One of the Best Pasta Classes in Italy - The Rolling Pin Cooking School Padua Veneto — One of the Best Pasta Classes in Italy – The Rolling Pin Cooking School Padua Veneto

We offer a wide range of experiences and events from pasta classes to pasta masterclasses in Italy and private events.

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LOCATION: The Rolling Pin Cooking School

PADUA – VENETO REGION – ITALY

Making pasta from zero!

PASTA MAKING is a delicate dance between the simple and the complex.

The science behind the ‘magic’ is a little bit complicated, but don’t let the complexities of the pasta making process intimidate you, though!

Do you love the popular YouTube Channel Pasta Grannies, which features pasta tutorials and recipes or interviews with great “sfogline” pasta-makers?
Do you want to be like an Italian ‘nonna’ grandma?
Our deep love of pasta is the secret about our pasta workshops!
In our pasta classes we keeping pasta-making traditions alive. We preserve heritage in the pasta process and we share the pasta knowledge to the future generations.
In the past Pasta Culture was an integral part of the lives of the majority of the Italian population. Unfortunately now this culture is disappearing.
Pasta traditions are commonly passed down in families and though lessons and cooking schools also help share knowledge.
The art of making pasta from zero covers specific knowledge and shared skills, reflects the use of specific traditional utensils, tools and processes, and includes various stages.
Organizations or educational institutions – like our cooking school – play a significant role in promoting and sustaining pasta culture through training and pasta programmes, pasta events and pasta projects.

Knowledge is power and – in the case of pasta making – an overview of the processes and components is all you need to start your pasta experience with us.

Using the highest quality ingredients you can afford is one of the keys to successful pasta making. Creating the best pasta possible starts with the best possible ingredients.

If you’re looking for something inspirational, educational, and fun, spend some time with us.

We try to preserve the art of handmade pasta!

We offer a range of short experiences or long experiences and events from pasta classes to pasta masterclasses and private event. Book your spot soon!

Whether you choose orecchiette class, ravioli class, culurgiones, garganelli or agnolotti del plin class, delicious fresh pasta tagliatelle with a rolling pin, or whatever else is on offer, it will be a sensory treat!
There’s a whole world of pasta recipes out there to explore.
We wish to provide guests with authentic Italian recipes that include unusual, rare, forgotten, extinct pasta shapes, new or traditional sauce pairings and fillings.
Limited spaces available.

Fresh Pasta: A Cultural Culinary History

Italy and the Italians have a long-standing love affair with pasta. Italy assumes a preeminent position in the art of making pasta!
The pasta made from a mixture of water and ground wheat – and possibly eggs or vegetables), characterized by its shape, obtained thanks to the
use of specific tool.
In the pasta history maybe the first fresh pasta shape is most surely the ‘gnocchi’ (potato gnocchi or squash gnocchi or spinach gnocchi).
Next, follow those formats obtained by cutting a rolled fresh pasta sheet – tagliolini, fettuccine, tagliatelle, or maltagliati), and the stuffed pasta stuffed (ravioli, agnolotti, anolini) with cheese, meat, and vegetables leftover, and sealed in molds or by hand. Other special formats by grating and shaping or pressing them on plates with holes (passatelli). Hand pasta extruders (torchi or bigolari) and pasta press were developed a few centuries ago.

At our cooking school we have an incredible series of pasta tools: small, medium, long rolling pins, stuffed pasta ravioli mods, pasta cutting wheels “speronelle”, wooden chitarra tool for homemade maccheroni, one “bigolaro”, a hand pasta making press with brass extruders “bigolaro” used to make bigoli – a sort of thick spaghetti.
Pasta is an important part of almost every Italian meal.
Here we explore a plethora of pasta shapes and fillings.
Fresh pasta as the staple food of Italy from very ancient times (Etruscans, Romans….) until today, and its centrality to economics and culture.

Our mission is to save unusual and ancient pasta shapes from the point of extinction, mastering the pasta craft.

We are custodians of Italian traditions.

Taking one of our 15 different and irresistible pasta classes, pasta workshops and pasta courses gives you insight into just how seriously Italians take pasta culture.

With our learning experiences, you’ll travel the pasta world discovering fascinating food lore and culture of all regions of Italy and eras.

Three significant concepts below our pasta courses in Italy:

1- history and tradition relates to how a pasta recipes “should be” cooked, how it has been prepared historically;
2- geographic specificity establishes a connection between a type of fresh pasta and a specific place in Italy;
3- lastly, simplicity and authenticity.

All three of these factors call forth tradition.

Pasta Classes in Italy — Learn the art of making pasta from scratch | Rolling Pin Cooking School

We offer a wide range of different pasta classes and pasta courses about the art of fresh pasta making in Italy.

Our Pasta Classes focus on old and authentic regional Italian pasta recipes and just might introduce you to something new.

Lots of different types of hands on special pasta lessons
The Chef and Teacher will teach you how to make many different kinds of fresh pastas from scratch

Pasta Classes Padua Italy — Pasta Classes

Fettuccine or pappardelle? Spaghetti alla chitarra or ravioli? Tortellini or Gnocchi? Garganelli or Corzetti? Tagliatelle or Capellini? Cappellacci or Culurgiones? The list is endless. Forms of pasta (and multitude of fillings) can be staggering.

And what about the pasta sauces? What sauce will go best with pappardelle? If you are curious this is the perfect place to try a pasta class.
Enroll now in one of our hands-on pasta classes.
Enjoy a wide numbers of fresh pasta dishes, completely hands-on and from scratch.
We have lots of different pasta workshops (see below): whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned chefs, our pasta class instructor is here to offer her experience and guidance in the art of pasta.
Learn to cook and make pastas and sauces in our kitchen.
The pasta workshop can last about two hours or more days.
LOCATION: PADUA PADOVA – Veneto region – Northern Italy