You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So, we'll teach you two! Learn how to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand and how to prepare 2 simple different kinds of pasta from scratch with your local host. As the icing on the cake, you will learn to prepare also the iconic Tiramisu. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine as you make new friends in this hands-on cooking class. It's a great way to truly experience Italian culture. This experience is held by Cesarine, the oldest Italy’s network of home cooks available in more than 500 cities all over the country. Cesarine stands for "home cook", they are passionate and welcoming local hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences. The Cesarine serve only local specialties from their family cookbooks to tell the great story of their traditional regional cuisine.

An itinerant meal lasting about three hours to discover the many nuances that the street food of the most beautiful of the ancient Greek colonies has to offer: these include arancini (fried rice balls), impanate (breaded breadcrumbs), the fried cone of fish caught the same day, and the inevitable Sicilian granita or cannolo in one of the city's most popular places. If you want to discover all the secrets and curiosities of Syracuse's gastronomic tradition, join our street food tour and become a true expert on Syracuse cuisine! Here's a list of the possible tastings: - Arancini: world-famous Arancini consist of a ball of rice stuffed with a variety of ingredients (meat, cooked ham, spinach, pistachios, aubergines and more) and then fried in the traditional way. - Fried fish cone a delicious cone filled with various kinds of fried fish, caught that day! - Impanate: The Sicilian impanata (mpanata in dialect) is an artisanal bakery product typical of Sicily, a kind of tasty oval-shaped, golden-coloured calzone that can be stuffed with tomato sauce, vegetables, meat, cheese, potatoes and sausage, shrimp and black olives: it is a delicacy with decidedly strong flavours! - Local products: tour of the ancient market in Syracuse including a tasting of paninetti with locally produced cheeses and cured meats. - Sicilian granita: perfect for relaxing and cooling down on a hot summer afternoon. It is served in a glass and is ideal to end a rich meal on a high note. Fresh fruit, sugar and ice are the necessary ingredients - simple, but incredibly tasty! - Sicilian Cannoli: 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. An explosion of taste and colour! You can find the recipe here. - Tasting of typical local liqueurs

During your hunt, our local truffle hunter will explain truffle hunting techniques so you can kick off your experience. Breathing in the pure air of the woods, you will enjoy the enchanting Sicilian countryside and the beauty of the forests of the Iblei Mountains. You will reach an authentic Sicilian restaurant in Palazzolo Acreide where an expert chef will welcome you into his kitchen and you will learn how to clean the truffle and how to use it in order to enrich many dishes and turn the taste into an experience. You will enjoy the truffle you have collected in a delicious meal, prepared for you and accompanied by a tasting of local wines. After lunch, if you want, you can walk through the streets of the historic centre of Palazzolo Acreide, where you can stroll and taste many delicacies the town has to offer.

Arrive at the home of your expert host for a memorable private dining experience where you will taste authentic recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian mothers. During an exclusive cooking demonstration, feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as your host shares the secrets of her family cookbook while preparing the dishes right in front of you. Once the end result is ready, sit at an authentic Italian dining table and enjoy your 4-course seasonal menu including a starter, pasta, main course with side dish, and dessert. At the end of the experience, not only will you take home your official apron, you’ll also have memories that'll stay with you for life.

Go food shopping like a local, enjoying the distinctive Italian local market and learn how to recognize the best produces from the land. Then immerse yourself in a cooking class at a local home, learning the secrets of the most famous dishes of regional cuisine and taste the fruit of your labor accompanied by local wines. During the lesson, the cook will reveal the tricks of the trade for three authentic local recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. You will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines. Instead of loading your suitcase with souvenirs, take home Italian cooking skills that will stay with you for life.

You will begin this traditional experience with your arrival at the farm. You will be welcomed by the owners in the only way Sicilians can do, in the best way! You will start your experience with a tasting of hot ricotta, typical and ancient breakfast of the shepherds, farmers and simply of the grandparents of our beautiful land. A simple, traditional and certainly nutritious way to start the day. The hot ricotta will be served with olives, the famous sausage of Palazzolo Acreide, homemade bread, wine and other local delicacies. Only after enjoying the unique flavors of tradition, you will visit the farm. You can also visit the dairy and the butcher's shop and finally the stables.

Immerse yourself in the local culture with a cooking class in an Italian home. Learn the secrets of the most famous regional dishes and taste the fruit of your labor paired with local wines. Prepare three local recipes in the warmth of your host's kitchen. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Relax, as your host will ensure you are equipped with utensils and all the necessary ingredients to make the dishes. Enjoy all the food you have made with some wines that have been selected by your host. Take home Italian cooking skills that will stay with you for a lifetime.

The Palazzolo Acreide and Noto tour is a journey into the Baroque soul of the two towns that were elected Unesco World Heritage Sites in 2002. Their rebirth, after the Val di Noto earthquake of 1693, has its own, diametrically opposed character: Palazzolo Acreide, formerly Akrai, a Corinthian-Syracusan colony from 664/663 BC, chose to resurrect where the Hyblean plateau was already partially inhabited; Noto renounced its ancient history, preferring to move the town centre further down the valley and favouring an urban layout already used by other earthquake towns: the "herringbone" plan of Hippodamos from Miletus. Two different histories united by the opulence of the magnificent late Baroque architecture, in future memory of the explosive rebirth following the most violent earthquake that Italian history has ever recorded.

During your hunt, our local truffle hunter will explain truffle hunting techniques so you can kick off your experience. Breathing in the pure air of the woods, you will enjoy the enchanting Sicilian countryside and the beauty of the forests of the Iblei Mountains. It will be right here that, surrounded by the purest nature, at the end of the truffle harvest you will be welcomed by a local expert chef. Together with him you will learn how to clean the truffle and how to use it to enrich many dishes and turn taste into an experience. You will enjoy the truffle you have harvested in a delicious meal, prepared for you and accompanied by a tasting of local wines. After lunch, you can take the opportunity to walk to through the little streets of the village and taste some of the traditional Sicilian products.

Experience Sicily's culture, traditions, beautiful sea, imposing mountains, and good food in a cooking class with a local Chef in Palazzolo Acreide. Start this delicious cooking class by meeting the Chef and head to a local butcher shop, where together you will be able to buy - according to the season - succulent, fresh, and typical meats such as the renowned "Palazzolo sausage". Choose the meats and cuts you like best and head to the Chef's restaurant. Once you arrive at the restaurant, the Chef will welcome you into his world in the kitchen. Uncover the secrets of the Chef's most popular and requested dishes and learn some "all Sicilian" techniques to be able to propose the dishes cooked on-site to your friends when you return home. Prepare a complete menu, under the watchful eye and guidance of the Chef, consisting of an appetizer, a first course, a second course, and finish with a delicious dessert. Sit down in the dining room where the Chef will be happy to serve you the dishes you have prepared. A succession of flavors that will enrich your palate and having cooked will certainly enrich your book of recipes discovered in the world.