"Pici" with garlic sauce and fragrant biscuits.

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

Making pasta by hand (especially in company) is a fun and relaxing experience; you chat and laugh, and what a pleasure it is at the end to be able to say: “I made this myself!”

You start by mixing flour and water on the work surface to create a smooth, soft dough. We then continue by ‘rolling’ the dough with the palm of the hand until we have a long strand of spaghetti. We’ll serve it with aglione sauce, the so-called ‘kissing garlic’ (which doesn’t have the strong smell of ordinary garlic), or simply with tomato and basil sauce, or even with a meat ragù. Next, we’ll make white wine ciambelline or almond tozzetti to enjoy with ricotta cream flavoured with honey and orange zest or vin santo.