Gnocchi Making Class with Authentic Roman Market Visit | Semi-Private

Embark on a market-to-table culinary adventure – with gnocchi, seasonal vegetables, and wine – in Rome with a small group of six people.

Begin with a guided tour of the famous Mercato Trionfale – the largest covered food market in Europe! Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere as you select fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Then, at LivTours’ luxury new cooking school, you’ll master the art of handmade gnocchi. You’ll also prepare a traditional sauce and a seasonal vegetable dish, before enjoying your delicious feast with local wine and new friends.

Finish with classic cantucci cookies paired with sweet vin santo. You’ll be given a digital recipe booklet to recreate your experience of Roman life back home!

• Shop for fresh ingredients at Rome’s iconic Mercato Trionfale and stop for aperitif
• Learn to make authentic gnocchi with an expert local chef
• Cook in a luxury, state-of-the-art kitchen with personal workstations
• Enjoy a full Italian meal with wine, cantucci, and vin santo
• Take home a digital recipe booklet to recreate your Roman feast

Discover the flavors of Rome from market to table on this unforgettable culinary experience! Start at the bustling Mercato Trionfale, one of Rome’s most authentic and vibrant food markets, and the largest covered food market in Europe.

With your chef you’ll explore its 270 stalls, overflowing with fresh, seasonal and specialist regional produce. Meet the lively vendors and select the perfect ingredients for your cooking class, including farm-fresh potatoes for the gnocchi and fragrant basil and sun-ripe tomatoes for the sauce in the summer, or other seasonal veggies.

After the market, head to the LivTours Cooking School, featuring a custom-designed kitchen and state-of-the-art facilities. With a maximum of just six guests, this small-group class ensures plenty of personalized attention as you learn the secrets behind perfect homemade gnocchi.

At your own fully equipped workstation, don your apron and prepare to get hands-on! Under the guidance of your chef, you’ll transform your hand-picked potatoes into soft, pillowy gnocchi dough using just water, eggs, and flour. You’ll also prepare a fresh seasonal vegetable side dish to complement your meal. Then, you’ll make a classic seasonal sauce—like the summer favorite with sweet tomatoes and fragrant basil – to dress your delicate dumplings: simple, fresh, and bursting with sun-ripened flavor. Traditionally in Rome, gnocchi is served as a first course, like pasta. It is historically eaten on Thursdays – “Giovedì Gnocchi” – to fill up before Fish Fridays and Tripe Saturdays!

Once the cooking is done, it’s time to relax and enjoy with your fellow guests, Roman style. Cooking and eating together is central to the Italian lifestyle: la dolce vita! Savor your handmade gnocchi, paired with a glass of wine. To complete your Roman feast, you’ll enjoy cantucci cookies, delicious to dip in a glass of sweet dessert wine: a velvety vin santo.

Bring the magic of Rome to your own kitchen with a digital recipe booklet, included as a special gift from LivTours!

• Tour the Mercato Trionfale and stop for aperitif
• Premium, fresh Italian ingredients
• Small group size of six people
• Personal workstation
• Wine paired with your handmade meal
• Luxury, state-of-the-art kitchen
• Vin canto and cantucci for dessert
• Digital Recipe book

• Please inform us in the additional notes box at checkout of any food allergies
• Please be advised that kitchen utensils and surfaces may come into contact with peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, wheat, and other allergens. While we take steps to minimize cross-contamination, we cannot guarantee that the space is completely free of allergens. Individuals with severe allergies should consult with us directly if they have specific concerns.
• Gnocchi can easily be made vegan by simply excluding the egg from the dough

All LivTours Semi-Private Group Tours are limited to 6 guests per tour guide. Our commitment to maintaining our uniquely tiny group sizes can sometimes be a little tricky, mathematically speaking. For example, we want to ensure that traveling families and friends can tour together so on rare occasions we may add one or two guests in order to not split groups. On that same note, you may also find yourself on tour with less than six people! We thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

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