About the classes
Pasta and pastry making are skills you must learn with your hands. Once you've had a chance to watch the process, you will make your own dough from scratch. You will learn the "feel" of how moist it needs to be and when it is fully kneaded, you will know the touch required to roll and stretch it. You will learn how to mix and shape many different kinds of pasta and pastry, as well as make gnocchi that are as light as a feather, because you will be doing it!
After each pasta class you'll have a chance to sample your labors with a glass of wine and bring home a batch of your "homemades" to share with family or friends.
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You’ll learn
how to mix, rest, roll and stretch fresh egg pasta dough by hand using only a board and a rolling pin
how to cut various traditional flat noodle shapes such as fettuccine and pappardelle as well as smaller shapes like maltagliati and quadrucci that are used in soup
how to cook fresh pasta
how to dry or store fresh pasta for later
Level 1 — Pasta 101
LASAGNE (Pasta 101 required)
You’ll learn
how to make spinach pasta (and many other flavored pastas)
how to make a balsamella sauce
how to assemble a lasagne so that stays in neat pieces when you cut it
how to make rollatini with your fresh lasagne pasta
how to make beautiful pasta "roses"
Level 2
STUFFED PASTA (Pasta 101 required)
You’ll learn
how to make your own ricotta
how to make pasta dough that stays sealed around your stuffing
how to cut and shape many different kinds of stuffed pasta, such as agnolotti, ravioli, tortellini, cappelletti
Classes that don’t require Pasta 101
GNOCCHI
You’ll learn
how to make potato gnocchi dough that is tender and light
how to roll and shape these little dumplings so that they cook evenly and hold more of your delicious sauce
how to make strucolo, a filled and baked dish that uses gnocchi dough
PIZZA AND FOCACCIA
You’ll learn
how easy it is to make your own pizza dough
how to shape and bake several different styles of pizza and focaccia
the secrets that will make your pizza light and crisp, your focaccia moist and tender
SEMOLINA PASTA
You’ll learn
how to make the dough for semolina pasta, a very different creature from egg pasta
how to form some of the traditional shapes made from semolina pasta, including orecchietti, cavatelli, fusilli, and many more
CANNOLI
You’ll learn
how to make thin, shatteringly crisp cannoli shells
how to make fresh ricotta for a traditional Sicilian filling
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To reserve your space, all you need to do is leave a $25 deposit via paypal. The balance will be due in class. We prefer check or cash. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us here.
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