Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!

5.0
(54 reviews)

5 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

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.

Example 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

What's Included

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)

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

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.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

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!

Additional info

  • 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
Supplied by Corfu Outdoor & Leisure Activities

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