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Please contact Emma emma@tuscanyumbria.com to arrange to have a meal cooked for you in your holiday home.

Cookery Lessons

Cooking Lessons at Calagrana with Chef Alberto Chiappa
One, two or three day cooking courses are available at Calagrana restaurant with chef Alberto Chiappa.
Alberto trained in Milan and worked in London for many years at several restaurants including his own; Black Pepper in Lavender Hill. Alberto has recently come to Umbria where his restaurant Calagrana has become an immediate success.
Everyone on the course becomes fully involved with the whole preparation and cooking. Alberto and his English wife Elinor who works with him are both friendly and welcoming. Afterwards enjoy the food prepared in the restaurant. A detailed booklet including all the receipes is given to all participants. Space on the courses is limited so do book early.
To book please and for information on prices please contact:Emma by emailing emma@tuscanyumbria.com

One Day Course
Chicken liver and pancetta salad served with roasted polenta
Aubergine tortelloni with a butter and thyme sauce
Roasted chicken leg boned and filled with a mousse of chicken, black truffle, croutons and “lardo di colonnata” served with potatoes Williams and a spinach timbale.
Two and three day courses
Day one
Antipasti
A selection of hot and cold antipasti incorporating seasonal ingredients when appropriate
Pasta
Made from scratch a selection of pasta’s: ravioli, taglitelle, tagliolini and more.

Day Two
Main courses and accompaniments.
We shall prepare two or three dishes with vegetables and sauces. We shall also teach you some kitchen basics like how to bone a chicken and make marinades.
The side vegetable could be a spinach timbale or a peperonata or others using seasonal vegetables.
Day three
Puddings
Learning the basic recipes of sponge, sweet paste and crème patissier.
Using these basics we shall make two or three desserts and sauces.
We shall also give you many ideas for other desserts using the basic receipes.

Stained Glass Course

Create a unique piece of work during one of the stained glass courses offered in a beautiful rural setting in Italy's Umbrian hills overlooking Lake Trasimeno. Courses are aimed at beginners. Tuition is given by Jude Halliday, a practising stained glass artist residing in Italy. Jude has worked both as a freelance artist and in a commercial studio for the past 25 years. She has conducted workshops in the UK and India and has a Ph.D in historical aspects of stained glass. Courses are 5 days, Monday to Friday in August and September. Please contact Jude for further details and to book. www.glassotter.com

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