Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class & Family Meal with Market Tour Option

This is a private in-home Moroccan cooking class and meal structured around lunchtime or dinnertime. After welcoming you and getting to know each other, your instructor will describe the menu based on fresh seasonal produce, popular traditional fare, and selections you made during booking. You can be hands-on as much as you like or simply sit back and observe the cooking process while you learn about Moroccan seasoning, key ingredients, Moroccan food traditions, and more. This is a relaxed, fun, and intimate way to learn authentic Moroccan home cooking. The class concludes by sitting down to the meal you helped prepare.

A Market Tour is available as an add-on when booking a lunchtime class. Instead of meeting at your instructor’s home, you’ll connect with her at a local market for a short tour before your class. It’s fun to get off the beaten path and see local shopping traditions and more! Please note that a market tour will extend your experience by one hour.

You’ll be able to specify food preferences while booking. Unless you request specific dishes, menus are seasonal and will vary by instructor. Here are some of the authentic Moroccan dishes you might try:
♦ Lamb or Beef with Prunes or Other Dried Fruits
♦ Berber Tagine with Meat and Vegetables
♦ Stuffed Sardines – butterflied fillets are stuffed with chermoula
♦ Moroccan Meatball Tagine – mini-meatballs in homemade tomato sauce
♦ Moroccan Brochettes – Marinated tender cubes of beef or lamb cooked over charcoal
♦ Stewed Lentils – cooked with herbs and Moroccan spices
♦ Baqqula – mallow (or spinach) which is steamed then sauteed with herbs and spices
♦ Zaalouk – A dip-like cooked salad of eggplant and tomatoes
♦ Taktouka – A shakshuka-like salad of tomatoes and peppers
♦ Assorted vegetable salads – chermoula marinade is a favorite treatment
♦ Moroccan Pastries – Assorted traditional cookies

Menu upgrades are available during checkout to learn to make specialty dishes such as Chicken Bastilla, Seafood Bastilla, or Mechoui (Roast Leg of Lamb). If you have another specific dish you’d like to request, let us know!