Friday, 14 March 2014
Sabine Hills. a perfect day trip from Rome
Convivio Rome Cooking Classes has written an article on the beautiful Sabine Hills and why this unspoilt agricultural area makes a perfect day trip from Rome. Italy Travel site on About.com has published this article in their most recent newsletter and can be found here:
Monday, 17 February 2014
Local organic flour for our cooking classes near Rome
The flour we use for our cooking classes near Rome is supplied by a local water mill built in the 18th century, the 'Molino del Cantaro'. This is one of the few mills left in Italy to have the original timber mechanism and grinding stone from 300 years ago, still perfectly working. The flour from this 'mulino' retains all the wheat germ (something industrial flour doesn't have anymore) and comes from organic wheat which is grown by the mill's owner in a nearby field. Even the type of wheat is selected from a range of ancient Italian varieties. Anything that's made with this high quality organic flour, such as fresh pasta, bread, biscotti or cakes, has a lot more flavour and a great texture, just different from anything else.
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Pizza dough 'little roses'.
Presentation of food has always been part of our Rome Cooking Classes and Italian Cooking Holidays. This is a simple technique to create little 'roses' made of pastry or pizza dough, filled with anything you like (It could be ricotta and spinach, mozzarella cheese and tomato or anything you usually fancy on a pizza, just finely chopped).
Monday, 13 January 2014
What's in Season?
During our Rome Cooking Classes we only ose local organic vegetables that are in season. 'Let's follow the Rhythm of the Seasons', a new chart for knowing what vegetables are in season (in Italian).
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Olive Oil Touring in Sabina
Sabina is a region, just north of Rome and famous for it's high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Harvest time happens just once a year, when the olives turn from green to black and at their best with the highest amount of anti-oxidants. The local farmers are currently harvesting their olives to make their own D.O.P. extra virgin olive oil. (D.O.P. means that the olives are grown, picked, pressed and bottled in the same region, in this case, in Sabina).
If you want to find out what good olive oil is all about, Convivio Rome now conducts 2 types of Olive Tours: 1/ An afternoon Olive Grove Tour during our 3 and 5 night Italian Cooking Holidays, and
2/ A Half Day (3 hour) Olive Oil Tour.
To find out more http://www.conviviorome.com/
If you want to find out what good olive oil is all about, Convivio Rome now conducts 2 types of Olive Tours: 1/ An afternoon Olive Grove Tour during our 3 and 5 night Italian Cooking Holidays, and
2/ A Half Day (3 hour) Olive Oil Tour.
To find out more http://www.conviviorome.com/
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Chocolate from fair trade in Città di Castello
We all love chocolate, but if it's from fair trade it's even better! We visited "Altrocioccolato' in Città di Castello (near Perugia) last weekend and learned a lot about chocolate and how it's made traditionally, starting from the cocoa beans. The intense aroma of pure chocolate accompanied us while we visited the town, listened to live music and strolled through the organic farmers market. With 60.000 visitors over the weekend 'Altrocioccolato' the Italian fair trade chocolate event of the year, was a success.
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Natural Honey from Sabina
Today we visited our local beekeeper to get a few kgs of Sabina honey for our italian cooking classes. The region of Sabina, just north of Rome is not only famous for it's extra virgin olive oil and pecorino cheeses, but also for it's honey. The season for honey is now. Signore Bruno, the beekeeper reminded us that his honey keeps "per sempre" ( forever).
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