Homemade Cavatelli

Let’s make pasta from scratch: no special equipment necessary!  Hipcooks teacher Joe is sharing his mother’s special recipe for homemade, melt-in-the-mouth Cavatelli. With just 1 egg, flour, and ricotta — you’ll have a new dinnertime faily favorite.

While the cavatelli dough rests, we will teach you through two options for sauces — so you can get cavatelli making and cavatelli eating, for a delicious family dinner.

Homemade Cavatelli: Just a few ingredients make the magic!

Here’s what to have on hand to get ready for Homemade Cavatelli. This will make 4 servings:

For the Pasta Dough:

15 ounces (1 tub) ricotta
2 cups flour, plus plenty of additional flour for rolling/shaping*
1 egg

*for a gluten-free version, use gluten-free all-purpose flour in place of regular flour. (King Arthur and Bob’s Red Mill both carry nice gluten-free flours.)

Equipment:

bowl and a large spoon 
large pot with salted water – brought to a boil before class, turned off and lidded
wooden spoon (if you have one)
a cheese grater and/or Microplane

If you’d like to make a Tomato confit you’ll need:

2-3 tomatoes
1 clove of garlic
olive oil and/or butter
salt and pepper
herbs, like parsley or basil — fresh or dried
parmesan, romano, or pecorino cheese

If you’d like a Lemon, pea & mint sauce you’ll need:

a lemon (with a grater and squeezer nearby)
a handful of mint
a handful of frozen peas
butter
parmesan, romano, or pecorino cheese

Virtual cooking classes at Hipcooks

Expand your Quarantine Cooking and bring Hipcooks to your kitchen with our online cooking classes. We all cook step-by-step and side-by-side for an interactive experience.

Join us for this online cooking class on zoom, or get your own group together for a lively Livestream: Coworkers & clients, Friends & family, and kids for a Private virtual cooking class. We’ll work with you to book a date and time that work for you. More info on our Private virtual cooking classes here.

These classes are based on recipes with no more than a handful of easy-to-find ingredients. If you don’t have exactly what’s needed, don’t worry: we teach adaptable skills. We’ll send your group ingredients & tools checklists before your class, and recipes afterward. These classes are delightful — join us!