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 you will go to the Markets to buy some of your ingredients and then you go back to workshop-restaurant.
A sample of a menu inspired from the cuisine of North Greece is;

“Perek pie” traditional pie, from the Pontians, with fresh s 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 , 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 Istanbul! and again the Greek immigrants , 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.
Also 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 the 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 you favorite Greek dish
Lunch/dinner will follow (depending the starting time) after the hands on cooking lesson with a glass of wine from wineries of the area
You will end the meal with a certificate of participation

Cost

Depends number of persons please contact us.
Minimum of participants:2
Maximum 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: 28^th of October/24^th to 26^th of December/29^th to the 2^nd of January/6^th of January/ 27^th of February/25^thof March/ 19^th to 22nd of April / 1^st of May/17^th of June
From the 12^th to the 25th of August 2019