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Traditional Moroccan and Berber cooking classes

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Essaouira
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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Language
English, French, Arabic
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Immerse yourself in Moroccan culture with hands-on cooking classes. Learn to prepare traditional dishes using fresh, local ingredients. Experience authentic flavors in a warm, welcoming setting.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Fluent in French, English, Arabic and Berber, I love communicating and passing on the values of my Moroccan culture, based on sharing and respect. I offer varied menus with fresh or cooked starters, main courses and home-made desserts. I use fresh, quality produce, mainly local, to reduce my carbon footprint.

My priorities are to satisfy my customers, to share a tasty pleasure and an unforgettable moment in a typically Moroccan atmosphere.

I pay particular attention to cleanliness and hygiene throughout my cooking classes.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Vegetarian tajine
Dish made with seasonal vegetables with Moroccan spices and olive oil.
MAIN
Vegetarian or meat couscous (chicken or lamb)
Wheat semolina couscous with seven vegetables: squash, carrots, zucchini, onions, tomatoes, green cabbage, turnips, chickpeas, with or without chicken.
STARTER
Moroccan salads
Tomato and grilled pepper salad (shlada) or eggplant puree (Zaalouk) or carrot salad with cumin or tomato and eggplant Taktouka
DESSERT
Cinnamon Oranges
A fresh Moroccan dessert of oranges with cinnamon, or grated carrots with orange and orange flower water, or cucumbers with orange.
MAIN
Tagine of sardine meatballs
A tasty tagine made with tomato sauce and sardines in meatballs, seasoned with Moroccan spices.
DESSERT
Baklawa
Delicious oriental pastry made from almond or walnut fruits and honey.
MAIN
Chicken pastilla with almonds
A typically Moroccan sweet and savory, festive and tasty recipe, based on chicken and almonds with the scent of cinnamon and saffron.
MAIN
Moroccan soup (Lahrira)
A complete traditional dish with or without meat, chickpeas, lentils, celery, parsley, coriander, tomatoes, faeces, vermicelli, etc.

What You Get

Snacks
Small Moroccan cakes
Bottled water
Tea and coffee
Tasting of mint tea or spiced coffee
Private transportation

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

Moroccan and Berber cookery course programme: Participants are welcomed in a Moroccan setting and immersed in Moroccan tradition and culture. Presentation of the day's programme over Moroccan cakes and mint tea, the secrets of whose preparation you will learn. Introduction to recipes and spices Presentation of the chosen recipes (tagine, or couscous, or pastilla, Moroccan salads, etc.). Presentation of traditional spices and condiments and explanation of their role in Moroccan cuisine (ras el hanout, cumin, saffron, cinnamon, preserved lemon, olives, etc.). Preparing the main course: Participants get involved in every stage of preparation, from cutting up the ingredients to seasoning. Specific cooking techniques depending on the recipe: simmered tajine, steamed couscous, crispy pastilla. Preparing Moroccan salads: preparing classic salads such as carrot salad with chermoula, aubergine zaalouk or taktouka. Participants sit down to enjoy the dish they have prepared together. End of the course and distribution of recipe cards, final discussion.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

21 Av. Princesse Lalla Amina, Avenue Princesse Lalla Amina, Essaouira Marrakech-Safi, Morocco, MA, 44000

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Meet next to the Pharmacie de la plage, avenue Princesse Lalla Amina, Essaouira
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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