Exclusive Private Peruvian Market Tour and Cooking Class
Cusco, Peru
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Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 4 hours
This exclusive, private tour will take you to explore San Pedro Market and then learn about Peruvian cuisine during a cooking experience in a modern cooking studio, located in the House Museum. At the market, you will get an introduction to the local variety of products and the diversity of ingredients used in the local cuisine. Then, you will visit an Andean Kitchen and Chichería, to learn about the local variety of products and the diversity of ingredients used in the local cuisine. Finally, take a cooking class at a fully-equipped cooking studio, where a professional Peruvian chef will show you how to prepare the most popular and tasty dishes of Peru. Come, join us and take part in this “must do” during your stay in Cusco.
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This exclusive, private tour will take you to explore San Pedro Market and then learn about Peruvian cuisine during a cooking experience in a modern cooking studio, located in the House Museum. At the market, you will get an introduction to the local variety of products and the diversity of ingredients used in the local cuisine. Then, you will visit an Andean Kitchen and Chichería, to learn about the local variety of products and the diversity of ingredients used in the local cuisine. Finally, take a cooking class at a fully-equipped cooking studio, where a professional Peruvian chef will show you how to prepare the most popular and tasty dishes of Peru. Come, join us and take part in this “must do” during your stay in Cusco.Your exclusive, private tour can start in the morning for a lunch culinary experience, or in the afternoon for a dinner culinary experience. At around 9am or 3pm (depending of your choice), your professional guide will pick you up at your centrally located hotel in Cusco and take you to San Pedro market.
The market is the biggest and most famous one in Cusco. Have a very colorful and unique experience where your guide will show some of the local products Peru has to offer. Become familiar with different varieties of corn and potatoes, their uses, and the stories behind their names.
After exploring the market, you will head to an Andean kitchen and Chicheria where you will learn about the making of chicha, a tradition that goes back to Inca times. Next, learn of the native fruits which can be found in Peru including lúcuma, chirimoya, granadilla, pacay, pepino, aguaymanto and and more. Try these exotic fruits which have delicious flavors and learn of its many health benefits.
As an introduction to our cooking class, we will have a pisco sour making lesson. You will learn to make this famous, Peruvian national drink and taste it as well! Then, it is time for your culinary experience to begin. Depending of your choice of lunch or dinner, you will begin with making a local, Peruvian appetizer. If you chose lunch, you'll make ceviche and if you chose dinner, you will make quinoa-crusted causita.
Then, you'll move on to make the main dish. With a professional chef guiding you, learn to prepare one of the most representative and delicious Peruvian main courses. Lunch will include Ají de Gallina, while the choice for dinner will be lomo saltado with quinotto.
To put the cherry on top of the cake, the last step of the class will be a typical Peruvian dessert. You can try baby bananas with Pisco and Aguaymanto fruit, if your choice is the lunch class. For dinner, dessert will be cheese ice cream.
Once everything is cooked, it is time to enjoy the fruit of your effort!
The market is the biggest and most famous one in Cusco. Have a very colorful and unique experience where your guide will show some of the local products Peru has to offer. Become familiar with different varieties of corn and potatoes, their uses, and the stories behind their names.
After exploring the market, you will head to an Andean kitchen and Chicheria where you will learn about the making of chicha, a tradition that goes back to Inca times. Next, learn of the native fruits which can be found in Peru including lúcuma, chirimoya, granadilla, pacay, pepino, aguaymanto and and more. Try these exotic fruits which have delicious flavors and learn of its many health benefits.
As an introduction to our cooking class, we will have a pisco sour making lesson. You will learn to make this famous, Peruvian national drink and taste it as well! Then, it is time for your culinary experience to begin. Depending of your choice of lunch or dinner, you will begin with making a local, Peruvian appetizer. If you chose lunch, you'll make ceviche and if you chose dinner, you will make quinoa-crusted causita.
Then, you'll move on to make the main dish. With a professional chef guiding you, learn to prepare one of the most representative and delicious Peruvian main courses. Lunch will include Ají de Gallina, while the choice for dinner will be lomo saltado with quinotto.
To put the cherry on top of the cake, the last step of the class will be a typical Peruvian dessert. You can try baby bananas with Pisco and Aguaymanto fruit, if your choice is the lunch class. For dinner, dessert will be cheese ice cream.
Once everything is cooked, it is time to enjoy the fruit of your effort!
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