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Today we headed out of town to a farmhouse where we did a pasta cooking class

We had a very pleasant time. It was a very intimate class with only four of us. The venue was well set up with each of us having our own workstation.

The surroundings were lovely and peaceful and the day was most enjoyable.

First off, we had to dress to look the part.

We started off by peeling and dicing apples for our desert. which we then placed on the stove to stew with some sugar, cinnamon, cherry liqueur and a little water. While the apples were simmering the tutor showed us how she makes a bolognese sauce for the pasta we would make.

Next was making the pasta dough. We created a well of flour, broke an egg into the wall and slowly incorporated the egg into the flour. Once all the egg and flour was combined a little kneading and we ended up with a nice ball of dough.

Then we rolled out the dough, looped it concertina style and sliced it to make tagliatelle strips.

We then prepared our desert, – apple with cream patisserie in filo pastry.

We then sat down to eat our creations for lunch. Having to eat your own creations sharpened our focus on the instructions! It was delicious!