Aluguéis por temporada em Pedalino

We will visit one of the oldest and most prestigious oil mills in Italy: the Oleificio Gulino, founded in 1880. Within the mill, during the month of October, you will participate live to the olive oil process. During the other months, a video will be projected on the big screen that will illustrate all the phases of olive oil production and ecosustainable re-use of olive processing by-products. Consecutively, will take place a tour within the oil mill next to the machineries, where the characteristics and the functions will be explained. Afterwards, we will do a professional tasting of the award-winning olive oil "Erbesso" will follow; this olive oil has a wonderful smell and taste and has won over 130 international awards and recognitions. Furthermore, we will taste some flavoured olive oils with Lemon, Mandarin, Chili Pepper, Rosemary, Basil, Garlic, Porcini Mushroom, White Truffle and Barbecue and some seasoned bread with a wide selection of typical Sicilian products. If you do not have a car to reach us, we can arrange for you a transfer with driver. Costs are variable and depend on distance; write us an email whether you need this service.

I’m Nicolo, and I am a beekeeper since 2006. I offer you an experience to learn the world of bees and beekeeping. I can show you in 2 hours how I produce different types off honey and what the world of a beekeeper looks like. We start with an welcome at my farm. After some thee and coffee I will tell to you through the theory off the world of bees from the egg to the bee, the society of bees and their tasks. Then we will get ready and put the overalls on so we can enter the apiary. In the apiary there are numerous families of bees and you will see a cloud of millions of working bees. We will open one or more families to show you what I have explained to you in theory. You will understand in a short time from theory to practice many secrets of beekeeping and the fundamental role of bees. For further information it will be possible to ask me questions or curiosities. Then we get rid off the overall and it’s finally time to taste the honey! We go back to my farm where you can taste different kinds of my honey and jam products. If you like it and want to taste it at home it is possible to purchase the products. The protective suits do not allow bees to pass for 99% . If you get stung by a bee and by chance you are allergic I have a antidote Bentalan in the farm to avoid any problems. Most people are not allergic if you get stung , no worries, it's not dangerous it will itch a bit.

We want to invite you to have a typical homemade sicilian meal in our beautiful countryside, surrounded by olive trees and unspoiled nature! We’ll eat outdoor under a big olive tree, otherwise indoor in our stone house if weather won’t allow. You will discover the real taste of genuine food, because we don’t use industrial ingredients! Before cooking we will take a walk in our land to gather some of the ingredients we will use, such as fresh vegetables from our organic garden (tomatoes, lettuce, eggplant, zucchini and the huge “Giarratana” onions in summertime) and wild herbs that we'll teach you to recognise. We will tell you the story of our old stone house and how we restored it slowly by ourselves. We will be happy to answer all your questions about our lifestyle and our land! After that you can help us cooking: we really love to cook "scacce" (our tipical street food), homemade pasta and pizza with organic flour from an ancient stone mill. Our favourite condiments are sauce from our tomatoes and of course our extra virgin olive oil from "Tonda Iblea" olive trees. During lunch you can taste organic "Nero d'Avola" red wine (or fresh "Insolia" white wine in summertime) from a prestigious local winery near home. I declare that this activity meets the guidelines for food handling based on the Five Key Points for Safer Food Program of the Pan American Healt Organization. Other things to note If the weather will be too bad (sometime it happens also in Sicily!) probably we won’t be able to take a walk, but we’ll still have lunch with our products and we will spend more time in the kitchen.

Together we will prepare the natural soap. We will use the "cold process" to make the soap, which is also adequate to use in a house in the city. This method will allow you to make soap very easily and in no time. We will use olive oil, macerated oils and infusions prepared with medicinal plants from Sicily. I will teach you several recipes to make body soap, shampoo and soap for both solid and liquid laundry. Together we will make one of these kind of soap, and at the end you will take home your first self-made piece of natural soap!

In a uncontaminated and peaceful context in my country house, I will lead you to the wonderful world of "Scaccia", our typical street and holiday food. Scacce are a kind of focaccia (a sort of bread filled with vegetables and cheese). First of all we will make the dough for scacce using durum wheat flour from an ancient stone mill that grinds only grains from sicilian heirloom seeds like Russello and Timilia. We will add "criscente" (homemade sourdough starter that I inherited from my grandma) and our extravirgin olive oil. I will teach you the tricks for a well-balanced "sfoglia" (the thin layer of bread), tasty and crisp. While the dough grow, we will cook the vegetables for the stuffing: eggplants, onions, spinach, potatoes, broccoli (depends on the season). All vegetables will be organic from our garden or organic market. Then we will make two different kind of sfoglia, one very thin for tomato scaccia and another thicker for other scacce. At this point we can fill and bake scacce. At the end we will have lunch with our handmade scacce, drinking delicious organic Nero d'Avola wine. If the weather allows, we will have lunch outside, in the garden, under our big olive tree! I declare that this activity meets the guidelines for food handling based on the Five Key Points for Safer Food Program of the Pan American Healt Organization. Other things to note If you don't have a car, you can take a bus from Ragusa (or from Catania) to COFFA, provided by Interbus Etna Trasporti (check their website for schedule). There we will pick you by car for free.