Orecchiette Cooking Class With Nonna

About this tour

Roll up your sleeves and learn orecchiette-making from Nonna Cetta in rural Puglia. This 90-minute class teaches you the hand-shaping technique for these tiny ear-shaped pasta discs, passed down through generations. You'll craft your own batch, then sit under the stars at a stone farmhouse to eat what you've made, paired with a glass of local organic wine. It's less about technique perfection and more about understanding how Puglian families have eaten for centuries.

Highlights

• Hand-shape orecchiette from scratch with a local nonna
• Eat your own fresh pasta at a countryside stone house
• Sip organic Puglian wine while dining outdoors
• Learn family pasta-making secrets passed down generations
• Small group setting with fellow food-minded travellers
• All materials and apron provided

What to expect

Expect a practical, unhurried session. Nonna will show you the precise wrist motion required to shape each piece of dough into its distinctive curved form—it looks simple until you try it. Your hands will get dusted with flour; that's the point. After 45 minutes or so of focused work, you'll have produced enough pasta for a proper meal. Then you'll move to the outdoor dining area where your orecchiette is cooked and served with local sauce. The wine arrives, conversation flows, and you'll taste exactly what your effort produced.

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