Local Flavors With Dionisis & Rania In Zakynthos

Menu & tasting

If you're planning a summer vacation in Zante, be sure to include Dionisis and Rania’s delightful cooking class in your itinerary. Walk in a blooming garden, the idyllic background of this culinary session. Participate in a 2.5-hour hands-on experience and let your hosts introduce you to the local culture and teach you traditional recipes, while tasting the rich flavors of Zakynthos. Last but not least, gather around the table under the stars, enjoy the hospitality of Rania and Dionisis, and clink your glasses! That special memory of Greece will stay forever in your heart! The menu consists of all the dishes that are mentioned and described below. Also, guests will be served two glasses of local rose semi-sweet wine per person.

• Village Breadstarter

  With a unique taste and texture, this type of bread used to be prepared in outdoor wood fired ovens.

• Greek Zucchini Fritters or Spring Rollsstarter

  Alternatively called Kolokithokeftedes this traditional delicacy is made with grated zucchini, feta cheese, eggs, and a variety of local herbs.

• Grilled Florina Peppersstarter

  A sweet variety of peppers cultivated in the northern Greek region of Western Macedonia.

• Greek Salad with Zakynthos Ladotiristarter

  Zakynthos is proud of its ladotiri, a goat cheese with characteristic spicy flavor, that matures for months in olive oil.

• Rabbit Stew with Potato Puréemain

  Rabbit recipes which play a crucial role in Zakynthos’ gastronomy, have survived for decades through oral tradition.

• Kaimaki Ice Cream with Sour Cherry Syrup or Seasonal Fruitsdessert

  With a typical elastic texture and a mastic aroma kaimaki was the only ice cream available in Greece until the late 60’s.