Cooking Classes in Romagna
Come to Bellaria Igea Marina and learn the secrets of real Italian home cooking from Grandmother Violante: from home made pasta, to fantastic fish courses and delicious desserts!
(minimum number of 4 participants)
Try your hands at traditional Italian pasta!
Discover authentic Italian cuisine on a fun-filled cooking lesson led by our own Nonna Violante, a real “azdora” romagnola, the queen of pasta in Romagna. Learn about all the secrets of preparing pasta dough from scratch, using just flour and eggs, just like Romagna women do.With skill, patience and a magic touch the “azdora” will teach you the secrets of making and rolling out pasta. Just like magic, tagliatelle, strozzapreti and piadine will appear!
You will be provided with a pasta wood board, a rolling pin and fresh ingredients, so you can try out the recipes, which Nonna will show you! You will prepare pasta and relating sauces including the delicious ragu – Bolognese sauce!
You will receive a booklet with all the recipes you prepared and your own apron, so you will be able to amaze your friends and family with authentic Italian pasta, made by your hands, when you get home!
What are you going to learn?
Two cooking lessons in the afternoon, part demo, part hands on practice, under the expert guidance of Nonna Violante and her cooking teamLearn to cook many typical dishes of Romagna tradition like: piadina (typical flat bread), cassoni (stuffed flat bread), tagliatelle, strozzapreti and passatelli (home made pasta), ciambella (a typical local cake), brodetto di pesce (fish soup), cappelletti (smaller than tortellini), coniglio alla cacciatora (rabbit), ragù (bolognaise sauce) di Nonna Annunziata.
*No particular expertise is required, nor is it necessary to bring any accessories
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