Private Day Trip to Atlas Mountains from Marrakech with Berber Cooking Class
Marrakech, Morocco
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 1 day
Private cooking class in the High Atlas Mountains with a genuine Berber family in order to experience the local cuisine while enjoying the surrounding beautiful mountain landscape and the local market.
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Private cooking class in the High Atlas Mountains with a genuine Berber family in order to experience the local cuisine while enjoying the surrounding beautiful mountain landscape and the local market.
Berber cooking class can be be taken on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays to explore the local Berber weekly market. You experience the cooking from start to finish, from buying the spices and fresh produce at the weekly markets, to enjoying the meal while soaking in the lush mountains and village life surrounding you.
The trip Starts at 9am with a pick up from your accommodation, then head to the Berber market to select fresh ingredients (meat, vegetables, depending whether you would like to cook Tagine or couscous. Next, you will explore the beautiful Ourika Valley, where you will visit the women cooperative (where the women make Moroccan oil and herbs).
Then you will go and join a real Berber family in their house. The cooking courses are run by Malika, the grandmother of the family, an experienced Berber cook whose secret recipes have been passed down her family for generations. Your English-speaking driver/guide, will do the translation to English and will be assisting in the course as you learn about the techniques of traditional Berber cooking, for example how to make mint tea, how to made bread, how to cook it in a traditional oven with wood fire, and how to take milk from cows.
The cook provides a wealthy source of information in Moroccan cuisine, cooking methods, and spices. Dishes are cooked in traditional earthenware Tajines on a Majmar, a charcoal burning brazier. You will be back in Marrakesh around 5pm.
The trip Starts at 9am with a pick up from your accommodation, then head to the Berber market to select fresh ingredients (meat, vegetables, depending whether you would like to cook Tagine or couscous. Next, you will explore the beautiful Ourika Valley, where you will visit the women cooperative (where the women make Moroccan oil and herbs).
Then you will go and join a real Berber family in their house. The cooking courses are run by Malika, the grandmother of the family, an experienced Berber cook whose secret recipes have been passed down her family for generations. Your English-speaking driver/guide, will do the translation to English and will be assisting in the course as you learn about the techniques of traditional Berber cooking, for example how to make mint tea, how to made bread, how to cook it in a traditional oven with wood fire, and how to take milk from cows.
The cook provides a wealthy source of information in Moroccan cuisine, cooking methods, and spices. Dishes are cooked in traditional earthenware Tajines on a Majmar, a charcoal burning brazier. You will be back in Marrakesh around 5pm.
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