Expand+1. Pasta and how to cook the different sauces (such as Pomarola, Pesto, Ragat best match each format. How to mix pasta with its sauce.

2.Risotto: different Italian rice varieties (e.g. Vialone nano, Carnaroli, Arborio, Ribe) and their uses, how t...

Hide-1. Pasta and how to cook the different sauces (such as Pomarola, Pesto, Ragat best match each format. How to mix pasta with its sauce.

2.Risotto: different Italian rice varieties (e.g. Vialone nano, Carnaroli, Arborio, Ribe) and their uses, how to make stock, soffritto, how to toast rice and choose the most suitable ingredients for the risotto.

3. Gnocchi: hand-made potato, pumpkin or semolina dumplings and the best sauces to go with them.

4. Minestre and minestroni: how to make Italian vegetable soups and combine them with rice, pasta, spelt or barley.

5. Pizza: homemade pizza, from making the dough to home baking it, and the best Italian toppings. Sourdough pizza: how to make the real pizza base.

6. Pulses: how to cook the different types of beans (e.g. Zolfini, Coco nano, Cannellini, Borlotti), lentils, chickpeas, broad beans with fresh herbs and turn them into amazing first or second courses. How to choose the most suitable cooking pans and the best mineral water to boil the pulses; how seaweed can help.

7. Vegetables: how to make interesting side dishes with widely available seasonal vegetables (e.g. how celery can be fried and served as a very tasty side dish).

8. Fish: how to cook shell fish with pasta or make a real fish soup with stale bread.

9. Meat: how Italian fried meat balls or meat loafs can be made.

10. Cakes: from Tiramis, Crostata, how to make simple Italian homemade cakes.