Master the Art of Arancino: A Hands-On Cooking Class in Ortigia

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
1 hour 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
2 - 10 guests
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English, Italian
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Join our hands-on class in Ortigia, Sicily to master Arancino. Learn traditional recipes with expert chefs. Enjoy Sicilian treats like Caponata and Cannolo, immersing in local culinary culture.

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10 meals

Experience Details

Our Arancino Cooking class in Ortygia Syracuse will allow you to learn the best way to prepare the traditional Arancino and learn about Sicilian recipes sided by local professionals.


The cooking class takes place in a small and comfortable environment, together with a limited number of fellow “chefs” coming from all over the world. Our cooking class in Ortygia Syracuse is the funniest and tastiest way to discover Syracuse and its rich culinary tradition. You will be guided in the preparation of the traditional Arancino and have a little aperitivo with typical Sicilian delicacies such as: ARANCINO, CAPONATA or PARMIGIANA and CANNOLO.

Sample Menu

STARTER
arancino
STARTER
caponata or parmigiana
DESSERT
cannolo

What You Get

Snacks
The class and tasting includes: preparation of arancini, tasting of caponata or parmigiana and cannolo. Water, wine or beer (in limited amounts) are included. Everything else is not included.
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Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby

What You’ll Experience

We chose the most loved traditional recipes, Arancini, following the suggestions of local master chefs and we will share its secrets for amazing preparation with you. What you can expect to learn (and taste!) during our Cooking class in Ortygia Syracuse is: Arancini, Caponata or Parmigiana and Cannoli. ARANCINO: Famours all over the world, it consists of a ball of rice stuffed with a variety of ingredients (meat, cooked ham, spinach, pistachios, aubergines and more) and then deep fried in the traditional way. CAPONATA or PARMIGIANA: Caponata is a mixture of fried vegetables (mostly aubergines), seasoned with tomato sauce, celery, onion, olives, capers, sugar and vinegar. PARMIGIANA is a Sicilian dish made with fried, sliced eggplant layered with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce, then baked. Exquisite! CANNOLO: the wafer, traditionally moulded around a hot metal bar, is filled with a sweet and creamy preparation made with ricotta cheese, candied fruit, crunchy pistachios or dark chocolate chips. This is the perfect class to experience with your partner, family or a group of friends.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

UniCredit, Piazza Archimede, Siracusa Libero consorzio comunale di Siracusa Sicilia, Italy, IT, 96100

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You'll meet our local expert in front of the entrance of the Banco di Sicilia.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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The art of ortigia food
May 24, 2025
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Giuseppe was a warm and gracious host. He made sure we received a well rounded ortigia experience. Focused on the cooking class but also a broader understanding of the context of Sicilian food, and...read more

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Class-at any time again
May 17, 2025
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This was great guide Giuseppe, who took us a bit through the Jewish quarter. Then to Massimo, who showed us how to make wonderfully delicious arancina.

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Good but guide promised the recipe nad not contact yet on that..Grazie
April 26, 2025
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Our guide was exceptional and we enjoyed the tour BUT she offered to send us the recipe for the Arincina we made and I have not seen the email promised with those details ..Grazie

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Great fun and we learnt lots!
April 19, 2025
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What a wonderful experience! The guide Giuseppe was super nice and knew lots about the city and the cooking. The chef Massimo was absolutely fantastic, we learnt lots from his and it was so much fu...read more

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We had a very nice and delicious time.
April 17, 2025
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There were only two of us and the cooking class took about 2 hours. It was the perfect location. Maria and Massimo taught us the recipe with a lot of wit and a family environment. Maria then told u...read more

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