Cooking Class Chania-The Real Cretan Cooking Experience

Details

DURATION

7 hours

DIFFICULTY

Easy

SCHEDULE

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

TYPE

Organized

PICK UP TIME

3:30 pm

PICK UP PLACE

Xenios Dias and Golden Beach central parking

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Highlights

Introduction and welcome drink
Vegetable picking from the family garden
Cooking class of traditional Cretan recipes
Experience the use of the old wood-oven
Hear the stories and origins behind each dish
Introduction of the Cretan weaving tradition
Tour around the theme rooms of the family house
Feel part of a local family inside an embracing environment
Savour the freshly made dinner along with good Cretan wine
Wine tasting combined with cheese platters in Cretan varieties.
Enjoy the spectacular view of the cottage to the sea and the mountain.
Admire extraordinary artefacts and learn about the Cretan way of life in the previous centuries

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Step by Step to an unforgettable experience

An organic garden at the top of the White Mountains

Follow us on the extraordinary journey through the Cretan flavours and taste the real Cretan way of life. Up in the White Mountains’ high peaks, you will prepare some traditional and delicious home-made dishes. Using only healthy organic Cretan ingredients like extra-virgin olive oil, fresh vegetables picked from the garden, dairy products and the most aromatic herbs.

An organic garden at the top of the White Mountains

Cook with organic products from the garden

You will have the chance to walk around our vegetable gardens to see, feel smell, touch and taste the pure products of Mother Earth. Your host will also reveal the secrets of local herbs, how the Cretan olive oil affects people’s health and useful tips about the local products you will use. You will prepare a traditional Cretan recipe with your own hands, learn how Cretans cook.

It's time to taste your flavory creations !

After the magnificent cooking experience, you will taste delicious Cretan wine paired with local cheese. The view of the mountain is breathtaking right out of our window. Enjoying the extraordinary wine, you will feel just like it’s heaven on earth! Later, after the tasting, you will prepare some appetizers like “Ntakos” and “Tzatziki” and, of course, the popular Cretan Cheese-pies “Kalitsouni”. You will love the bread-making as well. In the meanwhile, the meal will be ready. You will taste your own dishes paired with fruity local wine and taste some traditional jar desserts at the end. The healthy Mediterranean diet and the famous Cretan cuisine have already been revealed in front of your eyes.