out a complete Tuscan meal together. 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) & water, the recipes and the final meal.
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) & water, 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.
On large request here is a brand new service. We will have a small wine
tasting with a light lunch and afterwards develop together a very special
menu where every single dish has a basic ingredient – wine. This
service lasts ca. 06 hours and includes travel up to 100 km roundtrip,
the preparation of a great menu, all the ingredients, DOCG wines &
water, a Mattisse apron, the recipes of the menu and the final meal we
prepare. Please NOTE - This service is available in Tuscany only.
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. 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) & water,
a Mattisse apron, the recipes and the final meal.
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. The Culinary School includes a 03 (three) days cooking
course, all the ingredients, additional table setup, table wine (special
vintages and aged DOCG wines are not included but available on request)
& water, the recipes of all the dishes we prepare, the final meal
and a Mattisse apron. Please NOTE - This service is available in the Chianti
region only.
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)
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)
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)
1) Frittata (eggcake with what is in season, 2) Minestra contadina (great
Tuscan legume soup with vegetables), Saltimbocca Toscana (beef/veal with
Tuscan ham, fresh sage & flambee with Vinsanto), Peperonata (bell
peppers with tomato, wine, garlic and herbs), Tiramisu classic.
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