Lake Garda: Fresh Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class with Local Wines

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN · IT

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Roll pasta by hand taste local wines and craft tiramisu near Lake Garda

You’ll feel right at home in this Lake Garda cooking class as you roll fresh pasta by hand, share laughs over homemade tiramisu, and taste local Bardolino wines with new friends around the table. Expect floury fingers, real stories from your host, and that warm kitchen feeling you’ll want to bring back home.

Step-by-step itinerary

Learn fresh pasta and tiramisu making

Enter the Italian cooking class
Learn dough rolling techniques
Make various types of pasta
Prepare sauces for pasta
Make tiramisu creams
Assemble tiramisu dessert
Taste local wines with dishes

The Experience

“You need to feel the dough — not just see it,” Alessandra said, pressing my hands into the flour. I’d never made pasta before, not really, but there was something calming about her voice and the way sunlight came through the kitchen window. The table was already dusted with flour when we arrived (I think I got half of it on my jeans), and someone had opened a bottle of Bardolino. It smelled earthy and bright at the same time — maybe that’s just how Italian kitchens always smell?

We started mixing eggs and flour with our fingers, which is messier than it looks on YouTube. Alessandra moved between us, showing how to knead until the dough felt “like your earlobe” (she laughed when I checked mine). There were a couple of us from Germany and the UK, and somehow we all ended up talking about our grandmothers’ cooking — even though none of us had ever made tagliatelle from scratch before. The pasta machine clacked along while outside you could hear scooters buzzing past Lake Garda’s old stone walls.

I didn’t expect to enjoy folding tiramisu so much. We whipped mascarpone until it looked like clouds, then dipped ladyfingers in coffee that tasted stronger than anything I’ve had back home. There was this moment — everyone silent except for spoons scraping bowls — when Alessandra poured us each a glass of Chiaretto rosé. She told us stories about her father’s vineyard while we layered dessert together. I still think about that creamy bite with just a hint of cocoa on top.

Lunch was what we’d made ourselves: ribbons of fresh pasta tangled in sauce, bread from the market down the road, wine that tasted like summer afternoons. Someone spilled water and nobody cared; it felt more like family than a class. Before we left, Alessandra handed out moka coffee — strong enough to wake up your soul — and waved us off with floury hands.

What’s included

Your day includes all ingredients for making fresh pasta and tiramisu from scratch, use of aprons and kitchen equipment, tasting of local Bardolino wines throughout the session, bottled water to keep you going after kneading dough (trust me), plus a full lunch featuring what you’ve cooked yourself — finished off with classic moka coffee before heading out again.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Cusina - Cooking Class: Pasta Fresca e degustazione vini