Vegetarian Cooking class in the Roman countryside

About this tour

Spend a morning and early afternoon in rural Italy learning to make pasta from scratch, then eat what you've cooked. You'll forage herbs and vegetables from the property's gardens, work through hand-rolled shapes like ravioli and fettuccine, prepare vegetable sides and a sweet finish, and sit down to a three-course meal with wine in a centuries-old setting. The whole experience runs four and a half hours.

Highlights

• Pick fresh herbs and veg straight from the garden beds
• Roll and shape pasta entirely by hand, no machines
• Choose your pasta style: ravioli, lasagna, gnocchi, more
• Make multiple sauces and a vegetable-based second course
• Eat lunch under the grape vines with included wine
• Learn traditional Italian technique from a local cook

What to expect

You'll arrive to light snacks and a drink, then head out to gather what's growing. Back in the kitchen, you'll tie on an apron and learn to work dough—mixing flour, semolina, eggs and water into sheets, then cutting and filling shapes by hand using a rolling pin. Alongside the pasta, you'll prepare different sauces, a vegetable dish, and dessert. By lunchtime, you'll transition from cook to diner and eat everything you've made at a long table, ideally al fresco among the vines if weather allows.

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