Handmade pasta - creative cook co

Join our live, online and interactive handmade pasta cooking class!

Making pasta from scratch is not a life saving skill, but it is fun to learn how you make it, understand the ingredients you need, and how using others will give you a different result on your plate.

We will mix, knead, roll and boil handmade pasta.

Why would I make my own pasta?

Because it’s fun!

Because you can decide how you make it yourself.

Because knowing where your food comes from and how it’s being made, will help you respect it’s growers, makers, and help you choose better when you shop for your food.

Because making dough is a great skill to learn, and pasta making is one of the easiest and very forgiving. Although your pasta will get better each time, your first try will surprise you!

Why would I take this class?

If you always wondered how to make your own pasta, this class will be yours to take!
If you don’t have much experience with making dough, this class could be a good start.
If you want to learn the differences between the many recipes (eggs or not, what flour to use), scroll down and sign up!

What you’ll learn

👩‍🍳 All about the difference between Asian and Italian noodles.
👩‍🍳 If Marco Polo was really the one who introduced pasta in Italy.
👩‍🍳 What the main components of pasta making are.
👩‍🍳 How you can take a basic recipe and adjust it to what works best with you.
👩‍🍳 How to knead, roll and cut a pappardelle/tagliatelle style pasta by hand.
👩‍🍳 What al dente is and why you shouldn’t eat your pasta al dente.

Dietary preferences

Class is open to all dietary preferences, as you can eat the pasta with any sauce you want (make sure you have it prepared, as we don’t have time for that in class). And yes, you can make gluten free pasta too.

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At this moment, it’s not possible to sign up for this live class. But you can:
~ request this class to get back on the calendar and get on the wait list,
~ book it as a private one-on-one class,
~ book it as a group class with friends and family, or a corporate event.
~ buy the accompanying e-cookbook – if available.

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Our upcoming classes

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~ Or learn why we teach these classes the way we do.

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CLASS INFO

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CONTACT:
Chef Edie: info@creativecookco.com

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Let’s play with dough!

About your chef

This class will be taught by chef Edie Dourleijn, once a picky eater who couldn’t cook.

She documented her path to eating and cooking everything as one of the first food bloggers of her home country The Netherlands (in 2006!). To learn more quickly, she looked around for classes that would help her understand what is going on in her pots and pans, but they didn’t exist. Eventually, she ended up at culinary school.

Now chef Edie teaches her Learn to cook without recipes classes for curious cooks who want to become free of recipes. Just like she once was.

Edie also hosts all kinds of entertaining and educational virtual cooking classes to celebrate any occasion with family or friends, or as a (real) team building, receiving 5 star reviews.

Get in touch with any questions or requests you have.

What can you expect?

What the Learn to cook without recipes classes make stand out from other cooking classes, is that we won’t be simply following a recipe. Everybody else is already doing that. Instead, we will focus on 1 subject only. That could be a cooking technique, an ingredient, a dish or another theme.

In the handmade pasta class we will dive into making pasta from scratch. We focus on Italian style pasta and talk and knead water/eggs and flour. We will talk about what type of flour you need, if it makes a difference if you use water, eggs or egg yolks. And we experiment with two different methods of pasta making, and comparing their outcome.

We will knead, roll and cut by hand, but if you want to use your machines, that’s fine too.

FAQ

What makes this cooking class different from others?

At most, if not all, cooking classes (both virtual an in-person) the focus is on following a recipe, and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get a tip of two.
Not at the Learn to cook without recipes classes. In our classes we will break down the recipes and focus more on why we are doing what we are doing.
In our eyes, recipes are merely this one person’s way of describing what to do. Not a rule book to live by. There are many ways to get to a similar end result, and we will focus on teaching you that. To make sure you know how you can derive from a recipe and make any dish the way that works for you!

Why is this an online cooking class?

Thanks to covid-19, chef Edie realized how much you can learn while cooking in your own kitchen. Doing every step yourself, using your own pots, pans and utensils, on your own stove, with the help of a teacher looking in your pans with you. Especially when you compare it to cooking in the chef’s kitchen, where others are stirring the ingredients you’ve chopped into the the pots.

Is this class interactive? Can I ask the chef my questions?

Yes, yes, and yes! Chef Edie does believe in communal learning. She definitely doesn’t know everything and is not afraid to admit so. She believes we all can learn from each other’s experiences and backgrounds. So yes, share your curiosity and knowledge with all of us.
The ultimate goal for this course is to create a curious community of cooking enthusiasts that openly and respectfully learn from each other.

I am gluten free, diary free, vegetarian, vegan (etc), is this cooking class for me?

It depends on the class. A class focused on cooking meat might not be of interested for people with a vegetarian and vegan life style. But with most other classes we will try to make the class accessible to everyone. See the notes above, or email us your questions.

I am an absolute beginner, would that work?

Yes! We aim to make all of our classes open to all cooking levels. As long as you love to cook and want to learn more, you’ll be fine. And, you always can watch back the class (6 days) if you want to revisit what you’ve learned (some classes only!).

I don’t like to see myself on the screen. Can I still participate?

Of course! We do understand sharing your kitchen and culinary skills to strangers is scary. However, we encourage everyone to share their screens, for a better bonding and easier communication throughout the class. We’d loved to see every student feels connected and part of a community of creative and curious cooks.
Alternatively, you can aim your camera at your work station, so chef Edie still can see your work and guide you, if needed.

I would love to attend a class, but can’t make it on the day/time.

We’re sorry to hear that! Maybe one of these options work for you?
* Some classes will be recorded and you can watch it back for at least one week. Check the info above.
* Sign up for the wait list, so we can notify you of future time slots.
* Book a private session with chef Edie. Send her an email to learn more.

What if I need to cancel?

Please read our fine print here.

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Why would I make my own pasta?

Why would I take this class?

What you’ll learn

Dietary preferences

SIGN UP

Our upcoming classes

Our upcoming classes

CLASS INFO

Let’s play with dough!

About your chef

What can you expect?

FAQ

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