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Online Course | Master Pasta Making at Home with Steven Kiernan

Online Course | Master Pasta Making at Home with Steven Kiernan

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Overview

Whether youโ€™re completely new to making homemade pasta or have dabbled in the delicious art, Stevenโ€™s passion for pasta will inspire you to create handmade dishes.

In this pasta cooking lesson, Steven will demonstrate various styles of pasta dough. Youโ€™ll learn about different flours, including why โ€™00 flour is favored in Italy, how to source great local equivalents, and what to look for when choosing flour. Heโ€™ll explain the differences between stoneground and mill-rolled flours and how these impact your dough.

Steven will also guide you through using alternative flours, such as whole grain, and how ingredients like eggs, olive oil, and water can alter the dough’s texture.

Next, youโ€™ll learn how to roll your pasta dough by hand and with a machine. Heโ€™ll cover the pros and cons of each method before teaching you to make various pasta shapes, including spaghetti, pappardelle, and farfalle.

Youโ€™ll also master ravioli and other filled pastas, like tortellini, along with seasonal filling ideas and pasta sauce recipes to complement your creations.

Highlights

  • Learn how to make delicious homemade pasta.
  • Discover which flours to use for different types of pasta.
  • Create various pasta shapes from your dough.
  • Learn how to roll out pasta dough by hand and with a machine.
  • Get recipes for pasta sauces and fillings.
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Overview

Whether youโ€™re completely new to making homemade pasta or have dabbled in the delicious art, Stevenโ€™s passion for pasta will inspire you to create handmade dishes.

In this pasta cooking lesson, Steven will demonstrate various styles of pasta dough. Youโ€™ll learn about different flours, including why โ€™00 flour is favored in Italy, how to source great local equivalents, and what to look for when choosing flour. Heโ€™ll explain the differences between stoneground and mill-rolled flours and how these impact your dough.

Steven will also guide you through using alternative flours, such as whole grain, and how ingredients like eggs, olive oil, and water can alter the dough’s texture.

Next, youโ€™ll learn how to roll your pasta dough by hand and with a machine. Heโ€™ll cover the pros and cons of each method before teaching you to make various pasta shapes, including spaghetti, pappardelle, and farfalle.

Youโ€™ll also master ravioli and other filled pastas, like tortellini, along with seasonal filling ideas and pasta sauce recipes to complement your creations.

Highlights

  • Learn how to make delicious homemade pasta.
  • Discover which flours to use for different types of pasta.
  • Create various pasta shapes from your dough.
  • Learn how to roll out pasta dough by hand and with a machine.
  • Get recipes for pasta sauces and fillings.
Canโ€™t find the right date? Click here to receive an alert
when new dates are released for this event.

Reviews (4)

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  1. Jeanette

    Great food and all fresh and local, fabulous staff, we picked up plenty of tips

  2. George

    Brilliant chef for the day, it was amazing thankyou, and really appreciate the hard work and effort that must go on behind the scenes everyday to organise all you do, as well as to do the day itself thankyou.

  3. Diana

    “Our chef teacher was enthusiastic, friendly and very helpful and informed. I love cooking and I really enjoyed myself. However long youโ€™ve been cooking you can always learn new things and the dishes we made were all delicious.”

  4. Zoe

    Well organised, relaxed, great environment to learn – I enjoyed the course and it was inspiring too!