Learn to make classic Italian dishes—pasta and tiramisu—during this workshop in Varenna. With a small group, enjoy a hands-on workshop and have plenty of time to ask questions. Then, sit down with your fellow classmates and enjoy the meal with a glass of wine.You have plenty of time to ask questions about Italian cuisine to your host.

Small group Pasta and Tiramisu class in Varenna

Become immersed in Italian culture as you learn to make traditional dishes during this cooking class in Varenna. This private class takes you to a local home where you can learn all about Italian cooking while making a number of dishes. Learn tricks and tips so you can recreate the dishes at home and sit down to the fruits of your labor paired with local wine!

Cooking class at the home of a Cesarina in Varenna

Master the art of making Italian dishes, including pasta and tiramisu, at our workshop nestled on the shores of Lake Como. In this hands-on experience, a local chef specializing in Italian cuisine will unveil the recipes and secrets behind these beloved dishes.Firstly, you'll create Tiramisu using all necessary ingredients and tools. This quintessential Italian dessert is crafted from simple components such as savoiardi (ladyfingers), mascarpone cheese, and eggs. Next, you'll prepare your own pasta dough from flour and eggs. The chef will demonstrate the various types of pasta that can be made using this recipe, and you'll choose your favorite one to shape and cut.

Lake Como cooking class: a celebration of pasta & tiramisu

Small group hands-on cooking class with 2 pasta recipes, Tiramisù and aperitivo.Meals in Lake Como are a relaxed and leisurely time to spend with your beloved ones. Live a dining experience like the Italians do and enjoy the typical food of the area.Immerse yourself in the regional traditions of everyday Italy.Cesarina Bea welcomes us to her cozy home in the historical town center of Como, located within walking distance of the lake. Try her three-course dining experience, showcasing their favourite traditional family recipes.You will take part in an experience which is so much more than just a lunch or dinner. Dining with a Cesarina gives you the chance to be welcomed in like one of the family and live like the Italians do.Carefully selected local wines, beverages and coffee is i

Small group hands-on cooking class, pasta and tiramisù

This cooking class will take place at a beautiful location, overlooking the breathtaking scenery of Lake Como. My home with large windows offering spectacular views of the Lombardy scenery, is the perfect place to spend a day learning how to cook delicious dishes with local products.We will put our hands to pasta, making tagliatelle and ravioli together. I will introduce you to and taste artisanal cheeses and cured meats, made by young farmers in the mountains of Lake Como. We will also cook risottos and lake fish; and then taste them together while admiring the wonderful view of the lake and the city of Como.

Cooking class with enchanting lake view

Take a seat at my cozy Cesarine table to savor forgotten recipes that have been treasured and passed down for generations.During this cooking class you will learn, step by step, how to prepare three recipes: a bruschetta typical of my area, a fresh pasta dish and a dessert.Together we will prepare the dough, rolling out the pastry and shaping it according to my family's recipes.Each participant will have an apron and a handout in which the recipes will be described with ingredients and various steps.To end on a sweet note, we will also prepare together a great tiramisu from my family recipe book.All will be enjoyed in the company of good local wine.

Cooking class in the center of Como

"Lombardy and its Flours" is a unique Italian cooking class. I will open my home to you, a beautiful attic with breathtaking views of the Swiss Alps, Como and Monte Rosa. You will taste the mouth-watering dishes you prepare, accompanied by excellent red or white wine and limoncello prepared by the hostess with organic lemons.I will teach you how to knead with typical Lombard flours: polenta flour, buckwheat flour and yellow "fioretto" flour. We will prepare together a typical appetizer, a fresh pasta dish and a dessert.When you return, you will amaze your diners with these delicious authentic Italian recipes!

Lombardy and its flours

We will make the dough together with the best flour and yeast on the market.We will use only real and fresh smoked buffalo mozzarella (never in the refrigerator) for the pizza.Creating the pizza dough and eating it is as much fun as choosing the ingredients to fill it: I suggest classic flavors such as Margherita, Margherita with Bolognese sauce, with a base composed of mortadella and pistachio or with sausage and baked potatoes, but you can create a space pizza with three simple ingredients.Ready to unleash your creativity?

Pizza Napoletana DOC and baking in a wood-fired oven in Como

Are you ready to try a real Valsassina menu? Our appetizers include: cured meats, such as lardo, coppa and salami, sausages. Depending on the seasons, we can prepare mushrooms or roast capon from our own free-range farm, "guitar strings" pasta with mutton ragout and pecorino cheese.Or, why not have a barbecue with pork ribs and arrosticini?Our signature dishes include: parmesan-style lamb tripe and lamb stew, lamb chops ready to be cooked- either over charcoal or Milanese style, barley soup and lasagna with goose ragout.For dessert, we will offer homemade jam tarts.

Typical Valsassina menu with barbeque and meats

With this recipes you will discover three simple, but very classical recipes which belong to my family since generations.You will be able to prepare and taste the nervetti (veal nerves) made with onion and beans and a typical risotto with lake fish. To finish a simple, but very tasty, cake which I used to eat when I was a child at my grandmother's house.I wait for you!

A culinary journey through family recipes

We offer you the wonderful experience of a backyard barbecue that becomes a celebration and an opportunity to get together as a family.In the heart of Brianza, a stone's throw from the Lake, with a view of Mount Resegone, in a large garden of an Art Nouveau villa you will have the chance to taste something more than a classic barbecue.We can grill veggies, many types of meat and even try and cook some pizza.

Garden barbecue near Como Lake

I am excited to present "Mondeghini", a traditional dish from Milan and the Brianza region. Mondeghini are meatballs prepared with a blend of cooked mixed meat and various ingredients (spices, herbs, etc.), then fried and enjoyed warm, eaten with your hands.During this season, I enjoy preparing preserves for autumn. One such preserve is a vegetable appetizer served with homemade toast.Next, we will have fresh farro tagliatelle, a plate that is delightfully light, allowing you to enjoy a generous portion.Lastly, indulge in a scrumptious chocolate salami for dessert. Enjoy!

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