Take your authentic roman-style pasta or gnocchi cooking class in the Jewish district of Rome seen in the Stanley Tucci’s show.
Take a break from visiting the city by meeting local people and learning how to make a typical Roman dinner menu from scratch.
Meet your host in Piazza Mattei, one of the most fascinating squares of Rome, just in the heart of the Jewish Ghetto.
The Jewish Ghetto of Rome.
No worries about the name “Ghetto”, this is one of the safest and charming neighbour of Rome, beloved by locals and full of history.
Though Rome’s Jewish Ghetto no longer officially exists, the neighbourhood is still bearing the old name and is the heart of Rome’s Jewish community, the oldest in Italy.
The city’s 19th-century synagogue, named “The Temple” is located in the area. This is a unusual building that worth to be explored.
Jewish-Roman food style is unique.
Behind food there is history. Moreover, we strongly believe behind recipes there are stories and tradisions for people. In the Jewish district of Rome you can deep into all of this with taste and mind.
Indeed, the area offers breathtaking views of the stratification of Rome during Centuries as well as a number of restaurants and shops. Here you can find, indeed, restaurants and trattorias selling Kosher, Jewish Roman and Roman food.
Today, despite its unhappy origin, the Jewish Ghetto is one of Rome’s most beautiful neighbourhoods that worth to be visited.
Your pasta making cooking class in the Jewish district of Rome.
Enjoy the easy-going happy lifestyle, which the Ghetto is famous for.
Head to the restaurant and meet the Chef ready for you to reveal secrets and recipes.
This is a hands-on class, but if you’d just like to be a spectator you can relax, watching the chef working, with free-flowing local good wine.
You’ll learn to make home-made pasta from scratch, cleaning and preparing seasonal vegetables to fry and tasting dessert that all roman grandmas used to cook for local kids.
Season menu is the key for a good cooking class.
Learning history and legend around the Jewish district and its unique food style.
Let’s put our hands in the dough. Start your cooking class learning how to make fresh pasta from scratch. Using our grandmas’style you will be able to make it again when back home.
Seasonal food is a must in Rome, in the winter class, you’ll have the opportunity to learn how to peel artichokes to be cooked at the Jewish Style, one of the highlights of Roman cuisine.
In the Summer’s class, you’ll learn how to prepare zucchini flowers or any other amazing fresh vegetable to make the original “fritto romano”.
In the end taste the amazing torta di ricotta e visciola, the famous ricotta cheesecake made with simple and delicious ingredients.
Book your pasta cooking class if you look for an authentic and funny experience in the jewish ditrict of Rome.
The experience is suitable to everyone, kids, vegan people, vegetarians are welcome. The style is authenic and easy-going. Do not expect a scholar class, but nice time together with local people, learning how to cook the dishes of the tradition.
The pasta made in the class is not gluten-free, anyway if you can touch flour with no problem, you can join the class then eating gluten free pasta (packaged). The restaurant is not kosher.