Valentina Masotti Sommelier del Riso

Rice and risotto Cooking class

Discover all the secrets of rice in my lessons, in Italian or English.

Online lessons on rice and risotto

Live Streaming

Rice lesson

Cooking lesson

Live questions

1. Cooking class: risotto

In this course we will find out which are the best risotto rices and we will see how to cook the perfect risotto.

Program:

European Classification of rice.
Italian rice cultivation map
What kind of rice for every use? From soup to salad, from sushi to risotto, learn to distinguish the different types of rice.
Carnaroli and the other italian rices for risotto.
An international history: risotto.
How to prepare risotto in 4 steps.
Risotto alla Milanese: from Pellegrino Artusi to Michelin Stars.
Let's cook risotto!

2. Cooking class: whole rice

Discovering browned cereal, with its nutritional values and great versatility in the kitchen.

Course program:

Whole and milled rice
Half-milled rice
Parboiled rice
Nutritional values
Red rice
Black rice
What is the pink rice?
Whole rice cooking methods:
boiling
absorption
pressure cooker.
Let's cook brown rice!

3. Cooking class: Aromatic rice

Basmati is the best known and most popular Indian aromatic rice. Jasmin is from Thailand; Aromatic rice is also grown in Italy. Let's find out what they are and how we can cook them.

Course program:

What are Italian aromatic rices?
European rice classification
The most famous aromatic rices in the world: Basmati, Jasmine, Sadri.
Long B aromatic rice: from salads to side dishes
Pilaf cooking method for rice
Let's cook aromatic pilaf rice!

How it works

Come with me to discover Italian rice, in its various forms and in its different uses in the kitchen. Each of the three courses described above will be activated in webinar mode, with a video call made through the Zoom platform. Each course includes an initial theoretical part, following a presentation that will be sent to you at the end of the course by e-mail.

In the second part of the course we will move to the kitchen to follow all the preparation steps.

I will email you the link to connect to the videoconference and the list of what you will need for the recipe. This is an excellent tool for expanding your gastronomic culture, learning not only how to cook, but learning valuable information to choose the right and quality material.