our Experiences

Traditional cooking experience

A taste journey on my roots

Together we are going to enjoy a day of cooking, preparing recipes that are typical of the islands and from my family. We will make a starter, a main course and finally, a dessert. You will become aware of the pleasure of cooking unhurriedly, with your own hands, in an atmosphere which is homely, simple and typical of the island.
 
  •  Welcome snack of main majorcan products: artisanal cheese, local sobrassada, majorcan crackers, “trencades” olives, olive oil, almonds and home-made jam.
  •  First-hand cooking experience of three courses.
  • Tasting lunch
  • Local wine, water, local soda.
  • Three local liquors
  • Local roasted coffee

Local market tour and traditional cooking experience

A walk on mediterranean life

In this experience, we will visit the Olivar market, the best way to immerse yourself in local life.
In the several stops in the market, you will meet the vendors, taste their products and they will explain their origin and how they are made.
We will choose all the products we need for our cooking, and then, we will meet in Soqueta to prepare recipes that are typical of the islands and from my family. We will make a starter, a main course and finally, a dessert. You will become aware of the pleasure of cooking unhurriedly, with your own hands, in an atmosphere that is homely, simple and typical of the island.

 

  • Local market tour experience
  • Bottle of water
  • Welcome snack of main Majorcan products: artisanal cheese, local sobrassada, Majorcan crackers, “trencades” olives, olive oil, almonds and homemade jam.
  • First-hand cooking experience of three courses.
    Tasting lunch
  • Local wine, water, local soda.
  • Three local liquors
  • Locally roasted coffee

Old-fashioned ice cream experience

A trip to childhood memories

We are going to experience how to make typical Majorcan almond ice cream in the oldest and most rustic style: we call it bomb ice cream.

The summer experience most awaited by all children: we will whip the cream by hand with the old machine of Grandpa Tomeu.While the ice cream is spinning, we will prepare a sweet sponge cake for dipping. We will share, coffee, liquor, anecdotes of my grandfather, and local almond ice cream.

 

  • Experience with an old-fashioned ice-cream machine.
  • Hand-work elaboration of almond ice-cream
  • Elaboration of Cuarto (majorcan sponge cake)
  • Local roasted coffee and water
  • Sweet wine moscatel and local liquor Palo
  • Seasonal fruits
  • Family recipes

Majorcan pastry culinary experience

The sugared afternoon

this workshop is about traditional pastry and bakery in the afternoon. Near the oven, we go together to get our hands dirty with flour. We will share coffee, sweet wine and grandmother’s stories and recipes. We will cook calmly, in the homey and rustic islander way.
 
  • Welcome snack of main majorcan products as: artisanal cheese, “trencades” olives, olive oil, almonds and home-made jam. 
  • First-hand cooking experience
  • sweet pastry elaboration and a salty bakery recipe
  • Tasting the elaborations 
  • Sweet wine Moscatel and water
  • Locally roasted coffee

Seasonal traditional culinary experiences

Mallorcan gastronomy is very rich therefore offers us recipes all year round depending on the traditional calendar.

  • The “panades” and “cocarrois” at Easter
  • the “torró”, the Mallorcan nougat at Christmas,
  • “Espinagades” at Sant Antoni.

In each cooking Workshop, we will live traditional and typical experiences of the season.

Looking for a local private chef?

Do you want to taste the flavors of grandmother's cuisine in your own home? Soqueta prepares you a meal of traditional dishes, with only local products and in the purest Mallorcan style. Contact me and tell me how I can delight you.

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