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Participate in traditional Cretan cooking lessons hosted in your guide's home in a small, traditional village close to Rethimno. Step into the garden to gather organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, wild greens, fresh milk, fresh meat, and the olive oil that is the gold of Cretan land. Prepare authentic dishes using family recipes passed down through generations, and discover the family secrets of Cretan cuisine. The menu can also be modified for vegetarian guests.
Step into the garden to gather organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, wild greens, fresh milk, fresh meat, and the olive oil that is the gold of Cretan land.
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Enter the garden where your Rethimno guide cultivates organic vegetables and fruits. They also produce their own olive oil.
Collect seasonal greens, herbs, fruits, wild greens, fresh milk, fresh meat, and, of course, the gold of Cretan land: olive oil.
Prepare dishes with these ingredients using recipes that have been passed down through generations. The menu can be modified for vegetarian guests.
Where this trip takes you
Rethimno garden, organic vegetables and olive oil, small traditional village near Rethimno
The route
The fine print
English-speaking Rethimnon tour guide
Cooking Lesson:
Aperitif (Cretan welcome)
Raki or Greek coffee (Raki is a famous local drink)
Cheese pies - small pies with homemade cheese and honey (kalitsounia)
During the lesson:
Kremidokalitsouna: small pies with onions
Chortopites: small pies with many (10-12) different wild greens
Sfakianes pies: pies with homemade cheese, a Sfakia speciality (you will prepare it together)
Appetizer:
Homemade cheese with fresh milk from sheep and goats (you will prepare it together)
Tzatziki: strained yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, and olive oil (you will prepare it together)
Greek salad with homemade barley rusk, tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, onion, caper, kritamo, olives, and plenty of olive oil
Pepper stuffed with feta, homemade cheese, and kefalotiri, baked in the wood oven
Dolmadakia: stuffed vine leaves and zucchini flowers with rice, vegetables, herbs, and olive oil (you will prepare it together)
Keftedakia: fried meatballs (you will prepare them together)
Main Dishes:
Moussaka: the famous Greek dish with potatoes, zucchini, aubergines, minced meat in tomato sauce, and béchamel, baked in the wood oven (you will prepare it together)
Giouvetsi: rooster with orzo in the wood oven (a traditional Sunday dish)
All these are accompanied by plenty of homemade wine
Dessert:
Greek yogurt or homemade ice cream with sweet spoon
Strained yoghurt or homemade ice cream with homemade fruit sweet
Raki, homemade liqueur, and fresh seasonal fruit
Drinks & Beverages:
Red wine
White wine
Digestif
Pick-up and drop-off
Tips
Inform the guide about your pick-up location, and they will provide you with the best possible price for your pick-up and drop-off.
Logistics
Your 4 hours finish where they began, in Rethimno 741 00.
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