Amalfi Coast cooking class: pasta, mozzarella, tiramisu

Make three dishes from scratch, then eat them on a working farm

A three-hour cooking class on the Amalfi Coast where you make fresh mozzarella, handmade pasta and tiramisu with a local chef, then sit down to taste everything with wine from the farm's own vineyard. The class runs in English or Italian, children from age two are welcome, and lunch and dinner are included.

The Experience

Ferdinando was born in Agerola, a small agricultural town on the Amalfi Coast, and has been teaching cooking for ten years. He grows the ingredients you'll use—tomatoes, vegetables, local cheeses—without pesticides in his organic garden, and the recipes come from his family's kitchen. The class starts with mozzarella: you'll learn the hand techniques that give it the right consistency, working with fresh curds until you have something you made yourself. Then you move to pasta, rolling and filling tagliatelle with the local cheeses and vegetable sauce you've just prepared. Last comes tiramisu, built in layers the way his grandmother made it.

After three hours of cooking, you step outside to the farm itself. The dishes you made—mozzarella with tomatoes and basil, the handmade noodles, the tiramisu—arrive at the table with wine grown on the property. This is when the work becomes a meal, and you taste what the ingredients and the technique actually produce when they come together.

What’s included

• Three dishes made from start to finish—fresh mozzarella, handmade pasta and tiramisu.
• lunch and dinner with the food you prepared.
• wine from the farm's vineyard.
• instruction from a local chef who has been teaching for ten years.

Good to know

Public transport nearby

Operated by Ferdinando Cookingclass

Is this one for you?The class runs three hours with your hands in the work the whole time, so come ready to stand, roll pasta and learn by doing rather than watching. If you want to sit and observe instead, this is not the format for you.

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Top questions

What exactly do I make during the three hours?

You make fresh mozzarella from curds, learning the hand techniques that shape it; handmade tagliatelle noodles seasoned with organic vegetable sauce; and traditional tiramisu built in layers. All three dishes use ingredients from Ferdinando's organic garden.

Do I get to eat what I cook?

Yes. After the class ends, you sit down on the farm and taste all three dishes you made, served with wine produced on the property. Lunch and dinner are both included.

What language is the class taught in?

The class is offered in English or Italian. You choose when you book.

Can I bring children?

Children are welcome from age two. Anyone under eighteen will not be served alcoholic beverages.

How do I get to the farm?

Public transportation options are available nearby. Ferdinando's farm is on the Amalfi Coast in Agerola.