Traditional Cooking Class with Lunch in Lecce’s Historic Center
About
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.
- Up to 6 travelers in the group
What to expect
Alle due corti Restaurant opens its doors to those wanting to experience an authentic and intense Traditional Cooking Class in Lecce: cooking lessons in Lecce enriched by Alle due corti's style of culture, tradition, and familial warmth. Giorgio Grassi is our Maestro di Cucina, and his mother Rosalba De Carlo is our treasured gem, renowned worldwide for her deep knowledge of Traditional recipes from Puglia and Lecce in particular. Rosalba often takes part in the lessons… she’s not exactly the new kid on the block, but she still has so much to teach! The entire experience takes place inside our Restaurant, a 14th century building with star vaults. The cooking class includes: hand made pasta session (orecchiette e maccheroni) cooking experience at the stove and the lunch (two dishes prepared during the class, paired with fine Salento wine, a traditional dessert, usually Spumone, coffee or limoncello.) If you wish, you can take away the remaining food, for a light dinner at the hotel To ensure the best possible Experience, it is essential to gather all necessary information about the guests in advance, especially regarding intolerance, allergies, or specific ingredient restrictions.
Sample menu
Orecchiette cu li pummitori scattariciati
Hand made Orecchiette Traditional Pasta with fresh tomatoes, oregano and pecorino cheese, cooked in a pan with the student. It's a local recipe!
Cocule te marangiana allu sucu
Polpette of eggplants/aubergines prepared with the student and cooked in a pan with tomato sauce. ("meatballs without meat", with pulp of eggplant).
Lo Spumone Salentino
Traditional Ice Cream from Lecce: hazelnut and chocolate flavors, stuffed with salted chocolate in pieces. Please, eat it with a fork and not a spoon!
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What’s included
- 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.
Not included
- Private transportation
- The tomato sauce needed for some dishes can't be made during the class, it takes too long to cook!
Before you go
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- The Restaurant allows access to guests with wheelchairs, but not for the Traditional Cooking Classes: unfortunately in the kitchen it is not possible for structural reasons.
- We serve alcoholic beverages only to travelers aged 18 and over. Non-alcoholic drinks will be served to travelers under the age of 18.
- For any intolerances, allergies, or specific ingredient restrictions please write us in advance.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Meeting & pickup
Alle due corti Restaurant is the place where our traditional cooking class in Lecce and the unforgettable lunch included take place. The door is in Corte dei Giugni 1, but you can also "enter from the window", in Via Prato 42, using a large window that looks out over the pretty Prato Arch Square.