Cooking Classes in Rome

We signed up for a cooking class in Rome. After a lot of research, my husband chose Cooking Classes in Rome with Chef Andrea. The class was from 10am-3pm, we made 4 courses and it cost €75. There is a maximum of 12 students--on our day we had 10. It was hands on but you didn't get to make all the courses.

The class is located in Trastevere.

We started by making a vegetable stock--celery, carrots and whole onions (with skin) are thrown into a pot, filled with water and boiled.

The first course was Carciofi alla Romana. We each got to trim our own artichokes.

Someone cleaned the parsley while another chopped them with garlic. We then each stuffed our artichoke with the mixture. The artichokes were placed in a pan, fried with olive oil then stock was added.

We made a base of creamed sautéed zucchini with Stracchino cheese.

The primi was Spaghetti alla Chitarra (guitar) alla Carbonara. We made the pasta from scratch and used a machine with strings to hand cut the pasta.

The finished product. The key was using guanciale (cured pork cheek) and frying it until it was crispy.

The secondi was Sugo di Carne--meat sauce with pork ribs and sausages.

Dessert was Tiramisu.

After we prepared the dishes, we sat down to enjoy them. You can choose a wine pairing with each course for  €20. 

The class was a lot of fun and I learned quite a bit.

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