The Italian Kitchen – Ravioli 3 Course Dinner

Making your own pasta is quick and easy and after this hands-on class with Chef Jen Tarantino Reyes, you’ll think nothing of mixing up a batch for a weeknight supper. Starting with just flour and eggs, you’ll create your own pasta dough and then learn how to roll your dough into silky, smooth sheets of pasta.  Next you will turn your pasta sheets into raviolis stuffed with a light lemony, herbed ricotta filling. Perfect for a quick, light dinner any night of the week. In this hands-on class, you will make and enjoy:

  • Fresh Handmade Pasta Dough
  • Ravioli with Lemon Herbed Ricotta Filling in a Tomato Sauce
  • Tuscan Kale Salad with Parmesan, Toasted Bread Crumbs with a Lemon Vinaigrette
  • Served with Sfingi – Italian Fried Doughnut with Dark Chocolate Espresso Sauce

The Italian Kitchen – Pasta 3 Course Dinner

Making your own pasta is quick and easy and after this hands-on class with Chef Jen Tarantino Reyes, you’ll think nothing of mixing up a batch for a weeknight supper.  Add a mixture of fresh herbs and a medley of wild mushrooms and you’ll have a go-to sauce to add to your repertoire. This sauce is not only fantastic on pasta, but also yummy over chicken or fish. You will start with just flour and eggs, creating your own pasta dough, then make the salad and sauce. Finally you will cut, boil, and toss your freshly made pasta with the creamy mushroom sauce.

In this hands-on class, you will make:

  • Fresh Handmade Pasta Dough
  • Fresh Cut Tagliatelle Pasta with Wild Mushroom Sauce
  • Tuscan Kale Salad with Parmesan, Toasted Bread Crumbs with a Lemon Vinaigrette
  • Served with Sfingi – Italian Fried Doughnut with Dark Chocolate Espresso Sauce

The Italian Kitchen – Ricotta Gnocchi – 3 Course Dinner

If you’re a fan of potato gnocchi, let us introduce you to its cousin – ricotta gnocchi (No potatoes required!) Lighter and slightly chewy, ricotta gnocchi is a snap to make and doesn’t compromise our love for the delicious, pillowy nuggets with which we are familiar. Chef Jen Tarantino Reyes will instruct you how to prepare perfect gnocchi and teach you different rolling techniques (the way her grandmother and mother taught her). Once you pair braised Italian sausage with the light ricotta gnocchi, you’ll be sold! In this hands-on class, we will make:

Tuscan Kale Salad with Parmesan and Toasted Breadcrumbs

Ricotta Gnocchi with Tomato Butter Sauce and Braised Italian Sausage

Sfingi – Italian Fried Doughnuts with a  Dark Chocolate Sauce