Mediterranean muffin with tomatoes, olives, and oregano Pumpkin flan with parmesan fondue and crunchy tuile Vegetables millefoglie with mozzarella quenelle and breadstick Pasta dough: ravioli, tagliatelle, pici (handmade spaghetti), guitar pasta, gnocchi Pizza dough Sauces: meat ragù, cacio e pepe, butter and sage, fresh tomato sauce, pesto, fake ragù Lamb rack with aromatic crust Pork fillets in Tuscan style Sea bass fillets in parcels with cherry tomatoes, capers, and olives Panna cotta with berry sauce Tiramisu with raspberries and pistachios / Traditional tiramisu Grandma’s cake Limoncello / chocolate liqueurs with red hot chili pepper

Onion soup Salade Niçoise Quiche Lorraine Provençal tomatoes Pissaladière (soft focaccia with onions, anchovies, and black olives) Ratatouille Sea bass in a bed of salt with confit tomatoes Tapenade / garlic mayonnaise Tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream Crêpes with Suzette sauce Éclairs with chocolate ganache side down Apple tart

Sangria Paella: Valenciana, vegetarian, de marisco, and meat paella Gazpacho / white gazpacho Tapas: tortilla, gratinated mussels, stuffed calamari, Galician-style octopus, pinchos Crema Catalana

Phyllo pastry parcels (vegetarian and with meat) Chicken pastilla tart Tagine with pickled lemons and olives Babaganoush, Zaalouk, hummus Moroccan salad Batbout (Moroccan bread) Almond macaroons, Moroccan nuts roll, orange and almond cake

Moussaka Grape leaves rolls Tzatziki Greek salad Marinated feta / baked feta with cherry tomatoes Baked Greek meatballs in aromatic sauce Custard pie with syrup

Seasonal vegetable flan with parmesan fondue and crunchy tuile Vegetables millefeuille with mozzarella quenelle and breadstick Baked onions stuffed with pecorino cheese and liquid escarole Zucchini flowers stuffed and baked

Potato gnocchi and pistachio's pesto Ravioli in butter and sage sauce Pici "cacio and pepe " Guitar fettuccine in lemon sauce

Florentine T-Bone Steak Pork fillet with anchovy and capers sauce Stuffed and rolled chicken breast Beef roasted in salt crust and mediterranean sauce Sea bass fillet with tomatoes confit

Almond biscuits tuscan style Chocolate fondant with soft heart Tiramisù my way Panna cotta and seasonal fruits coulis

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

Mediterranean muffin with tomatoes, olives, and oregano
Pumpkin flan with parmesan fondue and crunchy tuile
Vegetables millefoglie with mozzarella quenelle and breadstick
Pasta dough: ravioli, tagliatelle, pici (handmade spaghetti), guitar pasta, gnocchi
Pizza dough
Sauces: meat ragù, cacio e pepe, butter and sage, fresh tomato sauce, pesto, fake ragù
Lamb rack with aromatic crust
Pork fillets in Tuscan style
Sea bass fillets in parcels with cherry tomatoes, capers, and olives
Panna cotta with berry sauce
Tiramisu with raspberries and pistachios / Traditional tiramisu
Grandma’s cake
Limoncello / chocolate liqueurs with red hot chili pepper

French

Onion soup
Salade Niçoise
Quiche Lorraine
Provençal tomatoes
Pissaladière (soft focaccia with onions, anchovies, and black olives)
Ratatouille
Sea bass in a bed of salt with confit tomatoes
Tapenade / garlic mayonnaise
Tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream
Crêpes with Suzette sauce
Éclairs with chocolate ganache
side down Apple tart

Spanish

Sangria
Paella: Valenciana, vegetarian, de marisco, and meat paella
Gazpacho / white gazpacho
Tapas: tortilla, gratinated mussels, stuffed calamari, Galician-style octopus, pinchos
Crema Catalana

Moroccan

Phyllo pastry parcels (vegetarian and with meat)
Chicken pastilla tart
Tagine with pickled lemons and olives
Babaganoush, Zaalouk, hummus
Moroccan salad
Batbout (Moroccan bread)
Almond macaroons, Moroccan nuts roll, orange and almond cake

Greek

Moussaka
Grape leaves rolls
Tzatziki
Greek salad
Marinated feta / baked feta with cherry tomatoes
Baked Greek meatballs in aromatic sauce
Custard pie with syrup

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

Seasonal vegetable flan with parmesan fondue and crunchy tuile
Vegetables millefeuille with mozzarella quenelle and breadstick
Baked onions stuffed with pecorino cheese and liquid escarole
Zucchini flowers stuffed and baked

Primi piatti

Potato gnocchi and pistachio's pesto
Ravioli in butter and sage sauce
Pici "cacio and pepe "
Guitar fettuccine in lemon sauce

Secondi piatti

Florentine T-Bone Steak
Pork fillet with anchovy and capers sauce
Stuffed and rolled chicken breast
Beef roasted in salt crust and mediterranean sauce
Sea bass fillet with tomatoes confit

Piatti verdure/Vegetables

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

Dolci

Almond biscuits tuscan style
Chocolate fondant with soft heart
Tiramisù my way
Panna cotta and seasonal fruits coulis

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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