Barbara e Paola

Are you looking for a fun cooking course in Bologna? Then you're in the right place! Our course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to cook typical dishes from Bologna. You will learn how to prepare delicious ricotta and spinach meatballs, the traditional gramigna with sausage and, to finish off a delicious mascarpone cream. During the course, you will learn the basic techniques of Italian cuisine and have a great time with your new culinary skills.

Enjoy typical Bolognese cooking 

Fresh pasta is one of the most beloved specialties of Italian gastronomy, a true family tradition. It is synonymous with typical Sunday lunches, with the grandmother preparing it together with her children and grandchildren. A real moment of joy and conviviality!In this course we will teach you how to make tortellini, the iconic pasta of Bologna!Each participant will have a cutting board and rolling pin to create the perfect pasta sheet!At the end of the course you will savor the fresh pasta you have prepared along with a traditional local appetizer, house wine, dessert and coffee

Tortellini Masterclass

In this cooking class in our home in Bologna, we will prepare some of the city's traditional recipes.The proposed menu is in fact typical Bolognese, simple and tasty, everyone can learn and make it.As an appetizer we will prepare meatballs made with mortadella and ricotta cheese.Next you will learn how to roll out the pastry to make tortelloni, which we will enjoy with a homemade tomato sauce.Finally we will reveal the secrets of our tiramisu.We are happy to share our home with anyone who has the desire to come and enjoy homemade dishes and company!

Cooking class: tortelloni, meatballs and tiramisu

Our dishes are prepared with the joy transmitted by our mothers and grandmothers.We are happy to share our home with you.

Every moment is good to taste Bologna's Cuisine

Patrizia

This is a cooking class dedicated to fresh pasta, we will prepare 3 pasta recipes together.At the end of the course we will sit down for a welcome drink followed by lunch or dinner with the three pasta recipes prepared during the course.We will prepare tagliatelle together, I will teach you the family recipe for cooking excellent tortelli filled with field herbs, and to follow we will prepare strozzapreti.

Fresh pasta cooking class

Cristina

A cooking class to tell and teach some typical recipes of Emilian cuisine. Starting with a typical appetizer, tigelle, continuing with the homemade pasta par excellence: tagliatelle with meat sauce, and concluding in sweetness with tiramisu, made with a recipe handed down for generations.Each participant will have a station to actively learn all the processes. We look forward to seeing you!

In the kitchen with Cristina

Typical food market, cooking class and dine experience.After a tour at our food market we prepare together our typical Bologna menu

Typical food market, cooking class & dine 

Hone your culinary skills with an engaging cooking lesson, discovering the gastronomic heritage of Bologna.A journey in the taste to know all the secrets of local cuisine, enjoying the great dishes of tradition that you will prepare with your own hands.Immerse yourself in a cozy atmosphere and sip excellent wine paired with three authentic Bolognese recipes.

A journey into the taste of Bolognese cuisine

In Bologna, fresh pasta is a must in traditional cuisine, from simple to filled. Each sheet is rolled with a rolling pin and cut with care, to produce tagliatelle, tortelloni and Balanzoni, worthy of the best Bolognese tradition. Test yourself with this cooking class dedicated to fresh pasta, made strictly by hand!

Pasta Cooking Class

Alessia

Visit the vibrant local market in the center of Bologna and immerse yourself in a dining experience at my home, nearby the city center.Enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic regional recipes treasured in my family cookbooks.Enjoy an Italian Aperitivo followed by a typical menu including starters, pasta, and dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee).

Market, Cook and Dine and Aperitivo in Bologna Center

Margherita

Everything in my house in the center of Bologna, overlooking the Teatro Comunale, has a story: the furniture, the dinnerware, the glasses, the cutlery, the tablecloths and, of course, the recipes that hold family secrets.In this typical Bolognese dinner, which I will prepare for you and which I can also decline for vegetarian palates upon request, you will savor my family recipes accompanied by the sound of the cello, played by Filippo.

Special dinner with live music

Emilia-Romagna. A unique land, a unique region but with different traditions. This is an oppportunity to taste and compare the region's specialties! Who will win?

Emilia vs. Romagna: Emilia-Romagna!

Valentina

If you want to celebrate a special moment, having fun with friends, tasting delicious recipes in a picturesque place and in a private setting, this is the right experience that will turn it into an unforgettable moment!

Special Dinner for Bachelorette Party

The MenuAppetizersPorcini flan with creamed potatoesCascioncino with trufflesCrouton with truffled scrambled eggsAccompanied by: "Musa " - Verdicchio doc metodo classico or other if not availableFirst CoursesTagliolini with trufflePotato gnocchi with pumpkin and porcini mushroomsAccompanied by: "Ghiffa " - Verdicchio dei castelli di Jesi DOC classico superiore or other if not availableSecond CoursesBraised pork tenderloin with porcini mushrooms and speckMixed mushrooms from the forestAccompanied by: "Labieno " - Castelli Jesi Verdicchio Riserva Docg Classico or other if not availableSweetsPumpkin CheesecakeWalnut cakeAccompanied by: "Cingulum " - Verdicchio Castelli Jesi doc passito or other if not available

Mushrooms and truffles: the forest on the table (tasting)

A special menu dedicated to art to be enjoyed in a beautiful location

Brunch Hug Art

Savor the inviting first fruits of fall and satiate your eyes with a bouquet of bright, fun colors.

