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Campania Cooking and Sustainable Farming
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Neapolitan Farm Cooking in the Campania Region of Italy
7 days | 6 nights
Pricing: $2,989 (For One Person, Double Occupancy)
Availability: May, June, September and October
Package includes:
- 6 Nights, Azienda Agrituristica Seliano - Guest Room - For One (Dbl Occ)
- Welcome Dinner with Wine
- Regional Fare, Hands On Cooking Class
- Culinary Outing to Amalfi Coast with Lunch
- Wine and Olive Oil Tour and Tasting
- Shopping Salerno and Culinary Tour with Lunch
- Barlotti Mozzarella Dairy Tasting and Farm Tour
- Cultural Tour to Ruins of Pasteum
- The Italian Kitchen, Hands-on Cooking Class
- Rustic Italian, Hands-On Cooking Class
Campania Cooking and Sustainable Farming
Tenuta Seliano, an impressively restored agristurismo in the heart of Campania’s mozzarella making region located about one mile from the Greek temples of Paestum. These are some of the best preserved ruins in the world, rivaling those in Athens. The Campania region has given birth to some of the world’s best known Italian foods. Two successful working farms full with family history dating back to the late 18th century are the backdrop for your cooking and eating experiences. The family estate consists of many stone buildings, former barns and stables that have been converted into rooms, cottages, dining rooms, cooking school kitchen and living areas. The farm produces all the food for its own herd of 900 buffalo and horses while providing garden-to-table produce for the cooking school. The Baroness, Owner Cecilia Baratta attends to all activities. This is an opportunity to slow down your pace and step into a new rural reality.
You will see the production of Buffalo Mozzarella and taste its rich, white, creamy freshness. The making of olive oil, wine and your own liqueur are a part of the traditional way of life and your experience as well. Visit the open air green markets that help supply the variety of produce for the hand-on cooking classes that use family and regional recipes. A historical culture tour to the ruins of Paestum will take you back thousands of years. Driving the Amalfi coast road with its breath-taking sea to mountain views will have you planning your next trip back. All meals and tours are included so that you are free to breathe in the fresh farm air, enjoy dining outside among the roses, relax and understand how it feels to be so close to nature.
Azienda Agrituristica Seliano - Guest Room - For One (Dbl Occ) map
This farm estate’s stone buildings that were formerly barns, stables and towers have been lovingly restored into guest accommodations. Family antiques furnish the accommodations. The bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and are supplied with fresh clean linens and towels. You should bring your own bathing amenities and hair dryer as only simple liquid hand-soap is supplied. There are shops nearby where you can purchase what you need if you forget something. Wireless internet is available. The TV room is located near the dining room. Spend your free-time beside the swimming pool or relaxing in the garden. The air is farm fresh, the flowers are abundant and the authentic rural atmosphere cannot be duplicated in a traditional hotel environment.
Welcome Dinner with Wine
The dining room at Azienda Seliano is a converted farm building with ample space for relaxing and lively conversation. Meals may be enjoyed outside in the garden weather permitting. The wonderful dinner will be complete with traditional courses from antipasta to dessert accompanied with wine. The recipes and the preparation have been handed down for generations. Much of the produce used in the kitchen comes direct from the farm only minutes before it arrives at the table.
Regional Fare, Hands On Cooking Class
This authentic regionally based cooking class will be held in the country kitchen of the beautifully restored and converted farm stable at Masseria Eliseo. The morning will be spent learning the hands-on classic techniques and skills of the Italian kitchen’s richness. Dishes will vary with the seasonality of the produce as most of the ingredients are sourced from the farm or the local area. A wonderful variety of foods and preparation will be taught and enjoyed. These are no mere demonstrations, you will put on your apron and get your hands in the dough. You will sit down around the family-style table and enjoy your creations. Wine will accompany your meal and a spirit of new friends and family will awaken your senses.
