Italian Summer: Taste of the Emilia-Romagna Region with Leah Guadagnoli

Join us for a hands-on pasta-making class with Chef Leah Guadagnoli of Fancy Feast Supper Club. We will learn how to make her favorite shape, Caramelle—a stuffed pasta resembling wrapped candies—filled with a seasonal mixture of caramelized summer squash, fresh herbs, and ricotta. For dessert, we will prepare Torta Tenerina, a flourless chocolate cake from Ferrara known for its crackly, meringue-like crust and dense, fudgy interior.

Emilia-Romagna, considered Italy’s “Food Valley,” is home to iconic products like Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma, and Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. We will enjoy some Prosciutto and Melon, a quintessential snack, while spending the afternoon preparing this celebration of summer flavors, and beautiful ingredients from Italy’s hidden gem.

Menu:

• Prosciutto and Melon
• Caramelle – Italian Stuffed Pasta
• Torta Tenerina – Italian Flourless Chocolate Cake

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This Hands-On class (plus lunch) is limited to ten people.

About Leah:

Leah Guadagnoli is an artist, chef, and homesteader living in Hillsdale, NY. She is the founder of Fancy Feast Supper Club, a creative dinner series that brings people together through homegrown globally inspired vegetarian meals she prepares from her garden with passion, love, and a genuine curiosity for the overlapping flavors and techniques our expansive universe has to offer. Through extensive research and an ethically conscious appreciation of other cultures through food, her goal is to celebrate our commonalities and unique differences to form connections and better understand the world we share. When she’s not busy in the kitchen, you can find her working in the studio making abstract sculptural paintings she’s been exhibiting internationally over the past decade or tending to her garden with the company of her beloved flock of chickens.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets.

Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware purchases on class day.

HGS Home Chef is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends who produce an annual festival of creative workshops on a wide variety of topics in and around Hillsdale, NY – at the crossroads of the Hudson Valley and Berkshires.