Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!
Live the experience of shopping fresh fruit and vegetables at an open fruit market as greeks do.Learn how to cook traditional recipes instructed by a professional chef using the almost forgotten method of the wood fired oven. Walk in the ruins of our family olive press,in our olive grove and experience an olive oil tasting. Enjoy a delicious meal in a tranquil enviroment and feel the complete experience of spending one day as part of a Greek family.
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Private Cooking Class for the Real Taste of Greece -Without transportation
Duration: 5 hours: Shopping at the fruit & fish market,cooking and lunch at a local home. Feel like a member of a traditional Greek family.
Lunch: Greek salad,Tzatziki,homemade cheespie ,Pork knuckle grilled in woodfire oven,Dessert,Wine,Beer,Soft drinks,Water.
What's included in Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Strolling through the alleys of the historical centre & monuments,we reach Corfu’s open fruit & fish market. We will buy our fresh organic products, harvested from the corfiot fields a few hours earlier, watch the local producers trying to sell their goods,feel the smell of fresh vegetable,fruit,fish and herbs! Tasting the REAL feta cheese is a MUST! After shopping you will drive your car(if you don't have one,tranfser can be provided at extra cost) in our villa,20km away,where you will learn to prepare and cook traditional greek recipes. Once you arrive at home,we will welcome you with a bruschetta on freshly baked handmade bread and we start with the “hands on” lunch preparation. Just before lunch,a walk in the ruins of our family 200 years old olive press, in our olive grove, and an olive oil tasting is all you need to increase your apetite for a mouthwatering lunch! By inviting you to our home,you spend a few relaxing hours and treated as part of our family!The ancient method of cooking in a wood-fire oven goes back centuries and it's worth trying a delicious meal prepared the same way our grandmothers used to cook. IMPORTANT:THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDES TRANSFER UPON ARRANGEMENT!
Food Menu
STARTER - Freshly baked focaccia bread with bruschetta filling
STARTER - Corfiot gingerbeer(refreshment)
STARTER - Homemmade cheese pie with phyllo pastry,feta,olive oil,herbs
STARTER - Greek salad with fresh vegetables.
Fresh tomatoes,cucumber,peppers,onion,feta cheese,olives and oregano sprinkled with virgin olive oil and wine vinegar.
STARTER - Tzatziki
Refreshing greek yoghurt dip with thin sliced garlic,cucumber and olive oil.
MAIN - Pork knuckle slowly cooked in a wood fire oven
Marinated in local beer,mustard,honey and local herbs,served with potatoes boiled in aromatic herbs broth,drizzled with olive oil,lemon juce & parsley
DESSERT - Baked peaches or apples,filled with walnuts,drenched with honey & wine syrup
MAIN - Corfiot bottledwine,beer,water,soft drinks
Inclusions
- Olive oil tasting
- Tzatziki,greek salad,briam(greek version of"ratatouille"),baked potatoes with olive oil & rosemary,marinated pork knuckle grilled in the wood fire oven,desert,wine or beer,water,soft drinks
- Walk in our olive grove,learn everything about olives trees harvesting
- All fruit,vegetables and dairy products purchased during shopping at the fish & fruit marketping
- Mini "city tour" at the historical centre & Jewish quarter
- Experienced guide
- Transportation from shopping area to the villa for Cooking classes(it can be provided upon request)
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Transportation from the shopping area to the villa for cooking classes(20km away) IS NOT INCLUDED. A return transfer from your hotel or the shopping area can be provided upon request. Please contact us for more details.
