Hands on if you'd like!
Cattivella Cooking Class Schedule 2025
Classes Times: 11-1pm ( there are some exceptions)
Please call to book your class: 303-645-3779
Classes are $80 plus tax and 20% service charge ( Special Classes like Truffle Class are more)
We host private cooking classes both on property and at your home. Contact Chef Elise to learn more information. elise@cattivelladenver.com
June 14, 2025
Risotto Class - learn to make Risotto. Everyone will have their own station equipped with all tools and selection of ingredients you can add to your own personal risotto.
June 28, 2025
House Made Pancetta and Carbonara - learn how to cure your own pancetta then make classic carbonara pasta. All guests take home 6oz of their own pancetta to cure at home.
August 2, 2025
Lasagna alla Bolognese - this is NOT your American cake of wavy pasta, ricotta and mozzarella!! This is the AUTHENTIC …..haunting delicious and delicate lasagna that blasts your taste buds and satisfies your tummy with layers of bechamel, slow cooked meat sauce, parmigiana and fresh pasta sheets. Hands down a plate licker!
August 23, 2025
Pizza Class - learn how to make napolitana pizza dough, cook in an authentic wood oven and make your own pizza for lunch! One of the most popular classes Chef Elise teaches!
September 6, 2025
Spinach Gnudi - "Naked Ravioli" refers to the filling of a traditional spinach ravioli but made into a dumpling with sage brown butter sauce
September 13, 2025
Roasted Butternut Squash and Amaretti stuffed Tortelloni - This is bigger size of tortellini. Learn how to shape these "Navel Shaped" stuffed pasta and serve with classic sage, sweet butter and 12 year old
balsamic di modena.
September 27, 2025
Gnocchi alla Sorrentina - so delicate lil potato dumplings pillows with pomodoro sauce, fresh basil and buffalo mozzarella. Learn the secrets behind making oh so lite lil pillows.
October 4, 2025
Tuscan Porchetta - The holidays are coming up! Learn how to make this crowd pleaser of Tuscan recipes. Pork belly wrapped around pork loin with herbs and garlic in between with a crunchy crispy crackling on the outside.
Nov. 1, 2025
Stinco di Agnello Brasato - Braised Lamb Shank over creamy polenta. It's the holidays. Nothing is easier yet more satisfying than a slow braise meat shank. If you are having company over…this is a easier Winner to serve. For those people that say they don't like lamb….I promise they will love it after they have this one. HINT: the concentration of gaminess is the fat…usually people have lamb chops the first time and eat the fat on the out side which concentrates the gamey flavor. Learn more about "gamey" animals and why people are missing out.
Dec. 6, 2025
Pizza Class - learn how to make napolitana pizza dough, cook in an authentic wood oven and make your own pizza for lunch! One of the most popular classes Chef Elise teaches!