La Cucina Italiana- LADIES cook and connect evening.

Come experience home style rustic Italian food which takes you back to the villages of Italy. In this class, Chef Natasha Celmi shares her family recipes from southern Italy. All the food is made traditional style from scratch using seasonal fresh produce. Enjoy an evening of slow cooking with amore, Italian music and of course, some amazing food. All this while networking and connecting with other amazing women.

Start off with an antipasti spread of various types of crostini, baked eggplant stacks and broccoli fritters. Feel like a true “pizzaiola” tossing some Napoli style Pizza and then eating them hot out of the oven! Get your hands dirty while rolling some fresh gnocchi Sorrento style. Learn my family recipe of the best pomodoro sauce made from scratch with fresh tomatoes. We get a taste of the north with some baked polenta topped with an earthy mushroom and red wine sauce . And finally, this decadent feast is finished with a vanilla pannacotta and seasonal berries coulis. A presto!

Learn lots of culinary tips and tricks from chef and cookbook author, Natasha Celmi.

Drinking water included. Drinks can be bought at a reasonable price.

The Menu

Red pepper pesto & zucchini crostini

Nonna’s broccoli polpette (fritters)

Pizza Margherita

Hand rolled gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Fresh tomato sauce

Naples style pasta with creamy cannelloni beans & capers

North Italian baked polenta squares

Mixed mushrooms & red wine sauce

Baked eggplant Caprese

Fennel, pear and rucola salad

Vanilla pannacotta with mixed berries coulis.

Host or Publisher Natasha Celmi