Pasta mama, Home cooking lessons at Grazia's house

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Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English, Italian
Lunch
Use of cooking class equipment

Private transportation

Overview

If during your trip to Bologna you feel the desire to totally immerse yourself in the local culinary culture, you are in the right place, welcome to Grazia's kitchen! I offer a cooking lesson that includes the preparation of two types of fresh egg pasta, with two different typical seasonings, including Bolognese ragù. It will be an interactive and well-balanced cooking lesson, your hands will be mixed with egg and flour, and you will see me at the stove preparing the sauces and plating. Vegetarian menu available on request. Menus for celiacs and lactose intolerants not available. The lesson is in English and Italian. my dog is my family and lives in the house with me. If you are allergic or afraid of dogs, perhaps this pasta making class is not for you.

Meeting points

Arrived at n.125 in via Mazzini, Bologna, rings the Azzaroni bell

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Mercato di Mezzo is one of the most representative historical places of Bolognese food culture, a few steps from Piazza Maggiore: since the Middle Ages, this has been the place for flavors and meetings, commerce and gastronomical traditions of Bologna. A seasonal tailor-made menu is available. Ask for the vegetarian menu. Not gluten-free

Sample Menu

MAIN

Tortelloni Bolognese

MAIN

Tagliatelle with ragu

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Free Cancellation

February 05100% refund

February 06No refund

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Best way to get your grumpy teens away from their screens - make pasta!

Published on Jan, 2025

We made the pasta base for tagliatelle and tortelloni - Grazia had pre-prepared a ricotta & sage filling for the tortelloni and a delicious ragu for the tagliatelle. Making pasta was a great way to engage our teenage son with an activity and spend time chatting while we worked around Grazia’s table. Grazia was a lovely hostess, bubbling with cultural tips, culinary history and gossip about Bologna. Best of all we had a great lunch at the end - primo of tagliatelle with ragu, secondo of tortelloni with a browned butter and sage sauce with a touch of tumeric for colour, a semifreddo dessert with crisp sparkling pignoletto white and limoncello to finish. Making pasta always reminds me how delicious fresh pasta tastes and makes me wish I had the time to make it more often.

Yummmm!

Published on Jan, 2025

Lovely experience and fun to see how simple it is to make quality pasta! Grazia was wonderful and would definitely do this again.

Lovely learning and eating experience in Bologna!

Published on Jan, 2025

Our family of four had a wonderful experience making (and eating!) pasta with Grazia! None of us had ever made pasta before, and our kids (9 and 12) have no cooking experience at all. Nevertheless, with Grazia’s detailed and patient guidance, all of us successfully made two kinds of fresh pasta. Grazia then cooked the pasta for us so we could immediately enjoy it. We also learned all sorts of new-to-us details about Bologna and Italian food more broadly through our conversation with Grazia. I highly recommend incorporating this hands-on experience into your visit of Bologna!

Once in a lifetime Excellent!

Published on Dec, 2024

It was a wonderful experience shared with Pasta mama. She is kind, funny knowledgeable. It was a once in a lifetime experience. I highly recommend anyone traveling to Bologna to do this experience. I give it 10 stars! My children understand Italian she spoke to them in Italian and English ♥️ Grazie

Highlight of our trip!

Published on Dec, 2024

My husband, son (17), and I spent the day with Grazia. She was amazing! Very welcoming and she made the experience special. She is very knowledgeable. We have made pasta quite a few times and worried we wouldn’t learn a lot, but that wasn’t the case. We learned a lot about different pastas/sauces and foods in various regions of Italy. The best part of the day was spending time making an amazing memory. It was like sitting at your mom’s house making pasta together.