A group of us went to a pasta making lesson at the hotel this morning. It was fun! The chef had mixed the dough already, and first showed us how to roll out the gnocchi. Then we each got to try rolling pieces into long strands with the flat of our hands, and cut it into one inch pieces.
Next we were shown how to form strozzapreti - it looks quite simple and to make the dough you just combine flour, water, salt and pepper. Our chef used a big rolling pin to get the dough quite thin, then he cut inch wide strips, which we first pulled thinner, then twisted and pulled off three inch pieces. We came away with recipes. Now to try it at home!
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| Twisting the dough to make strozzapreti |
At noon six of us went by van to a farmhouse and winery to meet the cyclists for a wine tasting and lunch. We sat outside at long tables. Afterwards the owner and vintner showed us where they process the grapes and talked about the stages of winemaking.
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| The long tables set for our lunch |
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| We learn about the process |
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| Brad moves back to take a picture of the group and I take one of him |
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