Basics of Italian cuisine

  • Milano
  • 3 hours
  • Italian

Eight meetings to learn how to cook Italian with more technique, method and confidence. A practical journey, designed for those who love to cook and really want to understand what's behind a good recipe.

What's included

  • All ingredients and raw materials
  • Use of kitchen equipment
  • Recipes
  • Congusto fabric apron
  • Preparation and tasting* of the prepared dishes
  • 24 hours in total of experience with Congusto resident chefs

Program

  1. The basics in the kitchen

    Organization, tools, ingredients and fundamental techniques.

  2. Vegetables, bottoms and sauces

    Cuts, cooks and basic preparations of Italian cuisine

  3. Fresh pasta

    Dough, formats and techniques for preparing handmade pasta.

  4. Sauces and condiments

    Preparations and combinations to enhance pasta and pasta dishes

  5. The eggs

    Cooking techniques and use in cooking preparations

  6. Risotti

    Roasting, cooking, creaming and dish construction.

  7. Meats

    Cuts, preparation and main cooking techniques.

  8. The Italian menu

    Let's put together what we learned through the preparation of a menu

Practical information

It starts from the basics: organization of the kitchen, choice and treatment of ingredients, cooking techniques and construction of the dish. The lessons are held by resident professional chefs from the Congusto Institute. Each meeting alternates culinary practice and theoretical explanation.

The goal of each lesson is not to replicate a recipe, but to understand why something is being done and how to do it again at home.

You don't need experience: you cook in small groups with the chef, you taste it and you learn to understand the reason for each step.

The experience takes place entirely in Italian and is reserved for participants who understand and speak the Italian language.

The fabric apron, included in the cost of the course, must be brought to each lesson. In case of forgetfulness, a replacement will not be provided.

For more information, call us at +390289785801 (Mon—Fri, 9:00 — 16:00) or write to lab@congusto.com

**Any allergies or intolerances are collected for informational and safety purposes. Congusto Lab does not carry out catering activities and cannot guarantee the absence of contamination or the preparation of alternative recipes. The tasting of the preparations is optional. For organizational, hygienic-sanitary and food safety reasons, it is not allowed to bring food and drinks from outside into the school premises *.

Location

Via Bernardo Davanzati 15, 20158 Milano

Upcoming dates

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    Starts 24 November 2026

    8 sessions, 12 weeks

    Via Bernardo Davanzati 15, 20158 Milano

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