Cooking class-“Learn to cook Greek”
Cooking lessons specializing in the Greek cuisine, where you will have the opportunity to put your hands in the dough and participate more in the preparation of each Greek menu! You will learn the benefits of the healthy Greek diet and the variety of ingredients and herbs of the region of Thessaloniki. You and your local chef first will go to the Markets to buy some of your ingredients and then back to the workshop-restaurant.
A sample of a menu inspired by the cuisine of North Greece is;
“Perek pie” traditional pie, from the Pontians, with fresh herbs and feta, accompanied with Greek yogurt.
“Soutzoukakia Smirneika” long meatballs (beef) with spices in tomato sauce, a recipe coming from the Greek immigrants from Smyrna accompanied with eggplant puree
or
“Gemista” stuffed tomatoes and peppers with minced meat rice, raisins , pine nuts and aromatic herbs.
“Choriatiki” salad , with tomato , cucumber, capers, olives, fresh oregano, feta cheese and extra virgin olive oil
or
green lettuce, rocket salad, salad with yellow goat’s cheese and petimezi sauce.
“Chalvas Politikos” a traditional dessert coming from the Greek immigrants of Constantinople (Istanbul), semolina cooked with milk , butter, sugar and toasted almonds, served with ice cream “Kaimaki” !
or
“Galaktoboureko” pastry rolls filled with cream, baked and then served with hot lemony sirop.
Moreover, a variety of olives from the region will be served, as well as extra virgin olive oil, to taste as pre starters.
Selected wine from the area.
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Important Information
Price Includes
- Local, English-speaking tour escort
- Photographs from the tour
- Welcome Greek coffee with traditional dessert
- Introduction to the history of Northern Greek cuisine and the benefits of the Greek way of cooking
- 2h hands-on cooking lesson oriented to the Greek cuisine, sample menus: Pies with handmade dough, meze assortments, meat menus, dessert, or your favorite Greek dish
- Lunch/dinner will follow (depending on the starting time) after the hands-on cooking lesson with a glass of wine from the wineries of the area
- You will end the meal with a certificate of participation
Cost
- Depends on the number of persons. Please contact us for more info.
- Minimum number of participants:2
- Maximum number of participants:12
Our Local Food Specialists operate every day, except:
- On Sundays, because the food markets are closed.
- On official national holidays because the markets are closed as well: 28th of October/24th to 26th of December/29th to the 2nd of January/6th of January/ 27th of February/25thof March/ 19th to 22nd of April / 1st of May/17th of June
