To wish you and wish you a Happy ChristmasOn December 15th and 16th we transformed our cooking school into a magical place, with two days of celebration, preparing Christmas sweets with the little ones, decorating the tables with colored centerpieces and tasting lots of Christmas goodness.
The art of the table
To start, the School dressed up with the help of furnishings Gervasoni and ribbons and packages Brizzolari. We have set up the perfect Christmas table together with our stylist Beatrice Prada it's at Blumarine Home, while Fiammetta Fadda he has revealed the tricks to bring good table manners, even during the festive lunches and dinners. The number one rule is not to panic in the kitchen, to always keep a smile and make everyone feel at home!
The perfect December morning continued with a hot tea with Pompadour, while the scent of flowers filled the room: with the help of Urban Flower, our guests have learned to prepare colored garlands to decorate the house.
Sweet Christmas
The beauty of Christmas is to be with family, that's why we have invited parents and children to spend some time together in our kitchens, to prepare delicious cakes together and give the opportunity to free their creativity, decorating nice Christmas cookies. All thanks to the guidance of the chefs of La Scuola de la Cucina Italiana, Nicol Pucci is Emanuele Frigerio.
And what a festive afternoon would it have been without panettone and pandoro?
On Saturday we tasted two: the first decorated with chocolate from Joëlle Nedèrlants, responsible for our kitchen, the second brought as a gift from Damiano Carrara, the charming judge of Bake Off Italia, who came to visit us to tell his America.
On Sunday we discovered the sweet protagonist of the December cover: the guests tasted it and participated in the preparation of its "easy" version, with panettone and pandoro stuffed by our director Maddalena Fossati and from the web editor Sabina Montevergine.
Cooking classes for a very good Christmas
The chef of La Scuola Marco Olivieri he made us feel immediately at home with two typical dishes of Christmas: the roast and cappelletti in broth. After learning the secrets to prepare succulent roasts, we challenged the guests in closing the cappelletto, dividing them into teams led by three expert grandmothers of fresh pasta. Thanks to their wise guidance, even the youngest participants have managed to do a great job. At the tasting the result was phenomenal: very good!
Christmas aperitif
During the holidays you can not miss the dedicated aperitif: Christmas songs, chopping boards prepared with Beretta brothers and a very special toast, thanks to the champagne of Veuve Clicquot. Guest of honor: the starred chef Caterina Ceraudo, which with the flavors of its cuisine brought us to its land, Calabria.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, we tasted the beers of Angelo Poretti Brewery, combining them with delicious recipes for an alternative Christmas aperitif: Italian uramaki, Bari focaccia and winter salad with low-temperature cooked egg.
Christmas Social Dinner
Dinner is the most important moment of the Fiestas: ours could only start in the kitchen, where the guests have ventured into three recipes to prepare with Emiliane Barilla, led by the chef Cesare Gasparri. The fifty perfect strangers, united by the passion for good food, then sat down at our convivial tables to toast once again a Merry Christmas!
In the gallery above you can watch the best moments of our party.
Happy Christmas!
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