What’s cooking in italy’s Veneto

Cookery courses tourism driver in Italy

All over the world TV cookery programmes are getting big audiences. Masterchef, for instance is getting millions of viewers from Australia to Italy. Other cookery programmes are becoming a staple on the TV menu. There are often so many viewers who wish to try the recipes that supermarkets stock up in advance with specialist ingredients.

And now the cookery craze is having a real impact in tourism and in particular on sustainable tourism.

No more so than around Italy’s fertile Po Delta where hotels and agriturismo establishments are both reaping the harvest of wonderful produce and of high-spending quality tourism by creating cookery classes.

Veneto, extending from the Dolomites to the Adriatic Sea, is one of the richest provinces in Italy – full of culture and history and jam-packed with absolutely sensational food and wine.

There is an astonishing range of vegetables. Veneto has no less than seven with DOP protection and richness of waters (the sea, the lagoons, the lakes, the rivers) also gives local people an ample supply of fish stocks. As far as meats are concerned, there is also an amazing variety. The lagoons around also produce amazing rice.

And the wines are no less wonderful – Just think of Soave, Valpolicella, Amarone, Bardolino,  Garganega , Prosecco, Pinot Grigio, amongst dozens more, particularly great whites fabulous reds.

Hence a huge range of recipes and preparations in the kitchen. Great specialities, world renowned foods.

It is no wonder that here cooking has become an art form!

One particular estate has become a leader in high quality cooking holidays. In a superb setting, hands-on cooking lessons are being run by Countess Maria Giustiniani att her beautiful stately-home agriturismo. TheTenuta Castel Venezze. The Tenuta is set in thousands of acres of woodland and green fields and has a deep-seated commitment to providing real local hospitality. Here, under the steady eye of Contessa Maria a special menu is created every day culled from the local earth.

The next step is to experience the bounty of this rich soil at close quarters and cook it yourself! Hence the Tenuta Castel Venezze cookery classes.

The countess is more than happy to help, and with the aid of a qualified sommelier, will assist you to put together a simply amazing lunch.

A typical day’s cooking could include a whole sumptuous meal with wine. After gathering required herbs and vegetables on the estate, participants repair to the estate’s kitchens where, under the instruction of Contessa Maria, they prepare a seasonal lunch, usually consisting of a risotto, a typical meat or fish dish (depending on the best ingredients) and a dessert. The created, hopefully superb, lunch will be eaten with local wines. During the day participants also learn about the Veneto’s fabulous history of cuisine.

After lunch there will be time for a walk on the estate before beginning the fine eating process again in the evening with an aperitif and an excellent dinner created again with the best of local produce.

For more information on cooking courses in Italy email [email protected]

Castel Venezze hhttp://ttp://www.tenutacastelvenezze.it/

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