Cooking Class

We couldn't leave Tuscany without taking a cooking class! The hotel recommended Paola, a local cook who does classes and works as a personal chef. She invited us to join another couple at an Agriturismo outside of town for an evening class. She picked us up at the hotel at 5:30 pm and drove us out to a very nice place south of town. We used their commercial kitchen to prepare and eat dinner. The other couple was from northeastern PA and made pleasant classmates. As couples we took turns preparing dishes. They made panna cotta and it cooled while Jake and I made a spinach pancetta tart as an appetizer. The first and second courses featured grapes. We made a risotto with red wine and grapes and then a pork loin rubbed with garlic and rosemary with a sauce of honey, grape juice and balsamic vinegar. It was all delicious and we picked up some other cooking tips along the way.