Cooking courses and lessons in Ambelas, Paros, Greece

THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GREEK COOKING

No two days will be the same!

Cook with us - 1 Day Programme

Join us in the kitchen and see, smell & taste what will be served as for your dinner.

Learn how to make stuffed tomatoes, lamp and chic peas in the wooden oven, fried zucchinis balls, tzatziki and spinach pies.
Welcome meeting, complementary drinks.
Your friends and family can join you for dinner at our reduced rates, please contact us for details.

Get the Parian recipes, enjoy specialties with local wine and impress your friends at home.

Cook with us - 6 Days Programme

6 Day Program Dates 2009	Program Cook with us Fun lessons	Price per person	Included
May 03-08 May 17-22 May 25-30 June 07-12 June 14-19 June 21-26 September 13-18 September 20-25 September 27/09-02/10 October 04-09	Each day includes: •3-4 hour’s theory and practice of the cooking •2 hours of experiencing the taste of the dishes •Touring in the traditional places of Paros.	€ 360	1. Our daily cooking program with lots of surprises 2. All transportation during the cooking and wine tasting 3. 5 Greek Dinners with wine 4. Welcome drinks and Greek mezes 5. Souvenir Parian Recipes book

 

 

Cook with us - 6 Days Programme 2009

Day 1 – Arrival on Paros Arrival day and check-in at Hotel. Welcome drinks and Greek “mezes”. About evening time, we are going to have our first meeting with a little talk about the program. Day 2 - Vegetables The Morning is free for you to relax or explore the local area. After lunch time around 16.30 – 17.00 we’ll meet at Margarita’s restaurant for an afternoon tea or coffee. Today we are going to work with grape leaves: picking leaves from our grapes and blanching them, making the stuffing, and rolling dolmadakia, preparing also eggplants imam and stuffed tomatoes and vegetables in the oven. Always, the cooking lesson turns into a local fiesta at the end, where the participants will taste the dishes they have prepared, along with home-made wine, local bread and Greek music. Day 3 - Meat & Local herbs After breakfast we will go to the mountains of Paros. Depending of the season, we are going to pick up sage, oregano, capers or if you are lucky, a very special green of Paros “kalfa”. If you collect more herbs than needed, feel free to take them home! Coming back to Margarita’s restaurant, we are learning today how to dry and keep them and in which way Greeks give flavour to their food with them. Today we are going to work with meat: preparing roasted pork with a rosemary sauce and meatballs with mint. Dinner will be served usually at 9 pm. Day 4 - Wine tasting & Fish After breakfast we will visit the award-winning Winery-Museum Moraitis in Naoussa village, www.paroswines.gr, where the family is happy to explain their personal history, the history of the winery, and the cultural aspects of the area. You can, of course, also purchase their award-winning wine and wine tasting is available as well. In the afternoon we will begin our cooking lesson about fish, preparing ‘kakavia’, a special fish soup, charcoal-grilled fish, octopus with pasta and freshly salads. Before our dinner we are going to light our wooden oven and prepare the chick peas for an all night cooking. Day 5 - Light the oven –Starters- Farewell Party After breakfast we are going to have our final cooking lesson. Prepare lamp with potatoes in the wooden oven and learning how we are doing tzatziki, eggplant salad and our zucchini and tomatoes balls. Afternoon is free for napping or exploring the island or just sunbathing next of our pool or preparing for our last night farewell party. Day 6 Today will be the departure day for our guests who are going home. For the ones who haven’t had enough of Paros, feel free to stay with us for some days more!

Please note:

- The sequence of activities might change, subject to weather and to the availability of certain ingredients.
- Your friends and family can join you for dinner at our reduced rates, please contact us about.
- PRE - BOOKING IS REQUIRED