Levanto: Pesto-Making Class
ID: GYG412519-748429
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Country: Spain
Country: Spain
Duration: 01:30 hours
Description
Head to the “Laboratory of Pesto” and learn how to make your own homemade pesto. Taste your fresh pesto along with some local bites and a glass of local wine.
Learn how to make your very own pesto following local traditions in this pesto-making class. Join your instructor in Levanto’s historical center, where the “Laboratory of Pesto” has been preparing this famous, ancient sauce since 1976.
After tasting a glass of sparkling wine accompanied with a local extra virgin olive oil on bruschetta, taste pesto made using the modern method. Then, make pesto the traditional way with a mortar.
Wash and dry the basil leaves, pounding them together with salt, pine nuts, and garlic. Add the Parmigiano cheese and the extra virgin olive oil and enjoy your thick and fragrant pesto.
Taste your own homemade pesto together with a glass of white wine and some local products, such as olives, bruschetta with anchovies.
Learn how to make your very own pesto following local traditions in this pesto-making class. Join your instructor in Levanto’s historical center, where the “Laboratory of Pesto” has been preparing this famous, ancient sauce since 1976.
After tasting a glass of sparkling wine accompanied with a local extra virgin olive oil on bruschetta, taste pesto made using the modern method. Then, make pesto the traditional way with a mortar.
Wash and dry the basil leaves, pounding them together with salt, pine nuts, and garlic. Add the Parmigiano cheese and the extra virgin olive oil and enjoy your thick and fragrant pesto.
Taste your own homemade pesto together with a glass of white wine and some local products, such as olives, bruschetta with anchovies.
Highlights
- Discover the secrets to making the famous Ligurian pesto sauce
- Learn the difference between handmade and store-bought pesto
- Taste your homemade pesto with a glass of white wine and local products
- Enjoy your pesto-making class in the atmosphere for Levanto's historical center
- Learn how to make pesto at a shop that's called Levanto home since 1976
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Meet your instructor at "Il laboratorio del Pesto".
INCLUDED
- Pesto-making class
- A glass of wine and local appetizers
- Olive oil tasting
NOT INCLUDED
- Lunch or dinner
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.