Pasta & Bee’s
We started today off with a super fun pasta making class. First, I made Tagliatelle, which went well. Then we moved onto Ravioli, which didn’t go so well. I think my dough had dried out a bit because it kept falling apart. Eventually I had so little dough left that the chef told me to just make one big Ravioli.
We filled the ravioli with spinach and ricotta and sent it off to cook.
The first batch of pasta was served with a Pomodoro sauce, and the ravioli with butter and sage. My big ravioli was very tasty!
After lunch we went to the classroom for a lecture about honey production. We learnt about the effects of environmental factors such as the area and flowers on the flavour of the honey. We learnt about the different types of bees (queen, females, and drones), their jobs, and lifecycles. We learnt that bees are social, and need community to survive. We got to see inside a bee box and have a look at some bees and spot the queen!
Next, we tasted some chestnut pollen (very interesting) and three different types of honey: Rubina, Sunflower, and Chestnut. The chestnut honey had a very powerful flavour. I really enjoyed it. Jackson said it tastes like a shoe store.
Trying out the pollen
After the lecture we had penne with a zucchini pesto, chickpeas with onion and lima beans, and stracciatella ice cream. We drank some wine, and we wondered, if we drink all the wine, will they bring more wine? They did. Then we went for a little walk in the village, where there was live music outside the gelateria. After our walk we spent some time at the farmhouse and had a little dance party in the kitchen before heading to bed.
