Polignano Cooking Class: Make Pasta in a Traditional Trullo

Learn to make orecchiette from scratch, then eat it at the family table

A three-hour cooking class in a traditional trullo house in Mola di Bari teaches you to prepare homemade pasta and a full meal using family recipes from Southern Italy. You cook alongside your host, then sit down to lunch or dinner with the family in a relaxed atmosphere, tasting the dishes you made together. The guide speaks English or Italian.

The experience

You arrive at a real trullo house in Mola di Bari, a short distance from Polignano a Mare, and meet your host over an aperitif. This is not a restaurant kitchen or a cooking school. It is a home where the family lives and cooks every day. After settling in, you move to the kitchen and begin with the pasta course. You learn to shape orecchiette or capunti by hand, the way it has been made in this region for generations. Your host walks you through the technique, and you make enough for the meal ahead.

Next comes the main course. Depending on the season, you might prepare a meat dish with vegetables or a fish course, building flavors as you go. A traditional Apulian dessert follows: perhaps sporcamuss, the typical Bari cake, or a torta pasticciotto from Lecce, or tiramisu if you prefer. Throughout, you work in the kitchen together, learning not just recipes but the reasoning behind them: why this ingredient, why this timing, what makes the dish taste like home. The host shares stories about the food and the region, and you taste local wine and beverages as you cook.

When everything is ready, you sit around the family table and eat the three courses you prepared. This is the heart of the experience. The food is yours, the moment is shared, and the meal tastes different because you made it. You leave with a handbook of recipes to take home and the memory of an afternoon spent not watching cooking, but doing it, in a place where it matters.

What’s included

• Hands-on cooking instruction in English or Italian.
• three-course lunch or dinner you prepare and eat together.
• local wine and beverages.
• recipe handbook to take home.

Information

Lasts 3h, from € 98 per person, with a live guide in English and Italian, in groups of up to 8 and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesNext departure: 1 Jul 2027

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AgesAdult (6 and older) · Under 6: can't be booked

GroupUp to 81 private ›

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 16 days ago

Good to know

Infants must sit on laps

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Is this one for you?Book this class if you have a free afternoon and want to spend it learning to cook, not watching a demonstration. The three-hour format fits between other plans, and the family setting means you are cooking in a real kitchen with real recipes, not in a tourist space, which is exactly what separates this from a restaurant cooking class.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What dishes do I actually make during the three hours?

You start with hand-shaped pasta (orecchiette or capunti), then move to a main course of either meat with vegetables or fish, depending on the season. A traditional Apulian dessert comes last, chosen from options like sporcamuss, torta pasticciotto, or tiramisu. Your host adapts the menu based on what is fresh and what you want to learn.

What happens after we finish cooking?

You sit down at the family table and eat all three courses of the meal you prepared together, sharing the food and stories in a relaxed atmosphere. Local wine and beverages are included throughout the experience.

Do I need cooking experience to join?

No experience is required. The class is designed to teach you the techniques as you go, starting with the basics of hand-shaping pasta and building from there. Your host guides you through each step.

What is included, and what do I need to arrange myself?

The class includes the three-course meal, local wine and beverages, and a handbook of recipes to take home. Private transportation to the trullo house is not included, so you will need to arrange your own way there from Polignano a Mare or elsewhere in the area.