Elba and Capraia: two islands linked by the sea, but also by food. 4th year hotel management students at Portoferraio’s ISIS Foresi institute spent two days in Capraia thanks to the local tourist information centre’s suppport, cooking fish, sea bream and sea bass, from the Maricap fish farm.
The partnership initiative was made possible thanks to the North Tyrrhenian Port Network Authority project, MarePORT, Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e per l’Orientamento (PCTO). A formative experience that allowed them to learn and acquire fish farming skills as part of their specialization program. These include breeding methods in the 50-metre-deep fishponds found in Capraia, breeding times, fishing, logistics, getting the fish to the table, and the conception and creation of sea bass and sea bream recipes.
Everyone at table at the ORAta di mangia event! A contest in which the Foresi students developed three recipes (risotto, gnocchi and lasagne) accompanied by wines from the La Piana and Le Terrazze degli orti grandi wineries. The dishes were highly appreciated by the entire Capraia community represented by the Nolli institute, part of Livorno’s Micali school group, as well as by representatives from the municipality, Harbour Authority, Toremar ferries, the local church, and representatives from the local tourist information centre, the Maricap cooperative, and the Port Network Authority’s Training dept.The event was hosted by the Capraia Instiute. It kicked off with greetings from Port Network Authority senior executive, Claudio Capuano, and the Head of Livorno’s Regional Education Office, Cristina Grieco.
The MarePORT project wrapped up last Friday at the Foresi Institute on the Island of Elba as part of a conference on cruise tourism. Participants were able to taste Capraia fish dishes as well as recipes proposed in the Tessieri School’s ‘Art and Culture of Cooking Contest’, accompanied by Ansonica wine produced in the vineyard at the school’s premises in Concia di Terra, thanks to the collaboration with the Arrighi winery.
Translation by Giles Foster