Choose 3 Recipes for Your Cooking Class in Genoa
Walk into a chef’s home in Genoa and enjoy a hands-on cooking experience that teaches you the secrets of Italian culinary culture. We start with a complimentary snack and a glass of Prosecco, then cook together the menu you have chosen.
How to Book
- Choose three recipes from the list below: fresh pasta, Genoese pesto, risotto, meat, fish, vegetarian dishes and desserts.
- Contact us to book your date and let us know about any dietary requirements.
What’s Included
Water, soft drinks and all the ingredients, tools and aprons for your chosen recipes. Once we have finished cooking, your menu is served with a glass of white or red wine, followed by coffee and Limoncello. The written recipes are emailed to you after the class.
The first person or group to book a date chooses the menu, but we will always do our best to include any other recipe you would like to cook. Have a look at our gallery to meet guests from all over the world.
Choose Your Menu

Pesto and Trofie Class
📍 Origin: Genoa – Liguria
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: pine nuts, dairy, gluten
Hand-rolled semolina trofie with fresh basil pesto pounded in a mortar with pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan and olive oil.

Tagliatelle Bolognese Sauce
📍 Origin: Emilia-Romagna
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs
Fresh egg tagliatelle rolled by hand and tossed in a slow-cooked Bolognese ragù.

Gnocchi with Sorrentina Sauce
📍 Origin: Sorrento – Campania
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy
Soft potato gnocchi baked with fresh tomato sauce, melted mozzarella and basil.

Eggplant Parmigiana
📍 Origin: Campania / Sicily
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy
Layers of fried eggplant, tomato sauce, basil and cheese, baked until golden.

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach
📍 Origin: Emilia-Romagna
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy
Fresh egg pasta filled with ricotta and spinach, served with butter and sage.

Lasagna with Bolognese Sauce
📍 Origin: Emilia-Romagna
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy
Fresh pasta sheets layered with Bolognese ragù, béchamel and Parmesan.

Lasagna with Pesto and Green Beans
📍 Origin: Liguria
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy, pine nuts
Fresh pasta layered with Genoese basil pesto, béchamel and green beans.

Strawberry Panna Cotta
📍 Origin: Piedmont
🌾 Gluten-free
⚠️ Allergens: dairy, gelatine
Silky cooked cream set with gelatine and topped with fresh strawberries.

Tiramisu
📍 Origin: Treviso – Veneto
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: eggs, dairy, gluten, alcohol (Marsala)
Ladyfingers soaked in coffee and Marsala, layered with mascarpone cream and cocoa.

Caprese Almond Cake
📍 Origin: Capri – Campania
🌱 Vegetarian · 🌾 Gluten-free
⚠️ Allergens: almonds, eggs, dairy
A flourless chocolate and almond cake with a crisp outside and a soft, fudgy heart.

Sicilian Cannoli
📍 Origin: Sicily
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy, pistachios
Crispy fried pastry shells filled with sweet sheep’s milk ricotta and pistachios.

Beef Meatballs
📍 Origin: Rome – Lazio
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy
Tender beef meatballs slow-cooked in tomato sauce with basil.

Cod Fish Vicentina Style
📍 Origin: Vicenza – Veneto
⚠️ Allergens: fish, dairy
Dried cod slowly cooked in milk with onions and anchovies, Vicenza style.

Lemon Veal Scaloppine
📍 Origin: Italian classic
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy
Thin veal slices, lightly floured and finished in a bright lemon and butter sauce.

Sicilian Orange and Fennel Salad
📍 Origin: Palermo – Sicily
🌱 Vegan · 🌾 Gluten-free
⚠️ Allergens: none of the main allergens
A fresh salad of orange, fennel and black olives.

Eggplant Caponata
📍 Origin: Sicily
🌱 Vegan · 🌾 Gluten-free
⚠️ Allergens: celery, pine nuts
Sweet and sour eggplant with tomatoes, capers, olives, raisins and pine nuts.

Braised Veal Shank – Veal Ossobuco
📍 Origin: Milan – Lombardy
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy, anchovies
Veal shank braised until fork-tender and finished with zesty gremolata.

Fried Panzerotti
📍 Origin: Puglia
🌱 Vegetarian option
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy
Leavened dough filled with tomato and mozzarella, fried until golden.

Orecchiette with Norma Sauce
📍 Origin: Puglia / Sicily
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy
Handmade semolina orecchiette with eggplant, tomato sauce and ricotta salata.

Mantova Style Pumpkin Ravioli
📍 Origin: Mantua – Lombardy
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy, almonds (amaretti), mustard
Fresh egg pasta filled with pumpkin, amaretti and nutmeg, with butter and sage.

Milanese Saffron Risotto
📍 Origin: Milan – Lombardy
🌾 Gluten-free
⚠️ Allergens: dairy
Creamy golden saffron risotto, finished with the classic mantecatura.

Risotto with Radicchio
📍 Origin: Treviso – Veneto
🌱 Vegetarian · 🌾 Gluten-free
⚠️ Allergens: dairy, alcohol (wine)
Creamy risotto with red radicchio, wine and Taleggio cheese.

Pizza
📍 Origin: Naples – Campania
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy
Leavened pizza dough topped with tomato, mozzarella, stracciatella and basil.

Testimonials
Excellent experience! “We had an excellent experience learning to make traditional lasagna, eggplant dish, and caprese cake. Last week, we prepared the lasagna sauce and it was simply amazing! The chef was very nice and patient with us. She showed us a lot of tricks and provided quick reminders. The kitchen space was spacious, spotless, and very professional. Bon appétit to all the new students. Enjoy the delicious food!”
Excellent experience!
Highly recommend. Nov 2023 • Family My partner accompanied me to a cooking class, even though he wasn’t interested, because he knew how much it meant to me. We both had a great time and enjoyed the experience. The instructor, Lucrezia, was amazing and the food we made was delicious and easy to prepare. Everything was perfect, and if we ever come back to Milan, we will do this again. I cannot express how much we enjoyed this class and how professional Aurora was. The experience went beyond our expectations.
Highly recommended
Fabulous cooking class experience “This experience was exactly what we were looking for. We had an intimate setting, one-on-one instruction, lots of great cooking tips, fun company, and an amazing finished product! And the best part is, we don’t even drink wine 🙂 Our group of four friends is excited to recreate these recipes at home, and we are grateful for feeling confident enough to do so after this experience.”
Fabulous cooking class experience
Authentic Italian Cooking Lu was an amazing teacher! Even though we are experienced cooks, we learned a lot from Lu’s cooking class. And the best part was the food – it was absolutely delicious! We were surprised to find out that we had been making bolognese in a much more complicated way than necessary. Lu showed us that simple is truly the best. During the class, we talked, laughed, and enjoyed the food. It was the perfect dinner experience!
Authentic Italian Cooking
What our guests say on Google
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