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!

Online class | 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.

1. Prepare the ingredients

2. Connect to the link received by email

3. Log into Zoom

4. Begin the lesson on rice

5. Start cooking

6. Questions

Details

Availability

All year on request

Time

90 minutes

Language

Italian or English

Video conference

Online with Zoom (I will send you all the details after booking)

Prices

Contact me for more information about the price



Do you prefer a lesson  in presence?

We can schedule the cooking classes also in the presence. Contact me for more information and costs.

Contact me

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Some of my rice courses:

Introductory course to the sensory analysis of rice.

Recognize quality rice right from the packaging thanks to the law on labeling.

Coldiretti Novara, 2022

Live Webinar, international Cooking class dedicated to European customers.

Story of risotto and how to cook the perfect risotto.

Acquerello rice, 2021

Live Webinar Cooking class.

History of Italian risotto.

Cooking Milanese risotto with gold leaf by chef Gualtiero Marchesi.

Chanel Milan, 2021

Rice of Baraggia Biellese and Vercellese PDO.

Characteristics of the Rice varieties grown in the further north rice fields of Italy. 

Barolo collisions, 2019

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