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Wine Tasting & Cooking Class

Saturday, February 27th
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific Time

Wine and dine with a master sommelier while Gaia teaches you to make pici, a classic Tuscan pasta, and a perfect tomato sauce to pair.

In partnership with our friends at Crunchy Red Fruit, experience an in-depth wine tasting created specifically to accompany this recipe. During class, Gaia will teach you how to make a classic Tuscan pasta called pici with a tasty tomato sauce, and a master sommelier will guide you through tasting various pairings of hand-selected wines.

Reserve a spot in class through The Table Less Traveled and purchase the wines to taste in class by heading over to Crunchy Red Fruit and selecting the curated box for this class.

If OUTSIDE of the Seattle Area purchase your wines by Saturday, February 13th to guarantee shipment by class date.
If WITHIN the Seattle Area purchase your wines by Wednesday, February 20th to guarantee delivery by class date.

~ THIS CLASS IS SOLD OUT ~

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Ingredients & Preparation

Have your ingredients pre-measured and prepped before the class for a more seamless experience.

If you do not have certain ingredients, our chefs will do their best to suggest substitutions.

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Pici Pasta

Pici

• 1 cup (+ some extra) "type 0" wheat flour (like this) or, if not available, all-purpose flour

• Some fine wheat "semolina" flour for dusting (like this) or, if not available, all-purpose flour

• 1/2 cup water (might be a bit more or less depending on how the flour absorbs the water)

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 + 1 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

Sauce

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 300/400 g (15 oz can) peeled canned tomatoes

• 3 garlic cloves (remove the part in the middle)

• grated pecorino cheese or parmigiano reggiano cheese

• optional: chili flakes/powder

• optional: fresh or dried basil

Equipment

Certain commonly used kitchen tools are not listed here such as cutlery, dishes, mixing bowls, pots, and pans. Any additional equipment is listed here.

• 1 Mixing bowl

• 1 Pasta pot

• 1 Saucepan

• 1 Colander

• 1 Rolling pin

• 1 Pastry board/working surface

General Steps

1. Make the dough.

2. While the dough is resting, make the sauce.

3. Roll the dough and shape the pasta.

4. Cook the pasta, add the sauce and grated cheese. Buon appetito!

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