Heraklion (Iraklion), Crete, Greece Trip Overview
Arolithos Traditional Cretan Village organizes Cretan cooking lessons. Take a mini-tour in the Arolithos museum, prepare your own dishes, and delight in the foods you have created.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Heraklion (Iraklion), Crete, Greece, Greece
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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Arolithos Traditional Cretan Village organizes Cretan cooking lessons. Take a mini-tour in the Arolithos museum, prepare your own dishes, and delight in the foods you have created.
Receive a short 30-minute tour on your arrival at the museum of rural history and folk craft in the Arolithos Traditional Cretan Village.
Traditional Cretan cuisine is considered to be one of the healthiest in the world. Here you can learn from the masters while they create famous Cretan dishes which you can participate in before making your very own. You can create stuffed vine leaves, stuffed vegetables, pork with wine sauce, lamb with green beans, traditional Cretan ntakos, tzatziki and sarikopites, and coiled cheese pies.
Afterwards, you can sit down to enjoy the dishes you have prepared with local wine and mineral water. Participants will also receive a cooking certification document, which has been authorized by the Arolithos Traditional Cretan Village.
Stop At:
• Arolithos Traditional Cretan Village, 11th km Palaia Ethniki Odos Heraklion – Rethimnon, Heraklion, Crete 715 00 Greece
• Museum of Local Art and Agricultural History, 11th km on the Old National Road From Heraklion to Rethymnon, Heraklion, Crete 71500 Greece
Sample Menu
• Stuffed vine leaves – Stuffed vines leaves sprinkled with lemon juice
• Tzatziki – Yogurt with cucumber , garlic, olive oil, salt and vinegar
• Kritharokouloura- Ntakos – Rusk barley with tomato olive oil and feta cheese
• Mpekri meze – Pork with onions, olive oil, pepper and wine
• Lamp in red sauce with green beans – Lamp with tomato sauce wine and green beans
• Sarikopites “sour cheese pies” – Dough with cheese and honey
