Small Group Bologna Cooking Class with Pasta and Tiramisu

Arrive at Casa Altabella in central Bologna

Meet your chef at Casa Altabella, a cozy restaurant tucked into Via Altabella in Bologna's historic center. You'll spend the next three hours here learning to make fresh pasta and tiramisu, two dishes that define Italian home cooking.

Toast with Prosecco before you cook

Your chef hands you a glass of chilled Prosecco as you slip on your apron. It's a fizzy, festive start to an afternoon spent elbow-deep in flour, eggs, and mascarpone, working side by side with fellow food lovers.

Whip up a creamy tiramisu

Start with the dessert so it has time to set. You'll layer espresso-soaked ladyfingers with sweet mascarpone cream, learning why this iconic Italian treat tastes so much better when made from scratch with fresh ingredients.

Learn the secrets of fresh pasta dough

Your chef explains the difference between soft and semolina flours as you knead smooth, elastic dough. You'll feel the texture shift under your hands, a tactile lesson in how Italians have made pasta for generations.

Roll and cut tagliatelle and ravioli

Using a rolling pin or pasta machine, you'll stretch your dough thin and cut it into ribbons of tagliatelle. Then fold and pinch little pockets of ravioli, the signature shapes of Emilia-Romagna that locals grew up eating.