ANDEAN COOKING CLASS

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Price: $ 130.00 per person
• Group size: 2 - 12 people

This experience brings us closer to Andean culture with a peak into its past and an exploration of its current idiosyncrasies. Unforgettable activity if you want to understand a little deeper the Incas culture.

• • STEP 1: THE MEETING
    Chef and participant introductions.

• • STEP 2: ALL HANDS IN THE POT!
    The dish we will prepare is one of the most representative plates of the South American Andes, Pachamanca. In order to obtain the best flavour the ingredients must marinate for one hour. During this step we will prepare the products we will use, prepare the dressings used and leave the meats used in the dish marinating.

• • STEP 3: ANDEANIZING OURSELVES
    Our chef will take us through an immersion of Andean ingredients, native products, history and Andean culinary history and anything else that one may want to know about this gastronomic center.

• • STEP 4: THE EXOTICS
    Peru is home to distinct exotic fruits and here we have an opportunity to enjoy different sweet, sour and acidic flavors of the best seasonal fruits.

• • STEP 5: THE CLAY POTS
    We will get our clay pots ready in pairs, forming a base with river rocks and then placing all of our ingredients inside the clay pot in order to then cover them in aromatic herbs and leave them cooking for about one hour.

• • STEP 6: COLOURS, AROMAS AND TEXTURES
    While our meat is cooking we will visit our market where we will open up our minds and senses to the distinct aromas, colours and textures of the differing products that fill our space such as aji peppers, chocolates, coffee, corn, potatoes, herbs and different spices.

• • STEP 7: A MOMENT OF PASSION
    Here we will make our own tropical fruit juice with seasonal fruits such as tumbo and maracuya (two types of passion fruit) amongst others.

• • STEP 8: TIME TO EAT
    Upon finishing, we “un-bury” our ingredients from the clay pot and enjoy our typical Andean meal together as they have since hundreds of years ago.

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