Autumn flavors and colors

Maria Sole e Rossella

If you are looking for an authentic bolognese dinner experience in a very comfort and warm place, this is where to be! My mom and I will welcome you in our home and let you feel a real "bolognese" for one day. We will cook our specialities starting from a tipycal bread called Crescente with ham inside and then you will taste the original lasagna with green home made pasta and ragu sauce and to conclude your dinner with some tender, you will try a very special tiramisu dessert.

Enjoy an original Bolognese meal at our home

Paola

I will meet my guests in the city center. Together we will visit the two most important herb markets and typical delicatessen shops, where we will acqisten cold meats and cheeses. When the tour is over, we will walk home, where we will cook typical regional recipes.Especially, I will teach my guests how to knead and roll out pasta, making tagliatelle or tortelloni. Lunch or dinner will end with a dessert, always made by the guests

Market tour and cooking class

With this experience, you'll get to join Paola, one of our Cesarine in the city center of Bologna, as she shops in a local market, watch her make typically Bolognese preparations, and sit down to dine on a three-course meal, served with local wine.The experience start with a visit in the vibrant local market of Bologna.Then you can enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic Bologna recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian MammasAfter the course, immerse yourself in a private lunch or dining experience at Paola's home.During the summer, you can enjoy the lunch or dinner in a faboulous garden. Local wine and coffe is included!

Market, Cook and Dine in Bologna Centre

Rosa

Take a seat at the cozy tables of the Cesarine to savor forgotten recipes that have been treasured and handed down for generations.During this cooking class at my home, the Cesarina Rosa in downtown Bologna, you will learn to prepare 3 typical Bolognese fresh pasta recipes.Under my guidance you will learn how to make the dough, roll out the pastry sheet and prepare fresh pasta following my family's recipes.Each participant will have his or her own station and will be actively working, equipped with a gremband and a handout where the recipes will be explained, with ingredients and steps.At the end of the class we will taste what we have prepared together, with local wines.

Masterclass and appetizer: fresh pasta Bolognese

A good reception cannot go without a bottle of chilled wine, with hot piadinas and fragrant mortadella.Then by a good first course: tortelloni, tagliatelle, lasagna, tortellini, etc.And to finish with a slice of tenerina (chocolate cake), or a mascarpone cup with chocolate chips, or a cream ice cream....Strictly: homemade!All accompanied by chatter and laughter.I am waiting for you!

Emilia Romagna: the queen of good food

Rosa welcomes us in the middle of Bologna's historic center: a maze of brightly colored narrow streets, embellished by the medieval buildings and typical porticoes of the Emilian capital. Our Cesarine's house is located on a side street of Via Indipendenza, one of the city's most important streets, a short distance from Piazza Maggiore and the Two Towers.The Bologna a tavola cooking course includes the preparation and tasting of:Sausage and spinach meatballsTraditional Tagliatelle with ragout ( typical meat sauce)TiramisùI also host vegans and vegetarians, with whom I will make arrangements for a menu tailored to their needs.

Bologna cooking class at the table

Alessandra

We will prepare together two traditional types of pasta from my lands Emilia and Puglia: tagliatelle, prepared with the ever-present ragout, and orecchiette with turnip tops, a simple dish, but you need to know a few little tricks, which I will reveal, to make this recipe at its best.We will learn how to use different flours and get our hands in the dough, to take a mouth-watering culinary journey from the north to the south of Italy.I look forward to seeing you!

Cooking class with an Apulian sfoglina in Bologna

With this experience, you'll get to join Alessandra, one of our Cesarine in the city center of Bologna, as she shops in a local market, watch her make typically Bolognese preparations, and sit down to dine on a three-course meal, served with local wine.The experience start with a visit in the vibrant local market of Bologna.Then you can enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic Bologna recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian MammasAfter the course, immerse yourself in a private lunch or dining experience at Alessandra's home. Local wine and coffe is included!

Market tour, Cook and Dine in Bologna

Take a seat at my table to enjoy forgotten recipes that have been treasured and passed down for generations.During this cooking course you will learn how to prepare 3 recipes: a typical appetizer such as piadina, tortelloni and a fantastic tiramisu.Under my guidance you will learn how to make dough like a real sfoglina and make a fresh pasta following my family's recipes.Each participant will have his or her own station and will be actively working, and will be equipped with a greene apron and a handout where the recipes will be explained, with ingredients and steps.At the end of the course you can relax at the table, enjoying a 3-course menu, whether lunch or dinner, including appetizer, main course and dessert that we will have prepared together with drinks included

Piadina, tortelloni and tiramisu like a real sfoglina

In my practical and comfortable kitchen I will show you step by step the secrets to get the best result from fresh pasta dough, how to roll it out and cut it. You will also learn how to prepare ragout alla Bolognese , with an enveloping scent that inebriates the house. And.. I assure you, I think it'll be worth it.Finally, I will show my secrets for a traditional dessert as Tiramisù or Zuppa Inglese.

