Cucina Con Noi. Home style Italian Cooking Classes in Geelong, Victoria | Cooking school

Cucina Con Noi. Home style Italian Cooking Classes

Locality: Geelong, Victoria

Phone: +61 407 431 478

Address: 45 Parkland Drive, 3215 Geelong, VIC, Australia

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22.01.2022 There’s a lovely, talented, amazing woman, partner & friend celebrating a birthday today in our CUCINA. Happy happy birthday Ornella Looking forward to many more cooking adventures together again!

21.01.2022 Glorious spring day and time to turn the veggie patch over for more planting when the ground heats up. There are just a couple of cauliflowers left from the winter veggies and the broad beans are coming through now. We like to add a good quality fertiliser like Rooster Booster available from Bunnings(similar to Dynamic Lifter)along with our own compost and this year we have also added mushroom compost. Our Jack Russell Stella just loves all the smells and gets right into the thick of it all. We let the ground rest for about a month at least and this gives it time to develop nutrients. No Italian garden is complete without tomatoes and basil over summer so we will be selecting a variety of tomatoes to plant in the months ahead. Enjoy this sunshine!#cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #pasta #homestyle #veggiegarden #spring #compost

21.01.2022 A version of sweet and sour Sicilian meatballs( polpette agrodolce). First time for this recipe and it’s a definite winner. Make sure you have bread to mop up the juices from the pan and your plate. Recipe is below: 500g beef or mixture of pork and beef Chopped parsley salt and pepper 1/2 cup grated pecorino cheese 1 egg... 1 cup of fresh breadcrumbs soaked in milk to soften 1/2 cup each of sultanas and pinenuts 1 glove of garlic crushed 1/2 chopped onion. Combine all ingredients and shape into meatballs and cook in a little olive on the stovetop. When cooked through remove from pan and add 1/4 cup each of balsamic and white vinegar and brown sugar and stir through the juices left in the pan to create a thick syrup sauce. At this stage add the cooked meatballs and coat with sauce and add a few extra pinenuts too. Ready to devour. #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #polpetteagrodolce #meatballs #yum #foodie See more

20.01.2022 Cannoli filled with pistachio flavoured ricotta and mascarpone. Just a little bit yum! #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #homestyle #geelongbusiness #cannoli #ricotta #mascarpone #pistachio #yum #foodie

19.01.2022 New Neighbours are happy!

19.01.2022 Lets take a break from cooking & reminisce. What’s yr favourite place/food memory in Italy? Mine is Amalfi & these wonderful aragosti (lobster tails) sweet treats

19.01.2022 Found some interesting Italian food expressions. Next time yr friend is being a bit of an idiot you can say this...

18.01.2022 Another fun food expression

18.01.2022 Traditional Abbruzzese birthday cake will be delivered to my mother-in-law Velia for her iso birthday. Happy birthday Velia! #cucinaconnoi2 #italianstylecookingclasses #pizzadolce #abbruzzese #birthdaycake #yum

17.01.2022 Cosa cucini sta sera (What are you cooking tonight)?

17.01.2022 Experimenting with different flours and this time Spelt was used. Spelt is a variety of wheat and is considered an ancient grain. It is lower in gluten than wheat flour and more nutrient dense. The spelt grain can also be substituted for rice when making a risotto. #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #pasta #spelt #flour #foodie #yum

17.01.2022 Whopper size pistachio, almond and choc chip biscotti. Super crisp perfect for dipping in a latte! #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #biscotti #pistachios #almonds #foodie #yum

16.01.2022 Fun facts. Did you know Marinara is historically just a sauce from fresh tomatoes, olive oil , garlic and herbs that originated in the times of Marco Polo and cited to have originated either in Naples or Sicily from sailors. It’s believed the sailors used these ingredients because they didn’t spoil on ships and was quick to make for the hungry men. Today we refer it to as a seafood sauce. A seafood sauce is also referred to as Pescatore( which means fisherman). The pasta dish can also be made in Bianco(white) which is made without tomatoes and with olive oil and white wine. What ever you wish to call it there is no doubt that it is delicious! #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #marinara #pescatore #spaghetti #foodie #yum

14.01.2022 Oh you remember those parpardelli we made yesterday to freeze for another day ? Well, they didnt last in the freezer for long ahahaha Broccoli garlic & pork sausage was calling today to join them in the pan !! Topped with parmesan Oooh extra yum......

14.01.2022 Nice way to end the day!

12.01.2022 Sometimes you just need to reinvent that good old cannelloni into scrolls of deliciousness smothered in sauce!

11.01.2022 Oh well! Nothing else to do. Crostata di ricotta #cucinaconnoi2 #homestyle #italiancookingclasses #ricotta #crostata #tart #dolce #yum #foodie

11.01.2022 thought we'd take a look @ a fun foodie map of Italy

11.01.2022 Crostata Di ricotta(ricotta tart) #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #crostata #ricotta #homestylecooking

10.01.2022 Fun food sayings. You know bread is good, right? Imagine being as good as bread........

06.01.2022 Who loves olives? Me!!! Popular in many Mediterranean parts of Europe. These are some home made oven dried black olives & whole queen green ones- perfetto for any antipasto

05.01.2022 It’s very exciting when you can ring one of your sons and tell them to pop over for dinner. It’s pretty tricky to make gnocchi just for two so the more the merrier. Tonight we had gnocchi with bolognese sauce and Gorgonzola cream sauce. I look forward to the day I can have both sons around the table and it can’t be soon enough! #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #homestyle #gnocchi #potato #gorgonzola #bolognese #family #foodie

05.01.2022 Chicory is often used in Italian cooking and is very easily grown in the garden. With a slight bitterness it’s a delicious accompaniment to a meat dish. Today, however, it was used in a tart. Flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers, olives and gruyere cheese. #cucinaconnoi2 #italiancookingclasses #chicory #tart #veggiepatch #homestyle #homegrown #cicoria #yum #foodie

02.01.2022 Fresh pasta is always best. Mixed it up using semolina & flour today.... some papardelle e fusilli in the freezer for another time @cucinaconnoi2 #goodfoodie #eatfreshfood #italianstyle #geelongsmallbusiness

02.01.2022 The smell of this sugo al ragù would waft through our house most Sunday mornings when we were young. A slow cooked meat sauce usually made with oyster blade or gravy beef & mamma would add meaty pork ribs too. The meat was either shredded & put bk into the sugo or used as a second course with salad. I don’t make it often as it takes a while but ISO gives you all the time in the world. @cucinaconnoi2 #slowcooking #italianstyle #cookingclasses #geelongbusiness

01.01.2022 Home made braciole filled with fresh bread crumbs/ parmesan, garlic, ham & parsely. A Sunday treat my mamma would make- a southern italian dish, slow cooked in a plain tomato sauce. @cucinaconnoi2 #italianfood #geelongsmallbusiness #homestylecooking