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RECIPES FROM AWAITING TABLE ITALIAN COOKING SCHOOL

Le orecchiette con le cime di rape | Rosoli meridionali (Salentini) | Sampling

The foods that you'll make and eat at our cooking vacation in Italy depend on the season and the market, which, like all good food, is the way it should be. Still, there are dishes that are so emblematic of the la cucina salentina that they are standards, dishes that we make every week, albeit often altering to fit the climate and seasonal produce.

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What follows, are two world-famous recipes that you can follow at home before you come to our cooking class in Italy, followed by the list of the standard dishes, that are important enough to be considered cornerstones of the local kitchen.
Both are excellent!

Le orecchiette con le cime di rape.
This is a variation on perhaps the most famous Pugliese recipe of all, using both semola AND barley.

Rosoli meridionali (Salentini) or Is There A God?
In essence this is a master recipe for Limoncello, Arancino, Mandorinello and on, any of the syrupy sweet digestive drinks composed from le bucce, or peels of citrus fruits.

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The Awaiting Table is a cooking school in Italy. Our recipes provide examples of the types of dishes students in our cooking school make. Learn more about our Italian cooking class or reserve a place.

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A sampling of the kind of foods you will both learn and learn to love at your cooking lesson in Italy:
Antipasti (the small foods):Le frise (friselle, frisedde)
Taralli
Cialda pugliese
Verdure in scapece
Cipolline in agrodolce
Seasonal vegetables (too numerous to name, raw, grilled or boiled, under local virgin oil)
La pastasciutta (the pastas, all handmade by you, from various strains of grain):Orecchiette (four ways, with four different seasonal condiments)
Cavatelli con le cozze e fagioli
Ciceri e tria
Fave e cicoria
Troccoli
Le sagne
Minchiarieddi
I secondi (second courses):Salsicce fresche
Coniglio al forno, alla griglia
Orata alla griglia
Zuppa di pesce
Melanzane al forno
Agnello al forno (con il Gavoi)
Seppie alla griglia
Polipo alla pignata
Pesce sotto sale
Orata alla pugliese
Taieddha di cozze e le patate
Da bere (drinks):Primitivo di Manduria
Rosato
Negroamaro
Salice Salentino
Copertino
Dolci (desserts, home-made digestive beverages):Limoncello
Arancino
Granita di Primitivo
Gelato
Biscotti (3 types)
Seasonal fruit, both fresh and under grappa.

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The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy. In our Italian cooking classes, learn regional pasta, wine, and savory and succulent dishes. Come be a local: holidays include visits to vineyards and wineries, markets and olive groves in season. The perfect vacation for people who want to be immersed in Italian culture and food.
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