Traditional Bolognese cooking class: tagliatelle with ragout

Elena

Romantic Candlelight Dinner to celebrate an anniversary, an important recurrence, or just to spend a few hours with your loved one in a unique, elegant and discreet setting.The evening includes:Welcome aperitif, with superior prosecco, or flavored gin and tonic, platter of mixed cold cuts and samples of local dishes and seasonal vegetables.Three Mortadelle Risotto.Fillet of Pork cooked at low temperature on a bed of caramelized Val di Non Apples and Puree.Mascarpone cream with berries or strawberries.Merlot wine Cantina Alto VantoDifferent menu, special requests, and any intolerances or allergies can be arranged privately.

Romantic Dinner

Four-course menu that allows people to enjoy what in the past was eaten only on Sundays or holidays.My menu:Antipasto with Salami, Mortadella mousse, Friggione, Giardiniera, Parmesan, Prosecco Superiore.First Course: Tortellini in Broth or Baked Lasagna or Cannelloni.Second Course: Boiled Meat with peperonata and tomatoes au gratin.Dessert: Mascarpone with chocolate chipsAlto Vanto Winery WineCoffee and Limoncello

The Sunday Lunch

Passatelli and Polpettone are two dishes of Bolognese Tradition, and recipe calls for Passatelli to be cooked in the broth created in the cooking of Polpettone.This culinary experience will be a succession of flavors that chase each other and come together.It starts with an appetizer of Mortadella in different shapes and textures, Mortadella ingredient that we will find inside the Polpettone. All accompanied by the growing Bolognese while sipping a Pignoletto dei Colli Bolognesi.We arrive at Passatello that will be the star of the Cooking Demo, you will see its making and we will reveal its secrets.It will be the turn of the Meatloaf that you will taste difianco to a soft mashed potatoes of the territory.To close, baked peaches with macaroons and chocolate.

Passatello and Bolognese Meatloaf

Apericena on the rooftops of Bologna...A spectacular, unique location, a breathtaking view over the rooftops of Bologna, you'll feel like you're touching the Two Towers with your finger...Enjoy together with your friends and girlfriends, or colleagues and co-workers an aperitif away from everyone, in total relaxation, it will be just you and them.Superior Prosecco, Gin Tonic, Cocktails, Music and a series of finger foods and tastings of delicacies from the area and beyond will accompany you in this truly exclusive experience.The menu and other special requests, any intolerances or allergies can be arranged privately.Esperieza only in case of Good Weather taking place outdoors.

Aperitif and dinner on the rooftops of Bologna

Lunch or Dinner with a view of all of Bologna, a breathtaking setting at sunset.Four-course menuMixed appetizers with typical products of the Territory and Bolognese Tradition, all accompanied by Prosecco or Gin Tonic.Tortellini in Brodo or BalanzoniMeatloaf and Tomato GratèEnglish SoupWine to choose from Pignoletto, Lambrusco, Sangiovese, Cabernet SauvignonCoffeeLimoncelloDifferent menu, special requests, and any intolerances or allergies can be arranged privately.

Lunch or dinner with a view: the Bologna Two Towers

Let's go eat at Nonna's...a journey into traditional dishes often forgotten...The menu includes.Appetizer with Prosecco Superiore, crescenta bolognese, crescentine with sliced meats, Friggione, Giardiniera.First Dish of fresh pasta which can be a Sorpresa al ragù, Gramigna con Salsiccia, Zuppa Imperiale or Polenta al RagùSecond Dish: Cotechino or Zampone with Puree or Spinach with Butter and Parmesan or Meatballs with "Toccio"Dessert: Soup or homemade amaretto ice creamMerlot Wine Winery Alto VantoCoffee and LimoncelloSpecial requests, and any intolerances or allergies can be arranged privately.

Lunch or dinner in Bologna with traditional dishes

Silvia

Do you create carp the secrets of ragout and create variations that your family will like?I would say this esperinza is just for you! We will decide together based on the tastes of your diners the alternatives to the traditional ragout, it can be plain, it can be vegetarian, it can be made of legumes.

Create your own dipensa, traditional ragout and two alternatives

One of Bologna's culinary treasures is tortellini, but it takes a quick hand to produce the perfect bite of pasta. Bring a little Bologna home with you by learning how to prepare this traditional dish with a Cesarina, during this cooking class.Each student will have his or her own station so you can learn the best way and immediately put into practice the preparations of the class, which will focus on rolling pin pasta and the perfect tortellino to make at home as well.At the end of the course we will sit down at the table to enjoy tortellini along with a good dessert and excellent local wine.

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