Homemade Pasta and Pesto Class with a Local Chef in Genoa

5.0
(294 reviews)

3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Learn to make authentic Italian pasta fresca with a local chef in Genoa. Discover Italian culinary traditions and learn typical grandma recipes. Taste the fruits of your labor in a convivial atmosphere.

Example Menu

Main

Pasta Fresca

Picagge- traditional Ligurian pasta similar to wide tagliatelle

Main

Pesto

Dessert

Traditional Genoese dessert

Starter

Genoese focaccia, Focaccette di patate, torte salate

What's Included

Cooking class
Meal and beverages

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

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What to expect

Pasta Fresca is one of the Italian masterpieces, get ready to learn to prepare it with a friendly local chef in Genoa. Enter is home located in the historic city center and enjoy the stunning view from the terrace overlooking the city.
You will start the lesson by preparing the most famous Ligurian pasta sauce: pesto. It traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano all blended with olive oil.
You will prepare the dough of pasta, flavor, water, eggs for a delicious dish. The secret is mixing raw ingredients with passion and grandma recipes is the best way to create delicacies; you will learn to do it with your family and friends.
Get cooking tips while rolling the dough and then shape it.

Once the work is completed, take a seat and enjoy the fruits of your labor in a convivial atmosphere. In addition you will taste an atipasto, a traditional Genoese dessert, while toasting with a local wine and finishing with a typical Genoese liqueur

The apartment is on the 5th floor in a historic palace, it doesn't have elevator!.

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Communicate in advance any dietary restriction.
  • Not recommended for travelers with serious allergies to cats
Supplied by Curioseety SRLS

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