Black Crostini Cheese and Bresaola stuffed rolls Tomato Bruchetta Fennel Orange and Olive Salad Potato Gnocchi Trofie Pasta with fresh Spinach Ribolita Tagliatelle with meat sauce Trofi Pasta with Pesto and Eggplant cheese sauce Florentine T-Bone Steak Roast Pork Loin – Arezzo Style Veal Escalopes Alle Pizzaiola Breaded Lamb Ossobuco Chocolate mousse Grandma’s Cake Panna cotta with candied orange zest Zabaione with strawberries

French Onion soup Salade Nicoise Quiche Lorraine Chicken Provençale Provençale Fish Stew Ratatouille Provencal Rabbit with Tapenade Sea Bass baked in a crust of salt Chocolate fondant Seasonal Fruit Flan Summer Peaches Upside down Apple tart Ice Cream

Gazpacho Meatballs with chopped almonds Sangria Tomato Anchovy Bread Paella Gilt head Bream baked in salt with Mediterranean herbs Lamb shoulder with dried fruit Salad of roasted red peppers Crema Catalana

Eggplant Dip Filo Pastry Egg Parcels Laham Mishwi – Meat skewers Tuna and Egg Brik Falafel Chicken Tajin with pickled lemons and olives Lamb with Dates Moroccan Lamb Stew Almond Macaroons Orange Fruit Salad Mint tea

Tomato Bruschetta Cheese Baked with Prosciutto Cheese Bresaola Stuffed Rolls Potato Salad with Tomato and Red Onion Pecorino Cheese and Peaches Rice Salad of Venus Panzanella Zucchini Flowers Stuffed with Cheese Pecorino Pear Flan Crispy Dough with Tomatoes and Zucchini Chilli Creme Brulee Small Quiche with Pumpkin and Radicchio Parmigiana

Tagliatelle with Meat Sauce Ravioli with Butter and Sage Tortellini with Sundried Tomatoes, Basil And Mozzarella Risotto with Saffron Pasta E Ceci “ Gran Farro” Soup Tomato Soup- Pappa Al Pomodoro Leek Cream and Gorgonzola Pici with Broccoli, Bacon Fried Crumbs Pansotti with Nuts Tortelli with Beetroot and Asparagus Cream Potato Tortelli

Florentine T-Bone Steak Ossobuco Pork Filet with Rosemary, Capers and Anchovy Sauce Pork Tenderloin with Pancetta, Grapes and Walnuts Roast Pork Lion-Arezzo Style Wild Boar Chicken Salad with Peppers Supreme of Chicken with Eggplant Carpaccio Swivels Hunter’s Style Rabbit Saltimbocca Alla Romana Veals Rolls Chicken Bocconcini in Red Wine Baccala 'Alla Fiorentina Turbot Fillet with Olives

Chocolate Mousse Grandma’s Cake Zabaione with Strawberries Creme Caramel Tiramisu Panna Cotta Rice Milk and Raspberries Chestnut Mousse with Persimmon Small Apple Cakes Zuccotto Zuppa Inglese

Alice Cornacchini

Chef for the Mediterranean and Italian cooking classes

Alice was born in Genova, a port city on the Mediterranean sea. She is a Mediterranean woman at heart with the sea flowing in her veins. Alice studied to be a teacher and earned a degree in Ancient Roman history from the University of Siena. She embarked on her culinary career as a student by working in local restaurants and discovered her life-long passion: cooking.

Tuscookany Tuscan cooking vacation Alice Cornacchini Casa Ombuto

Tuscookany Cooking classes in Italy, Alice Cornacchini

Tuscookany Cooking school Italy Alice Cornacchini Casa Ombuto

The Mediterranean menu has great variety and the Italian menu is everything you expected to make on a Tuscan cooking course.

In 2001, Alice and her husband, Alfonso, realized their dream of opening their own restaurant – “Le 3 Civette” – located in Parco di Lignano, a beautiful natural reserve park near Arezzo. Alice currently lives in the countryside of Arezzo with her son (Elia), and their dog (Byron).

Alice lives by two mottos when it comes to cooking. First, “Food tells a story.” Every cuisine in the Mediterranean has a specific culinary history, so food has become an expression of that culture, history, and even politics. If you choose to take the Mediterranean cookery course at Casa Ombuto Alice will teach you the Mediterranean cuisine and also the special stories and their meaning in every ingredient used in the recipes.

The second motto Alice uses is “Cooking is an act of love.” People express themselves through cooking. Even the same recipe, prepared by different people will be different. Emotion, joy, and love are added ingredients that every person has inside one’s heart that cannot be measured or bought and Alice invites you to join her at the Mediterranean cookery course at Casa Ombuto to show her love for cooking and sharing this with you.

