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Traditional Cooking Class with Lunch in Lecce’s Historic Center

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Location
Lecce
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Duration
4 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
2 - 6 guests
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Language
English, Italian
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Join us for a hands-on cooking class in Lecce's historic center. Discover Puglia’s rich culinary heritage with Chef Giorgio Grassi and savor the traditional flavors of the region.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

We are more than a Traditional Restaurant, but a refined Puglia Heritage Restaurant, a place where people can learn hands-on how a historical dish comes to life. The origins of a dish go beyond the recipe. They encompass the history of a region.

Over the years, many of our customers have rediscovered flavors long lost in their memory. Forgotten tastes that have touched their hearts, bringing back vivid memories.

Currently, our Maestro di cucina is Giorgio Grassi. He learned everything from Rosalba De Carlo, his mother, a great expert in Puglia’s culinary culture. She belongs to the noble baronial family Andriani De Vito of Corigliano d’Otranto. Being also in close contact with the peasants of her village, Rosalba has deep knowledge of both the rich and the humble versions of the same culinary tradition. For this reason, a conference with the UNESCO Patronage chose her as a Case Study in 2010.

Rosalba is a great treasure to our Restaurant, but above all a precious jewel of our family.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Orecchiette cu li pummitori scattariciati
Hand made Orecchiette Traditional Pasta with fresh tomatoes, oregano and pecorino cheese, cooked in a pan with the student. It's a local recipe!
MAIN
Cocule te marangiana allu sucu
Polpette of eggplants/aubergines prepared with the student and cooked in a pan with tomato sauce. ("meatballs without meat", with pulp of eggplant).
DESSERT
Lo Spumone Salentino
Traditional Ice Cream from Lecce: hazelnut and chocolate flavors, stuffed with salted chocolate in pieces. Please, eat it with a fork and not a spoon!

What You Get

The entire restaurant is available to guests: from the preparation at the work table for handmade pasta, in the kitchen at the stove, up to lunch.
For making pasta: a long oak and iron workbench. Into the kitchen you’re embraced by the vibrant colors of Salento. The space is also equipped with steel workbenches and elegant marble countertops.
Meals
The menu also includes drinks and dessert: Leccese Spumone ice cream with hazelnuts and chocolate flavors, stuffed with salted chocolate soft chunks.
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The tomato sauce needed for some dishes can't be made during the class, it takes too long to cook!

Good To Know

  • The Restaurant allows access to guests with wheelchairs, but not for the Traditional Cooking Classes: unfortunately in the kitchen it is not possible for structural reasons.
  • We serve alcoholic beverages only to travelers aged 18 and over. Non-alcoholic drinks will be served to travelers under the age of 18.
  • For any intolerances, allergies, or specific ingredient restrictions please write us in advance.
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

Alle due corti Restaurant opens its doors to those wanting to experience an authentic and intense Traditional Cooking Class in Lecce: cooking lessons in Lecce enriched by Alle due corti's style of culture, tradition, and familial warmth. Giorgio Grassi is our Maestro di Cucina, and his mother Rosalba De Carlo is our treasured gem, renowned worldwide for her deep knowledge of Traditional recipes from Puglia and Lecce in particular. Rosalba often takes part in the lessons… she’s not exactly the new kid on the block, but she still has so much to teach! The entire experience takes place inside our Restaurant, a 14th century building with star vaults. The cooking class includes: hand made pasta session (orecchiette e maccheroni) cooking experience at the stove and the lunch (two dishes prepared during the class, paired with fine Salento wine, a traditional dessert, usually Spumone, coffee or limoncello.) If you wish, you can take away the remaining food, for a light dinner at the hotel To ensure the best possible Experience, it is essential to gather all necessary information about the guests in advance, especially regarding intolerance, allergies, or specific ingredient restrictions.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Alle due Corti Cooking Classes, Corte dei Giugni, Lecce Provincia di Lecce Puglia, Italy, IT, 73100

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Alle due corti Restaurant is the place where our traditional cooking class in Lecce and the unforgettable lunch included take place. The door is in Corte dei Giugni 1, but you can also "enter from the window", in Via Prato 42, using a large window that looks out over the pretty Prato Arch Square.
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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Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
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