Learn to make Homemade Pasta in a private online class!

4.81 (16 Reviews)

Approximately 1.5 hours

English or Italian

Your host Cinzia

Cinzia is a kind and gentle host who first learned to cook watching her mother and grandmother cook in the kitchen. She went on to study professionally at a cooking and pastry school in Italy. Cooking to Cinzia is love and life. To feed people is to give love, energy and life to people. She transfers her energy into the ingredients of the food she prepares. She enjoys sharing her passion for her ingredients and traditions and leaving a piece of her culture with travelers. A mother of three, Cinzia works in analytics during the day to sustain her family, and fuels her passion for food by cooking in the evening. She started a cooking school and enjoys hosting special dinners and events. She also has an interest in medieval and Renaissance Italian recipes.

Highlights

Learn to make fresh pasta and Italian classics
Private, one-on-one online instruction with a Florence resident
Scheduled mutually at your convenience (host lives in Florence, Italy (GMT+2))
Customization available for dietary restrictions or preferences
Recipes and ingredients list will be emailed in advance of class
You will need an electric beater and 3 mixing bowls
Travel from your own home and learn Italian culinary traditions!
Please note this host requires a minimum of 2 guest screens to book

What will you cook together

Homemade tagliatelle with a simple ragu (sauce)
Panna cotta

Ingredients

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300 g (2 1⁄4 cups) flour (or 150 g regular flour + 150 g semolina flour)
3 eggs
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lb (500 gr) ground beef (or half beef and half pork)
1 sausage, casings removed
1 glass of red wine
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small can tomato paste
4 cups (1 liter) vegetable or chicken broth
1 carrot
1 rib of celery
1/2 onion
2 teaspoons fine sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup (250 g) heavy cream
1/4 cup (60 g) whole milk
1 envelope gelatin (you may use less than a full packet)
2 tbsp water
3/8 cup (80 g) icing sugar (also called powdered or confectioners sugar)
Handful of fresh berries or chocolate bar to melt (optional topping)

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Online Class Reviews

4.81 (16 Reviews)

Zach 15 October 2020

"Cinzia was a great teacher! She not only told us how to make the food, but added the history behind why it is made that way in that part of Italy!"

Steve 28 September 2020

"Cinzia was a wonderful host. We all had a great time and look forward to our next class. She also adjusted the recipe as we requested. 5 stars"

Elizabeth 27 September 2020

"Cinzia was great! We had a blast taking the class and the food turned out delicious."

Fiona 6 September 2020

"Cinzia was generous with her time and very patient with mixed ability home cooks. Our gnocchi was delicious and the tiramisu decadent!"

Shani 29 June 2020

"Since I couldn't celebrate my daughter's birthday with her in person this year, it was fun to celebrate by taking this class with her. Cinzia was welcoming and helpful, offering valuable cooking tips in addition to leading us through the recipe. The results were delicious. Highly recommended!"

Kristin Cieslak 17 June 2020

"Cinzia was personable and very knowledgeable about making homemade pasta, and the finished product was delicious! This was such a fun experience to share with my mom who lives across the country and whom I'm missing dearly during this quarantine. Thank you!"

Allen Secretov 15 June 2020

"Cinzia helped guide me and my friends on a very fun, very flexible, and very delicious video cooking adventure! Highly recommend her, and we look forward to cooking with her next time we visit Italy!"

Brooke & David 21 May 2020

"Our class with Cinzia was such a treat! Our friends had gifted us this online cooking class because we were supposed to be in Italy & had planned to take a cooking class in Florence. This was the next best thing! Cinzia was a great instructor, so friendly, and a pleasure to cook with! It was incredible how she made us feel at home in her kitchen, even though we were a world away. We weren't sure if our dishes would turn out because of the training through a screen, but Cinzia did an amazing job of coaching us and showing us how things should look before moving on to the next step. The gnocchi & mushroom dish was delicious! We had so much leftover gnocchi for the rest of the weekend & we loved every bite. And oh my gosh, the tiramisu!! It was sinfully delicious! We had also made twice the size so we were able to share it with our friends, and they were very impressed! We can't wait to travel to Italy soon and take a cooking class with Cinzia in real life! Grazie mille, Cinzia! "

Lisa Joyce 19 May 2020

"I loved taking Cinzia’s cooking class with my daughter. We made homemade tagliatelle with ragu and tiramisu. Cinzia was super sweet and nice and a good teacher. I also like cooking foods from around the world and hearing how people live and the foods they cook. Cinzia was amazing ❤️"

Sophia Quiroz 19 May 2020

"Cinzia was so sweet and patient with us! It was really fun and a unique experience, and our food came out great. I never thought I’d be successful at making homemade pasta, especially not via Zoom, but I was! We can’t wait to take another class soon! This was a great gift for Mother’s Day and is highly recommend it to anyone looking for a special way to celebrate a birthday or special event :)"

Mary Lou 16 May 2020

"I really enjoyed the experience, we moved along at a good pace and i really enjoyed this. I would do it again."

Heaven Crawley 2 May 2020

"I had a fantastic cooking experience with Cinzia. Both of the dishes we made together were absolutely delicious and the class was huge fun! You can read more (and see photos) via my ese-ne-tekreme blog Ravioli https://ese-ne-tekrema.community/2020/04/25/ravioli-with-zucchini-and-garlic-sauce/Tiramisu https://ese-ne-tekrema.community/2020/04/28/cinzias-tiramisu/"

Gracie Schram 1 May 2020

"Cinzia was an incredible host and I had so much fun taking her class. I felt like I had a window to Italy from my kitchen in Sweden. "

Stephanie Kurzina 29 April 2020

"I loved learning to make tiramasu and ravioli online with Cinzia. She was knowledgeable, patient, and very good about answering our group's questions. Plus, everything was delicious. Online cooking class is a great way for friends in different places to have fun together and share a cultural experience as well."

Sandy Lawrence 27 April 2020

"Four girlfriends, in our own kitchens, at the same time, learned to make Tomato Ravioli and Tiramisu on Zoom last night. It was really fun. Afterwards we invited our husbands to join us to share the dinner. The Ravioli was really tasty and we were all successful in our efforts. Great way to still have fun and connection in this time of separation. Thank you Traveling Spoon. Can't wait to do another."

Anne-Marie Fisher 20 April 2020

"We were supposed to go to Italy for 2 weeks in June so instead we took a cooking class with Cinzia. We absolutely loved it! We have 2 teen daughters and this class was a perfect family activity during quarantine. We met her daughter as well. She was flexible asking what sauce we would like for dessert. Chocolate vs Berry and we went for the berry one. As we were making the Panna Cotta, she recommended adding different flavors so we added cinnamon. Then we made a delicious mushroom sauce while the potatoes were cooling for the gnocchi. We then began the gnocchi process of mixing potatoes with flour, then forming a ball and cutting the gnocchi. The gnocchi boiled quickly and we had a delicious traditional Italian dinner at home. She told us about the cooking classes she offers with a trip to the market that we can and will take when we can finally visit her in Florence. We think it was fate that brought us to Cinzia and we are looking forward to booking another virtual class with her soon until we can visit her live in Florence. "