Mastering the Art of Italian cooking

This cooking course is aimed at sharing the most authentic genuine and honest idea of Italian cooking far from untruly stereotypes. I am thrilled and excited to share with you all my family recipes based on genuine, affordable and season ingredients, easy to reproduce at home.

I love doing the best I can to satisfy your needs and curiosity about Italian food. Cooking for me is an extraordinary experience, and it means taking you by the hand to a joyful place where you can feel free and happy to learn creatively.

This virtual cooking course is designed for everybody, amateurs, beginners and experts. In this course you will learn the basic knowledge of our Italian cuisine and some advance methods to obtain the best results and improve your cooking skills.

What's inside

Learning objective

Cooking skills on traditional italian cooking, traditional family recipes, cooking techniques

Syllabus

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Introduction

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Students will learn to prepare the most famous and traditional Italian first courses: hand-made fresh pasta, traditional sauces, dried pasta dishes with the risotattura technique, classic risotto.

In this cooking class you will learn to make a fresh pasta dough, to knead it, roll it out and cut it into fettuccine shape. You will also learn to prepare our Italian classic ragù. Step by step I will give you tips and advice to obtain the best result.

In this lesson you will learn to prepare a creamy dish of spaghetti with tomato and basil sauce, a true classic of our Italian cuisine. This is an extremely simple and tasty dish. Any family has its own recipe, as for any Italian dish. In this class you will also start practising the risottatura technique.

In this class you will learn to prepare creamy spaghetti with clams, another true classic of our cuisine. And you will also learn to clean and select clams and to cook them in a proper way, in order to keep them tender.

Pesto sauce is a delicious recipe that originates from the coastal region of Liguria, where a stunning type of basil is grown. A few ingredients for a flavourful dish. You will learn to prepare pesto in both ways, modern (by using an immersion blender) and old fashioned (by using a mortar).

Risotto is a traditional northern Italian rice dish cooked with broth until it reaches a creamy consistency. It's one of the most famous Italian first courses and it can be prepared with a variety of ingredients. I will show you step by step the method to obtain a delicious, wavy and creamy risotto.

It is extremely important to learn how to perfectly seal meat when preparing a meat stew. You will also learn to blanch potatoes when you wish to bake them or to add them to a meat stew. Blanching will allow potatoes to keep whole and firm.

In this cooking class you will learn to prepare a flavoured salt crust to bake fish (it can also be used for meat preparations). We will then prepare together a fresh salad with greens and orange to be served alongside grilled or baked fish and meat for a tasty pairing.

This is another true classic of our cuisine, particularly appreciated by children. In this lesson you will also learn to prepare 2 tasty flavorful vegetable side dishes.

In this lesson you will learn to prepare a gorgeous filling for the calamari. And I will teach you to prepare also a flavorful vegetable side dish, that could also be used as the tasty filling of a famous stuffed pizza from Naples.

Tiramisu is the most famous Italian dessert worlwide. Tiramisu literally means Cheer me up! Are you ready to be cheered up by this wonderful dessert?

This Italian pie is made with a homemade pastry dough called pasta frolla and filled with a simple jam filling. Wherever you go in Italy into a bakery, grocery store or even visit a friend or relative there is always a Jam Filled Crostata in sight. And of course any family has its own recipe, from the wonderful handmade pasta frolla to homemade jam. Today we're going to learn how to prepare it.

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Read about what's good

what should give you pause

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Framework for beginners

Teaches through real-world Italian family recipes

Strengthens intermediate learners' existing foundations

Provides detailed and hands-on cooking examples

Guided by a friendly and sociable instructor

Covers fresh, affordable, and authentic ingredients

Reviews summary

Mastering authentic italian home cooking

According to learners, this course offers a truly authentic and joyful journey into Italian home cooking, making classic family recipes accessible to all. Students consistently highlight the instructor's clear, step-by-step guidance and infectious passion, which makes the lectures engaging and easy to follow. Many appreciate the focus on affordable, seasonal ingredients and the inclusion of both fundamental techniques like 'risottatura' and unique dishes. While a few noted minor inconsistencies in earlier video quality, the overall consensus is overwhelmingly positive, with the course empowering students to reproduce delicious Italian meals at home, making it suitable for beginners to experienced cooks.

The course is suitable for beginners, amateurs, and experts.

"The step-by-step guidance made everything so easy to follow, even for a beginner like me."

"I found the course empowered me to reproduce delicious Italian meals at home, regardless of my prior cooking experience."

"For a more 'advanced' course, I might have wished for a few more challenging techniques... but for what it sets out to do, it's excellent."

Uses affordable ingredients and is easy to reproduce at home.

"The step-by-step guidance made everything so easy to follow, even for a beginner like me."

"The focus on affordable, seasonal ingredients is also a huge plus."

"I learned how to use practical tools and strategies that I could apply immediately to my cooking."

The instructor is passionate, clear, and easy to follow.

"The instructor's passion for Italian cooking shines through every lesson."

"What an enjoyable journey into Italian cuisine! The instructor's enthusiasm is infectious."

"The instructor is fantastic, making lectures engaging and easy to follow."

Features genuine, traditional Italian family recipes.

"I loved learning the authentic family recipes, especially the fresh pasta."

"Truly a masterclass! The recipes are genuine and delicious. It really feels like you're cooking alongside a nonna."

"This course truly captures the essence of Italian home cooking. I loved that it included both classic and lesser-known family recipes."

Some earlier modules had minor video quality inconsistencies.

"I found some of the video quality a bit inconsistent in earlier modules, but it improved later on."

"My only minor feedback is that sometimes the pace felt a little fast for absolute beginners, but pausing and rewatching helped a lot."

Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in Mastering the Art of Italian cooking with these activities:

Review Italian ingredients and cooking techniques

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Review Italian ingredients and cooking techniques to refresh knowledge and build a stronger foundation.

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