Pizza with Pierluigi of Fatto a Mano
$100 pp.
In this class, we enjoy antipasto, pizza and dolce with Fatto a Mano's Pierluigi Mazzella, who has risen to Baker of the Year! Join Pierluigi in Tim's Kitchen for a spirited class/demonstration, where we will learn to make pizzas from the Farm's wood-burning oven, using the best locally sourced ingredients. Naturally, we will have a chance to eat along the way. The event promises to be delicious and fun! BYO wines/bevs.
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Antipasto:
•Artisan cheese & cured meats
•Handmade sourdough grissini accompanied by feta-pesto from Beaver Brook farm & salame from Walden Hill farm
First Course: Pizza al padellino (1 gourmet round style + 1 Roman style pizza)
•Carbonara pizza with Beaver Brook Farm eggs & Walden Hill Farm guanciale.
•Coppa from Walden Hill Farm, cow ricotta from Beaver Brook Farm & marinated Tropea onion
Dolce:
•Craquelin Cream puff with Ilse coffee-marscarpone Tiramisù filling
Chef Bio
Born and raised on the beautiful island of Ischia, Italy, founder Pierluigi Mazzella fell in love with all things food. His father is a professional fisherman on the island and showed the family what it really means to buy fresh and local. This passion for high quality and sustainable food never left Pierluigi as he moved through his culinary-based high school and into the professional food industry. He worked his way around Italy in pizzerias, restaurants, and artisanal bakeries before moving to the US in 2017.
Before opening Fatto a Mano, Pierluigi worked at popular bakeries in Darien and New Haven. He started Fatto a Mano as a small side hustle from his home kitchen in Monroe, under a Cottage Food permit. In 2021, he quit his bakery job to run Fatto a Mano full time, when the demand started to increase. His neighbors could not get enough of the sourdough breads, biscotti, and most popularly, the artisanal panettone! The decision paid off, as he received the award of 2022 Baker of the Year by the Connecticut Restaurant Association.
Pierluigi's passion drives him to constantly research, learn, and experiment. His goal is to create products full of flavor and personality, made with the highest quality ingredients. Pierluigi wants to share his passion with all of you, and hopefully change your perspective of how certain foods should not be seen as the enemy! Instead, we must be more conscious about the ingredients we are using/eating.