Sfoglia 3 Days

We use soft wheat flour for the traditional pasta dough taught at the school. Choose the same type when practising the recipes at home, so you can work with the same kind of dough and become more confident with the techniques learnt during the course.

Yes, Italian type 0 flour can make excellent pasta dough. You do not have to use type 00 exclusively. You can use type 0 for your pasta, following the recipe and paying attention to the dough’s consistency as you work.

We use whole eggs, including both yolks and whites, in the traditional pasta dough taught at the school. To recreate the course recipe, follow this approach rather than replacing the whole eggs with yolks alone, which would produce a different dough.

Yes, for the recipe taught at the school, you can use either refrigerated eggs or eggs at room temperature. You do not need to choose one over the other to make the dough. Follow the recipe’s proportions and instructions for working it.

As a guide, dough made with one egg is enough for three portions of filled pasta. For unfilled pasta, use a two-egg batch instead. These are approximate quantities, so also take into account the portion sizes you would like to serve.

Yes, you can follow the VSB Bologna YouTube channel, which includes content on working with fresh pasta dough. The videos are a useful way to watch the rolling technique again and support your own practice alongside what you learn in class.

The school’s official book is “Maestra Spisni, il manuale di Sfoglia”. It is our recommended reference for continuing to study pasta-making and supporting your practice after the course. The title is given in Italian so you can identify the book correctly.

To book, email booking@vsb-bologna.it with the period in which you would like to attend. The course does not have fixed dates published on the website, so contacting the booking team directly is the way to check availability for your preferred period.

The three day course does not follow a fixed calendar published online. To find out whether it is available during your preferred period, email booking@vsb-bologna.it and specify the dates or date range you have in mind.

On the first day, we recommend arriving ten minutes before the course begins. This gives you time to complete registration and start the lesson on schedule. Please allow for this short amount of extra time when planning your arrival.