Greek Summer Online Workshop
Learn to make tourlou (a hearty vegetable dish, similar to ratatouille, served with feta, olives, and crusty bread), keftedes (savory Greek meatballs seasoned with mint, onion, and garlic), and yiaourti me karydia me meli (Greek yogurt with walnuts, honey, and cinnamon)!
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$60 per device (laptop/tablet/etc) |
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All ages! |
Since Despina can’t physically welcome you into her home, she wants to do so virtually!
Our online classes are designed to be special, meaningful opportunities to share cooking, culture, and connection--just like our real life experiences. We want you to cook along, and we promise there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and stories. It will all end with a virtual dinner party where you'll get to share in the fruits of your labor, apart, but together!
In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Despina will guide you through making three of her family recipes. During your class, you'll prepare Despina's tourlou (a hearty vegetable dish, similar to ratatouille, served with feta, olives, and crusty bread), keftedes (savory Greek meatballs seasoned with mint, onion, and garlic), and yiaourti me karydia me meli (Greek yogurt with walnuts, honey, and cinnamon).
Here’s how it works:
After registration you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link, shopping list, equipment list, and recipe packet.
At the scheduled time of your class, you’ll click on the Zoom link and join your class live! Afterwards, you will receive a link to a video recording of your class that you can revisit at your leisure.
Shopping List for This Class
2 russet potatoes
1 pound eggplant (about 2 small ones)
1 pound zucchini (2 to 3)
2 large onions
3/4 pound plum tomatoes (2 to 4 tomatoes)
1 large bunch flat-leaf parsley
1 bunch fresh mint
3 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/4 pound ground beef
1/2 cup fine whole wheat bread crumbs
1 large egg
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
All-purpose flour, for dusting
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
6 tablespoons honey
4 1/2 cups 5% Greek yogurt (whole milk yogurt)
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup canola oil, plus more as needed
Ground cinnamon
Salt
I cannot say enough good things about Despina's cooking class. She makes you feel comfortable the second you walk into her home, and she makes it easy to take part -- even for people like me who never cook. If you have any interest in learning how to cook Greek meals, I'd highly recommend you take her session. Actions speak louder than words, though, and I loved the League of Kitchens experience so much that I'm going back with my mom to learn how to cook Indian food in the near future.
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