Week 3: Cooking Class at Trattoria Fonte Giusta

All 12 CET Siena students, Italian roommate Giusy and Resident Director Anna Di Biase participated in a cooking class hosted by the Trattoria Fonte Giusta on Thursday, September 17th and Thursday, September 24th. The menu for both evenings featured an array of handmade pasta dishes, including hand rolled gnocchi with bolognese sauce, two different kinds of homemade tortelloni - ricotta e melanzane con salso di pomodoro e basilico (ricotta cheese and eggplant with tomato basil sauce) and ricotta e spinaci con salsa di zucca (ricotta cheese and spianch with pumpkin sauce - pici con cacio e pepe (pici pasta is a Sienese specialty and resembles thick, crooked spaghetti, we ate it topped with cheese and black pepper), and pasta carbonara. The students also helped to make homemade, Tuscan style bread and cantunccini biscotti. The cooking class was followed each evening by a generous tasting of each of the dishes we had helped prepare, which left students stuffed to the brim. All in all, the class was a huge success! Above, Siena students Frances, Carey and Emily show off their hand rolled pasta making skills! To the right, students Kaitlyn, Margaret and Italian roommate Giusy (who was quickly promoted to sous chef of the kitchen, given her gentically predetermined cooking abilities), prepare tortelloni with ricotta and eggplant filling.