Cretan Cooking Class and Dinner: Evening in a Rethymno Home
Take part in an evening well-spent cooking local Greek dishes on the beautiful island of Crete! Androniki will teach you to make a selection of traditional Greek appetizers, mains and desserts, and then you'll be able to enjoy them!
The cooking class place takes place outside using Androniki's wood oven, homegrown produce (vegetables) and homemade ingredients (olive oil). From classic Greek dishes like kremidokalitsouna, Chortopities and Sfakianes pites to homemade drinks like Raki, you're in for a treat!
Expect plenty of food and delicious Greek wine, traditional Greek hospitality and great company!
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Cretan Cooking Class and Dinner: Evening in a Rethymno Home
What's included in Cretan Cooking Class and Dinner: Evening in a Rethymno Home
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Learn to cook like a local with your host, Androniki, in her home in the hills of one of the most beautiful islands in Greece, for a truly wonderful experience of fantastic Greek hospitality! Experience a magical evening learning how to cook Greek and local Cretan dishes outdoors with your host's amazing wood oven and using homegrown produce including fresh vegetables and olive oil! Discover the fundamentals behind making classic Greek dishes like kremidokalitsouna, Chortopities and Sfakianes pites utilising Androniki’s expert home techniques, to transform you into the ultimate dinner party host back home! After you’re done cooking, you’ll sit down and enjoy what you’ve cooked together. Try the Raki that Androniki and her husband make at home. This fiery spirit packs quite the punch! Expect plenty of food and delicious Greek wine, traditional Greek hospitality and great company! And take away amazing recipes that you can make in your own kitchen.
Food Menu
STARTER - Raki or Greek coffee
STARTER - Cheese pies
STARTER - Kremidokalitsouna
Small pies with onions
STARTER - Chortopites
Small pies with many (10-12) different wild greens
STARTER - Sfakianes pites
Pies with home made cheese
STARTER - Greek Salad
Greek salad with home made barley rusk, tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, onion, caper, kritamo, olives, and off course enough olive oil.
STARTER - Dolmadakia
Stuffed vine leaves, zucchini flowers with rice, vegetables, herbs and olive oil
MAIN - Moussaka
The famous Greek dish (potatoes, zucchini, aubergines, minced meat in tomatoes sauce, béchamel)
MAIN - Giouvetsi
Rooster with orzo in the wood oven (traditional Sunday dish)
DESSERT - Greek yogurt or homemade ice cream with sweet spoon or a local sweet
Inclusions
- Outdoor cooking class with a wood oven
- Drinks and beverages (Red Wine, White Wine, Digestif, Water)
- Lunch
- Homegrown produce & Homemade Raki
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- ⚠️THE FULL ADDRESS WILL BE ON YOUR CONFIRMATION VOUCHER UNDER THE "BEFORE YOU GO" SECTION.
- Guests need to communicate if they have any food restriction (allergy, special diet, etc.)
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- ⚠️THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE ADDRESS. THE FULL ADDRESS WILL BE ON YOUR CONFIRMATION VOUCHER UNDER THE "BEFORE YOU GO" SECTION.
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Host Name: Androniki Karagianni Address: Λούτρα 741 00, Ελλάδα Direction: The distance between our village,Loutra, and the town of Rethymno is 11 km. You can come to us by car, taxi or take the bus from Rethymno. Host phone number: +306948247099