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Argentinian Empanadas Cooking Class in Buenos Aires

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Activity provider: Argentina Cooking
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    Argentinian Empanadas Cooking Class in Buenos Aires

    Activity provider: Argentina Cooking

    From US$ 75 per person

    Explore Argentinian culture through its cuisine and learn how to cook traditional dishes in the comfort of a local's home. Taste mate and alfajores, and make Argentinian-style empanadas. Be ready to get messy with this hands-on experience.

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    Duration 3 hours
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    Instructor
    English, Spanish
    Small group
    Limited to 6 participants

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Learn to cook like an Argentinian with this hands-on cooking class
    • Prepare traditional recipes such as empanadas
    • Taste mate and try the famous Argentinian alfajores in a local’s home
    • Enjoy a charcuterie board while chatting with a porteño
    Full description
    Discover the secrets of Argentinian cuisine on this cooking class. I will show you the proper technique to make each dish and explain their history, as well as teaching you about the different culinary traditions in the country. You'll be welcomed with alfajores and "mate", a herby hot beverage, then start your cooking class. Once you arrive at my home, you will taste and learn the rituals surrounding our famous hot beverage "mate" and alfajores. Then we’ll start off with the cooking class: I will teach you how to make empanadas, both the dough and the filling from scratch. After we are done cooking, as a starter we will have a typical picada, consisting of a charcuterie board. Finally, we’ll enjoy the meal we’ve prepared together paired with Malbec red wine and great conversation. You’ll get to try an Argentine classic dessert. I'll accompany you on each and every step of the way, showing you the proper techniques and explaining a little bit of the history of the dishes and the different culinary traditions in the country.
    Includes
    • Cooking class
    • English and Spanish-speaking instructor
    • All ingredients and equipment
    • Meal and snacks
    • Mate, water, and wine
    • Transportation
    • Gratuities
    Covid-19 precautions
    Safety measures in place
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask
    • You will receive a mandatory temperature check
    • You must present either proof of full vaccination, proof of a Covid-19 infection in the past 3 months, or a negative test taken no more than 24 hours before the activity starts

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    Meeting point

    José Bonifacio & Emilio Mitre, Caballito

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    • The class size is limited to 6 people
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    Overall rating

    5 /5

    based on 7 reviews

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    • Value for money
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    • Service
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    • Organization
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    We had a wonderful day with Shir in BA. The gourmet market was full of wonderful fresh food, and our visit was followed by a scenic stroll through the historic English neighbourhood. We then went up to Shir's immaculate apartment, where we learned how to make two types of empanadas, and toss pancakes like a pro. Then we ate local cakes, a cheese and meat platter, drank wine, ate our freshly made empanadas and finished off with pancakes and big spoonfuls of dulce de leche. Shir was great company and the perfect host, as were the other two guests. What a great day out! Highly recommended

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    February 7, 2020

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    This was a great class with an amazing host! We started off going to a local market, then cooked empanadas, shared mate, ate picante, and finally made dulce de leche pancakes! Shirly was a great host who was very funny and knowledge about cooking. Her apartment was extremely nice and she even gave us recipe books to take home! I would highly recommend this class as it has been one of the best things I have done in Argentina for a very reasonable price!! An excellent option for any age group!

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    November 12, 2019

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    emma – Argentina Verified booking

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    Excellent Cooking Class in a small Group with an adorable teacher

    At our first day in Buenos Aires we decided to do a cooking class and were overwhelmed. We both like to cook and have eaten lots of empanadas already but never prepared them on ourselves. Learning how to prepare them was much easier as expected thanks to the great skills and patience of Shir - a young, open minded, very positive minded and interested girl. Shirl was already awaiting us once we arrived and then we first enjoyed some mate tea, she explained us a lot about the tradition, the rituals and some forth. In addition this allowed us to get to know each other. One could quickly realize that Shir is very interested in the exchange with us as well, which made the stay very pleasant. We then started to prepare the empanadas (vegetarian and meat) and it turned out that it was very simple. We enjoyed the combination of the cooking class in a private apartment and getting to know a lovely person that hopefully meet one day again. You're always welcome to visit us in Switzerland :-)

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    October 18, 2019

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