Camaiore: Cooking Class for a Bachelorette Party. A magnificent Villa on the top of a wild hill and our gorgeous Italian Crostata with Apricot Jam!

A Bachelorette Party in Tuscany?

Yes, it is exactly what a group of girls made last time, looking for us for a Private Cooking Class. It was an amazing experience, not only for the wonderful location but for special and nice people as well.

You will not believe, but the other day we went to hold a cooking class in a truly fabulous place! The beautiful and wild villa that housed us in the midst of nature, is located near Camaiore.

7 beautiful women, and a small beautiful girl six months old called us for a cooking lesson about Maremmani Tortelli, Tagliatelle and Italian Crostata (The Recipe is below); everything had to be vegetarian. This course was their gift to celebrate a bachelorette party for one of their “sisters” who is getting married in a few days in June. Do you know which is the most amazing thing? We arrived in the middle of nowhere after missing the road a couple of times and then, once arrived at the destination, the road ended and the girls came to take us helping with our luggage.

That’s when we found out that … we had to do 3 miles on foot before arriving at the villa! Surely we did not give up and, shoulder bags, we walked uphill through narrow paths and breathtaking views.
The cooking class experience was very interesting and it was a truly unique experience, as you can imagine: 😉
The photo of the ravioli over which we see the landscape is one of my favorites and the tart, it will because of the air, will be because of the happiness of so many women coming together…anyway it was really delicious!
Enjoy it and then use the jam that you like!

Tart with Apricot Jam

Recipe by Erika Elia

Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 45 mins

Ingredients

10 oz all-purpose flour
4 oz sugar
1 egg yolk
2 whole eggs
5 oz butter
1 orange (or lemon) grated zest
9 oz Apricot Jam

Cooking Directions

Mix the flour with the sugar and make a mound with a hole in the middle.
add in the egg and egg yolks and beat them with a fork
add butter, cold, cut into very small pieces
mix together the flour slowly picking up from the sides toward the center of the fountain with eggs and butter.
sprinkle with the grated rind
work the dough with your hands very quickly to
give the dough the shape of a ball
cover it with film
let it rest for half an hour in the fridge
roll out the dough on a sheet of parchment paper to the desired size
transfer the dough on a baking pan (about 24 cm diameter)
prick the bottom of the dough with the tines of a fork
pour over the dough rolled out the contents of a jar (250g) jam (in our case it’s apricot jam)
Bake in a preheated oven at 400 °F degrees for 25 minutes
When the room smells of biscuit … the tart is ready!