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Get saucy at the Scenic Hotel and discover the secrets to the perfect passata

Get ready to party like the Italians and make your own tomato passata at the Scenic Hotel on 20 March. Get ready to chop, boil and press your hearts out!

Get ready to party like the Italians and make your own tomato passata at the Scenic Hotel on 20 March. 

Find out what it feels like to be adopted by a nonna for a day and enjoy the fruits of your labour as you take the afternoon to make your own sauce surrounded by rich Italian culture.   

If you don’t have Italian roots and want to release your inner chef, this is perfect for you!

If you’re not sure what passata is, this thick tomato sauce is used in Italian cooking and is a staple in every pantry in every ethnic household. 

This Italian tradition is celebrated around Australia between January and March with nonnas coming out of hibernation to pass on wisdom to eager passata makers.

Families across Adelaide have been eagerly awaiting sauce season and hunt for boxes of tomatoes to produce their own passata. 

So get ready to chop, boil and press your little hearts out and get amongst the most tomatoes you will ever see.

Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty and get saucy as you squish your way toward tomato sauce heaven. 

This annual tomato celebration is increasing in popularity as visitors dive into preparing passata, ready to take their hard work home.   

Enjoy lunch, gnocchi made by a real nonna and homemade wine, surrounded by your friends and other pasta sauce enthusiasts. 

With live music by Italian superstars playing all the Italian classics from the 1950s-70s including Carosone, Murolo and Modugno, this event is one not to be missed!

This might pasta-bly be the most exciting pastalicious event around the Adelaide Hills.

The pasta-bilities are endless as you dig into a big fat bowl of pasta to go with your passata. 

Tickets are $15.00 and include your very own bottle of liquid gold. 

Passata Party Details:

Location: The Scenic Hotel

Time: 12pm-5pm

Date: 20 March 2022

Find the Scenic Hotel on their website, Facebook or Instagram.

The Scenic Hotel is located on Old Norton Summit Rd, Norton Summit, SA, Australia 5136.

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