Cooking Classes

Gnocco fritto and Bussolano

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Paola

Mantua (MN)
Duration 3h
Max 4 guests
Spoken languages:  
Italian and English
Has pets

Cooking class: learn how to cook traditional & innovative Italian recipes from a local Cesarina

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    What could be better than getting your hands dirty and learning how to make real homemade gnocco fritto? When you do it together, in an informal and welcoming atmosphere, it becomes much more than a lesson: it becomes an experience. In this cooking school, I want to pass on not just a recipe, but a gesture, a knowledge that is passed on from hand to hand. From kneading the dough to rolling it out, right up to frying it to perfection — when it puffs up and becomes golden, light and ready to be shared. Alongside gnocco fritto, I also teach how to make bussolano, a traditional dessert: simple in its ingredients, but rich in history and aroma. It is the dessert of yesteryear and of recipes handed down without the need for sophisticated scales.

    Total: €104.00

    €104.00 
    per guest

    €52.00 per child

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    5.0
    1 review
    On our 36th wedding anniversary, we couldn't have given ourselves a better gift than a cooking workshop at Paola's home. It was the first time she had done this for outsiders, but you could tell she had already taught many family and friends. With great passion, she taught us how to make Italian Piadina and Tiramisu. We were also given a very warm welcome, starting with a glass of wine and getting to know each other. Once the dishes were ready, we ate them together, and we were given the leftovers to take home and enjoy the rest the next day. We highly recommend a cooking workshop at Paola's to everyone. Best regards, Robert and Miriam from the Netherlands

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    Paola

    Cesarina from 2025Location: Mantua (MN)    Languages: Italian and English
    My passion for cooking was born in the family, within the walls of an Emilian home and during long days spent making cappelletti all together—no one was exempt. I grew up surrounded by lasagna, pumpkin tortelli, gnocco fritto, tigelle, and traditional desserts. Although I studied management control, I have always nurtured my love for cooking: I opened a blog, wrote a cookbook, created a De.Co., won awards, organized food and wine events, taught cooking classes (including for children), and managed the kitchen for my association. I never turned it into a career, because life sometimes leads you in different directions. Today, however, I am ready. I know how to teach people to cook good food, I can always find a solution, I have a thousand ideas in my head… and after all, my mother is Emilian.
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