Traditional Cooking Class with Lunch in Lecce’s Historic Center

Description

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.

• 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.
• The menu also includes drinks and dessert: Leccese Spumone ice cream with hazelnuts and chocolate flavors, stuffed with salted chocolate soft chunks.
• The starvaulted rooms feature classic crystal chandeliers and air conditioning. Also have an old record player where you can listen to LPs by famous Italian singers like Mina, Celentano, and Battisti.
• The dishes are paired with a selected bottle of Salento wine, chosen by Giorgio Grassi according to your preferences. With dessert, at the end of lunch, we’ll serve coffee and limoncello.
• Our Traditional Cooking Class ends with a lunch that you will have prepared almost entirely with your own hands. Giorgio and Rosalba control your learning and activities… food is no joke!
• At the work counter in the dining room, you’ll learn how to make hand made fresh pasta. In the kitchen, we’ll cook traditional dishes with ancient flavors, typical of Puglia’s culinary heritage.