At home, with the family - Cooking Class

About this tour

A four-hour cooking class in Emilia-Romagna where you'll learn to hand-roll pasta and craft traditional pastries alongside a local cook. You'll prepare dishes like tagliatelle, tortellini, and passatelli from scratch, then sit down to eat what you've made with wine and water included. This is cooking as it happens in family kitchens across the region—no shortcuts, proper technique, genuine food.

Highlights

• Hand-roll tagliatelle and tortellini using traditional methods
• Master puff pastry with a rolling pin, not machinery
• Learn passatelli and imperial soup recipes
• Eat your finished dishes at a shared table
• Wine and welcome drink included
• All equipment provided

What to expect

You'll start with a welcome drink, then move straight to the kitchen. Expect flour on your hands and apron—this is working cooking, not demonstration. Your host will show you how to knead dough, roll it thin enough to read through, and shape each pasta by hand. The class moves at a comfortable pace with time to ask questions and watch techniques up close. Once everything is cooked, you'll sit down together for lunch or dinner, tasting the results with local wine. The whole experience takes about four hours, starting to finish.

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