Cooking Class: Fresh From the Market Dishes in Sicily
Get a taste of authentic Italian with a delightful cooking class in Sicily. Chef Marco will take you through Palermo's Capo Market to select regional ingredients for an authentic Italian meal.
Master the time-honored recipe to make pasta dough from scratch using flour, eggs and water. Whip up a pistachio pesto filling or a basil, ricotta pesto filling. As the pasta cooks, cook a fresh tomato sauce to pair with it. Learn how to prepare swordfish the Italian way with breadcrumbs, pine nuts and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and use fresh eggplant to make a caponata with capers, green olives and red onion. Finish on a sweet note by crafting a handmade cannoli finished with chocolate chips and pistachios.
Make your dreams of cooking with an Italian chef come true with a cooking class in Italy!
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Stuffed Ravioli
With pistachio pesto or basil-ricotta-pesto filling and fresh tomato sauce
Swordfish Italian Style
With swordfish, breadcrumbs, mint, pine nuts, raisins, orange juice and Parmesan cheese
Eggplant Caponata
With eggplant, capers, green olives, red onions, sugar and vinegar
Cannoli
With ricotta, sugar, chocolate chips and pistachios
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 12
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- LabelsGroup, Pasta Making, Fun, Italian, Market Tour
- This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.
Outside Reviews for Chef Marco
Silvia G.
10 Jul 2024
Chef Marco is wonderful! A great host, chef and teacher. No wonder this experience turned out to be a lot of fun. From the moment we met and visited the market until leaving Marco's home...... Every minute was brilliant. A real Sicilian treat!!
Event location: Palermo
Chef’s Place
Exact location is provided after booking.
Discover Sicilian cuisine with Chef Marco, a formally trained Maestri Cascino who credits his grandmother with some of his most important culinary lessons. Enjoy the perfect blend of professional expertise with an at-home feeling as Chef Marco crafts and teaches about traditional dishes that represent his home in Palermo. You'll develop a strong culinary base to grow and create thanks to Chef Marco's expertise and wisdom, imparted in every session.
