Merida Cooking Class
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Experience Highlights
Learn how to cook typical Yucatecan dishes with all their flavour thanks to these cooking classes in Mérida. With the help of a local chef, you'll learn the secrets of the peninsula's gastronomy and prepare a traditional three-course menu.
This 5-hour experience also includes the process of shopping for ingredients, so you'll learn how to cook everything step by step: from choosing the best raw materials to getting the most out of each element. You'll also get a glimpse of everyday life in the bustling city.
- Learn how to cook a menu of three typicaldishes from the gastronomy of the state of Yucatán.
- Discover all the secrets from a professional local chef.
- Enjoy a stroll through the city of Mérida buying the best raw materials in its markets.
What’s included
- Expert local chef
- Cooking class
- Three-course lunch
- Beverages
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Step by Step
Delve deep into the gastronomy of the state of Yucatan and learn how to cook an authentic three-course local menu with these cooking classes in Merida, a 5-hour experience packed with flavour and learning.
You'll begin your adventure on the streets of the city, where you'll get a glimpse of the day-to-day life and feel like a local as you wander the streets and shops to find the freshest and best ingredients.
You can prepare typical Yucatecan dishes such as empanadas, sikilpak coconut cream, papadzules (corn tortillas filled with boiled egg from traditional Mayan cuisine) or poc chuc (filleted pork marinated in sour orange, garlic and pepper and grilled over charcoal on a plancha or grill).
Thanks to the expert local chef who will guide you through the whole process, you'll discover how to extract every flavour note from each and every ingredient, making your three-course meal like a master of Mexican cuisine.
