Class Offerings
Each lesson is a custom tailored experience!
Make the most of your time with Chef Joe, by considering a few different things before deciding on your virtual experience.
Do you have a pasta sheeter?
Are you comfortable following a recipe & making dough in advance?
Do you want the lesson to function as a real-time cook along?
Do you have any dietary preferences or restrictions?
Handmade Pasta 101
This lesson is for all pasta lovers, perfect for all skill-levels, and requires no special tools or equipment.
This class will go over everything you need to know about flour & water pasta dough, making various styles of cavatelli, orecchiette, and pici by hand, and culminating in a cooking of a complete dish.
No Special Tools Required
*For this class to act as a real-time cook along, the dough must be made in advance and given ample time to rest. If you are not familiar, Chef Joe can demonstrate the dough making and kneading upon request. During the lesson, he will have an additional dough prepared, rested and ready for the demonstration.
“Best cooking class I’ve ever taken, either in person or virtually! I’m not a novice cook, so truly did not expect to learn as much as I did. The tips and tricks were invaluable.”
Ricotta Dumplings
Have you ever craved just the cheesy filling for pasta without all of the work that goes into making, rolling, sheeting, and shaping dough?
Then this is the lesson for you! Chef Joe will share his recipe, steps, and techniques for making the most perfect, pillowy, and dreamy ricotta dumplings.
No Tools Required
Real Time Cook-Along
“The best thing I’ve ever tasted. The pace was perfect to stay with, the food was amazing, and I will definitely take another class in the future—I learned so much! We took the class as a virtual “date night” and it was actually more fun than going out for a date.”
Noodles
There is a process and technique to making ribbon noodles. Chef Joe will show you the steps and fundamentals for making this classic dish, from start to finish.
It can be argued that it is the dough that makes or breaks the pasta. One of the secrets to luxurious noodles is having the perfect dough.
Going into his bag of tricks, Chef Joe shares his favorite dough recipes for egg-yolk tagliatelle.
Not everyone has the time (or energy) to knead dough the old-fashioned way, by hand. Instead learn a few modern shortcuts and adjustments for how-to let your stand-mixer do most of the work for you.
This lesson is for all skill-levels, and will be using a KitchenAid stand mixer, as well as the pasta sheeter attachment.
*To make the most of your time, it is beneficial to have the dough made and rested in advance.
“This class was so fun and the gnocchi was delicious! Chef Joe was friendly, engaging and easy to follow. I did the class with my 12 year old son and 74 year old father (via FaceTime) and we all had a blast. Made us all feel connected and happy.”
Potato Gnocchi
Dumplings are pasta too! This lesson is for all skill-levels and great for a large group.
What separates a good cook from a great cook are all the little tricks and shortcuts they have picked-up throughout their career.
Get ready to learn the pro tips and tricks from one of the best while also mastering making a light, fluffy, and pillowy dumpling.
No Tools Required
Real Time Cook-Along
“Thanks, Chef Joe, for another fantastic and fun class! Your passion for cooking and making pasta came right through the camera and into my kitchen. That, with a glass of wine were the perfect cure for a case of the Saturday afternoon quarantine blues. For a pasta-making novice like me, it was great to learn the techniques, do’s and don’ts, and the secrets to making delicious gnocchi! I learned so much about making pasta; the tools, the ingredients, the dough consistencies, different types of flour, all kinds of good stuff! Thank you again for a great experience and teaching a skill that will last a lifetime!”
Tortellini
This class will go over everything you need to know about making a perfect egg pasta dough for tortellini, how to create the classic tortellini filling al Bologna, the secrets to shaping and creating the pesky tortellini fold, and the basics of finishing the dish in an traditional brodo or fancy butter sauce.
Have you ever wondered what separates an everyday tortellini from an out-of-body tortellini experience? It’s what goes into it, of course! But really, we are talking about the filling. Learn Chef Joe’s personal tortellini filling recipe, passed on to him from generations old technique, shared by Italian nonnas from Bologna, Italy.
Pasta Sheeter and Stand Mixer Preferred
“Excellent class. Joe is a really good teacher, he goes way beyond the recipe. I learned things that I can apply to all of my cooking! Do yourself a favor and take a class from Joe Sasto.”
Filled Pasta 101
This class will go over everything you need to know about making an egg yolk pasta dough, Joe's favorite three ingredient filling, sheeting dough, and making tortelli, scarpinoc, caramelle, and a variety of other shapes, all by hand.
This all culminates in a cooking tutorial highlighting the basics of a pan emulsion, using butter and pasta water. This lesson is for all skill-levels, and will be using a KitchenAid stand mixer and pasta sheeter.
*Various customization options available
“Wonderful class!!! I had a basic knowledge of pasta making from family recipes, and some pasta books I have read. Joes class taught me several things that I did not know and already used to much success. It made me feel like I was back in my childhood kitchen. He is so knowledgeable and his passion for pasta really shows. His classes are enjoyable and worth taking!”
Taste The Rainbow
This class will go over everything you need to know about making Chef Joe's striped and multi-colored or speckled egg-yolk pasta dough. Using vegetable powder to color and flavor doughs, how to create unique striped multi-colored patterns in pasta shapes, the secrets to a perfect spinach & ricotta filling, the steps to sheeting, laminating, filling and shaping.
*Colors and patterns can be added to any of the previously listed lessons
Pasta Sheeter Required
Finishing the Dish
There are a variety of options for finishing the dish and the accompanying cooking demonstration, which can accommodate any dietary restrictions or allergies that anyone in the group may have. All these finishes complement the pasta deliciously and allow the cook to add some personality. A few of our usual options include, but are not limited to the following:
Sasto Family Marinara
Perfecto Pesto
Classic Carbonara
Meat Ragú
Cacio e Pepe
Fancy Butter & Cheese
Endless Virtual Experiences
Your experience does not need to be focused on only pasta. While Chef Joe is considered one of the best at what he does, he has over a decade of experience in 2 & 3 Michelin starred restaurants, as well as, cooking for countless celebrities and public officials. Take advantage of spending an afternoon or evening learning how to recreate your favorite restaurant dish or brush up on a recipe that has been giving you difficulty.
From pizza to season vegetables, breads to desserts. Chef Joe will guide you to understanding the why’s behind your favorite recipe and not just the how’s.