Alice teaches the Mediterranean classes at Casa Ombuto and for select weeks the Italian cookery course at Bellorica and Bellancino

Alice’s menu

Sample of Alice's menu for the Mediterranean and Italian cookery courses

Please note that you will be receiving a cookbook with over 100 recipes and the sample menus below is just an indication to whet your appetite! This changes depending on the season and group. If you have something special you have always wanted to learn to make our chefs are happy to see if they can plan this in too.

One week Mediterranean cookery course

Italian

Black Crostini
Cheese and Bresaola stuffed rolls
Tomato Bruchetta
Fennel Orange and Olive Salad
Potato Gnocchi
Trofie Pasta with fresh Spinach
Ribolita
Tagliatelle with meat sauce
Trofi Pasta with Pesto and
Eggplant cheese sauce
Florentine T-Bone Steak
Roast Pork Loin – Arezzo Style
Veal Escalopes Alle Pizzaiola
Breaded Lamb
Ossobuco
Chocolate mousse
Grandma’s Cake
Panna cotta with candied orange zest
Zabaione with strawberries

French

French Onion soup
Salade Nicoise
Quiche Lorraine
Chicken Provençale Provençale
Fish Stew Ratatouille
Provencal Rabbit with Tapenade
Sea Bass baked in a crust of salt
Chocolate fondant
Seasonal Fruit Flan
Summer Peaches
Upside down Apple tart
Ice Cream

Spanish

Gazpacho
Meatballs with chopped almonds
Sangria
Tomato Anchovy Bread
Paella
Gilt head Bream baked in salt with Mediterranean herbs
Lamb shoulder with dried fruit
Salad of roasted red peppers
Crema Catalana

Moroccan

Eggplant Dip
Filo Pastry Egg Parcels
Laham Mishwi – Meat skewers
Tuna and Egg Brik
Falafel
Chicken Tajin with pickled lemons and olives
Lamb with Dates
Moroccan Lamb Stew
Almond Macaroons Orange
Fruit Salad
Mint tea

Other Mediterranean dishes

Fava bean Soup
Harissa
Bulgar Wheat salad
Tzatziki – Yoghurt and cucumber salad Turkish style baked eggplant

Alice’s menu

Sample of Alice's menu for the Italian cookery course at Bellorcia

Please note that you will be receiving a cookbook with over 80 recipes and the sample menus below is just an indication to whet your appetite! This changes depending on the season and group. If you have something special you have always wanted to learn to make our chefs are happy to see if they can plan this in too.

Italian cookery course at Bellorcia

Anti pasti

Tomato Bruschetta
Cheese Baked with Prosciutto Cheese
Bresaola Stuffed Rolls
Potato Salad with Tomato and Red Onion
Pecorino Cheese and Peaches
Rice Salad of Venus
Panzanella
Zucchini Flowers Stuffed with Cheese Pecorino
Pear Flan
Crispy Dough with Tomatoes and Zucchini
Chilli Creme Brulee
Small Quiche with Pumpkin and Radicchio
Parmigiana

Primi piatti

Tagliatelle with Meat Sauce
Ravioli with Butter and Sage
Tortellini with Sundried Tomatoes, Basil And Mozzarella
Risotto with Saffron
Pasta E Ceci
“ Gran Farro” Soup
Tomato Soup- Pappa Al Pomodoro
Leek Cream and Gorgonzola
Pici with Broccoli, Bacon
Fried Crumbs Pansotti with Nuts
Tortelli with Beetroot and Asparagus Cream
Potato Tortelli

Secondi piatti

Florentine T-Bone Steak
Ossobuco
Pork Filet with Rosemary, Capers and Anchovy Sauce Pork Tenderloin with Pancetta, Grapes and Walnuts Roast Pork Lion-Arezzo Style
Wild Boar
Chicken Salad with Peppers
Supreme of Chicken with Eggplant Carpaccio Swivels
Hunter’s Style Rabbit
Saltimbocca Alla Romana
Veals Rolls
Chicken Bocconcini in Red Wine
Baccala 'Alla Fiorentina
Turbot Fillet with Olives

Piatti verdure/Vegetables

Grilled Vegetables
Roast Potatoes with Aromatic Herbs Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic and Oregano
Cannellini Beans in Tomato Sauce

Dolci

Chocolate Mousse
Grandma’s Cake
Zabaione with Strawberries
Creme Caramel
Tiramisu
Panna Cotta
Rice Milk and Raspberries
Chestnut Mousse with Persimmon
Small Apple Cakes
Zuccotto
Zuppa Inglese

Have fun cooking!

What you can expect from Alice’s menu

Come and have fun cooking with chef Alice, who will take you on a culinary making fresh food in season from the heart of Tuscany. If you choose the Mediterranean course you will enjoy food from the delicious French Provence, feasting on the Spanish delicacies before crossing the Mediterranean to North Africa to enjoy the spicy, pungeant dishes they have to offer plus newly added Greek dishes. For the Italian you will learn to make delicious four course dinners focussing on classic Tuscan cuisine.

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