Culinary Outing to Amalfi Coast with Lunch
The rich, raw, rugged beauty of the Amalfi Coast will set your heart on fire as you discover the breath-taking views around every bend of the road. You will be in touch with people and their culture and connect with some of the most spectacular natural scenery in Italy. There will be ample time for photo stops between the main towns to appreciate this unparalleled landscape. The tour will take you to an authentic Italian restaurant for lunch. There will be time to explore the town and shop in the local shops for linen clothing, ceramics or spices for the kitchen.
Wine and Olive Oil Tour and Tasting
You will tour with local farmers and see their vineyards and olive orchards. Wine lovers will fall in love with the fullness and flavor of the Campania region wines. You will sample olive oil while learning about the milling process. In late September you may be able to take part in the wine harvest or even crushing the grapes and help make the wine. October-November is the time of the Olive harvest, you may find yourself picking olives from the tree and actually bringing home your own oil. Whatever the season of your visit, enjoy the rare pleasures of being in the midst of vineyard, orchard and garden.
Shopping Salerno and Culinary Tour with Lunch
Salerno has a rich and varied culture, and is located at the geographical center of a triangle nicknamed Tourist Triangle of the 3 P’s (Pompeii, Paestum and Positano). The Lungomare Trieste, a Promenade created from the sea during the 50’s is one of the best in Italy, like those in the French Rivera and extends nearly five miles with many rare palm trees. The Castello di Arechi is a massive castle commanding the city from a 984 foot hill and offers a complete and spectacular view of the city and the Gulf of Salerno. “Historical Downtown Salerno” is one of the best maintained on the Italian peninsula. It’s “Via dei mercanti” (merchant street) is a main shopping area and the Dumo is at its center. You will enjoy lunch at a traditional pizzeria.
Barlotti Mozzarella Dairy Tasting and Farm Tour
Visit the Barlotti dairy and see Baroness Cecilia’s own water buffalo milk made into fresh and creamy mozzarella. Buffalo mozzarella from Campania bears the “Mozzarella di Bufala Campana” trademark. The richness of the Buffalo milk is much appreciated in the making of 1 kg of cheese, it takes 8 kg of cow’s milk, and only 5 kg of buffalo milk. Learn the production process from storage, curdling, spinning, shaping, cooking, and packing. In the end, it must not be soft and mushy when cut but fibrous and elastic, with porcelain-white color and oozing with freshness and rich flavor. Your taste buds will find new levels when tasting this freshly made cheese for the first time.
Cultural Tour to Ruins of Pasteum
Pasteum is located only a few minutes from the Azienda Seliano and 6 miles to the south of the river Sele on a plateau of travertine, which also provided the building material for the town walls and the temples. It’s well-preserved and important Greek temples of Doric architecture rank among the best in the world. The highlights of the area include the Basilica, built about 550 B. C. which was dedicated to the Greek goddess of fertility Hera (the sister and wife of Zeus), the Temple of Ceres, dedicated to the goddess Athene and the Poseidon or Neptune Temple. Built at the same time as the Parthenon in Athens, it is probably the best preserved Doric temple in the world.
The Italian Kitchen, Hands-on Cooking Class
The morning will find you in the farm kitchen of Masseria Eliseo. Your menu preparation and recipes vary each day so that you will experience how to get the most of seasonal ingredients. You will prepare a meal consisting of antipasto, first course, main course , side dish and dessert...all from scratch. The delicate, fresh, vivid flavors of the Italian tradition will come together in your creations. Discover the family recipes that have been passed down for generations as well as the true tradition of layering flavors that produce the most incredible dishes. There is something new for every palate, then sit and enjoy the fruit of your labors and new found talents.
Rustic Italian, Hands-On Cooking Class
A Rustic Italian hands-on class that will focus on using simple ingredients, perfectly balanced with each other. Flavorful, aromatic, healthy and satisfying are characteristics of rustic Italian cooking. The recipes are all true home cooking and everything is done by hand. It is all done the old fashioned way that Italian women have been using for centuries. Guided by chef, teacher, owner Cecilia Baratta and her staff assistants, your skills and techniques will be enhanced and strengthened. Bring your appetite and your passion for learning about great Italian food.