Cooking courses Our cooking courses are carried out from one to five half days and are reserved to the guests of our hotel and our country houses. Their setting is a unique place: the medieval kitchen of the ancient monastery of Villa Pitiana. Each day our guests (in group of max 12 persons) lern how to prepare a single recipe of the tuscan cooking. The whole course offers the composition proceeding of a hors-d'oeuvres and two main dishes. After the preparation the participants are invited to a food and wine tasting. Our cooks speak English and provide information about the history and the tradition of the Tuscan food, the olive oil and the wine. A visit to a n ancient winery is part of our programme. At the end of the lessons our guests are given all recipes and a keepsake of their stay in the Florentine countryside. The price float from Euro 108 to Euro 391 for person. "Villa Pitiana" restaurant RECIPE OF THE MONTH Rabbit livers in vinsanto sauce with artichokes Recipes Appetizer Rabbit livers in vinsanto sauce with artichokes Pickled breast of goose with leek flan "Zolfini" beans with crayfish in sweet capsicum oil Soups Ribollita tuscany soup Tagliatelle with ragout of rabbit, broad beans and pecorino cheese Tortiglioni with buttermilk curd,porcini mushrooms and parmesan cheese "Tortelli" with open headed cabbage and pumpkin sauce Dish Lamb with olives and "colonnata" bacon Pork with mostarda of grape Duck with black truffle Breasts of pigeon with porcini mushrooms Aubergine timbale with tomato sauce and basil Dessert Bitter chocolate souffle' with citrus fruit coulis "Cannolo" with wild berries, mascarpone mousse and mint sauce Semifreddo with honey in vinsanto sauce Flat bread with grape, red wine sauce and dried fruit Cantuccini di prato