Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

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Food vacations and food tours in Umbria. We include even a chocolate class at Perugina Factory During our week in Norcia we meet a local shepherd and with him we make fresh ricotta and Pecorino cheese Our cooking classes in Umbria always include alternatives for vegetarian and vegan guests Class chocolate it is one of the highlights of experential vacation in Umbria Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages Winery Experience in Umbria, visint local winery with lunch and wine pairing included. During our Norcia vacation, we discover Castelluccio in the National Park of Sibillini Mountains Pizza Experience making pizza with a local masterchef or mkaing the traditional umbria pizza in a loca pastry shop We make fresh ricotta and pecorino cheese with a local shepherd in our Norcia and Umbria cooking vacation Fresh pasta during our Norcia cooking class it's made only of flavour and local eggs. The traditional recipe Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Our Norcia vacation features a visit to a Sagrantino winery for a tasting and tour of the intimate location Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages Our day trip to Montefalco includes a tour, tasting and lunch at a Sagrantino wine cellar in Umbria Umbria, like the rest of Italy, has no shortage of breathtaking views and unique beauty The Perugina chocolate is the perfect time for everyone to let loose and be silly Shops like a local and experience Umbria visiting local small fruit and butcher shops before cooking with your chef Cooking class of handmade pasta in Umbria, making ravioli with ricotta from scratch Our vacations are all about cultural immersion. Teaching our guests the most we can about Italian culture fuels us Enjoying the largely undiscovered beauty that is the Umbria region The black truffles of Norcia are known all around Italy as the best in the country Oilve oil it is an experience we cannot miss in Umbria. During our cooking vacation we visit an ancient family run mill Our week in Norcia features a visit to a free range pig farm to see the special pigs that can only be found in this area We love giving our guests the chance to learn about and explore the diversity of Italian wine Making the own cioccolatino one of the main experience of our foodie vacation in Norcia. Butchers in Norcia originated many of the current day practices used today for making Italian cured meats One of the calss of our Norcia and Umbria Vacation will be at Perugina Factory. A chocolate Master will be our instructo Experience local family run farms. Pig farmer, lentis farmes, cheese and sheppard in Umbria We use the special Norcia black truffles we find ourselves later on in our hands-on cooking classes Tons of Sausages and Cold Cuts are everywhere in Norcia where it is centenary tradition make them Sagrantino grapes it is use to make the Umbrian Sagrantino wine, one of the most famous of the region, rich in Tannin Making fresh pasta is an awesome hands-on experience that includes everyone in the culinary process The winery tour in our Umbrian vacation includes an in-depth Sagrantino wine tasting experience The Experential week in Norcia and Umbria includes local town market and local shops where buy food before cooking class In June, the lentil fields of Castelluccio bloom with beautiful flowers and create amazing photo opportunities Cooking class and Chocolate experience in Umbria We get many ingredients for our hands on cooking classes from the specialty butcher shops of Norcia Getting everyone involved during our Umbrian cooking classes makes the fresh pasta that much better One of the best experience we offer in Umbria and Norcia it is make the traditional Umbria Pizza, torta al testo We like to do our own shopping for our hands-on cooking classes any chance we can. It is a great time to meet the locals Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill