EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES
In ΑΜAΝΙΤΑ, we offer you experiential activities, in a homey atmosphere only for our guests. Get to know the local gastronomy and its strong link to foraging and the cultivation of aromatic herbs, greens and vegetables in small gardens. Our programs are:
Cooking Classes
Hands-on, home-style cooking class on “Poor People’s Kitchen” of Pelion.
- Days: every Tuesday and Friday from May to September
- Time: from 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.
- Duration: 3,5 hours
- Participants: from 4 to 10 persons
Description: A ‘farm to table’ workshop, where our guests will visit the herb garden and the organic garden of Amanita Guesthouse and collect the ingredients for the dishes we will prepare. We will then enter the kitchen, where our guests will receive a small lecture about the basic principles of the home-style Pelion region gastronomy, which is mainly based on wild and cultivated herbs, greens and vegetables. With our guidance and assistance the participants will prepare two authentic local dishes, among those still cooked in the homes of the region and recorded in Filareto’s cookery book “The culinary curiosity of a hotelier”. While preparing the meal, we will have a glass of tsipouro (the local spirit). After cooking we will all together enjoy our creations with local organic wine, chatting and stories.
The dinner includes appetizers, salad, local cheese, home-made bread and two courses cooked by the participants. As a dessert we will serve traditional spoon sweets for which the area is famous. The first and main courses depend on the season and the production of our garden.
Cost: 85 euro/person (tsipouro and wine included).
Medicinal Herbs – basic knowledge
Getting to know the medicinal herbs & the botanological tradition of Pelion.
- Days: from May to September upon agreement.
- Duration: 1,5 hour
- Participants: from 4 to 10 persons
Description: A visit to the Amanita herb garden, a tour in the garden and the herb and spice cultivation. A presentation of the perennial tradition of botanotherapy in Pelion and the use of herbs in cooking. Basic principles of herbal preparations. Tasting botanical teas & assortments.
Cost: 20 euro/person
Farm to table dinner
Introduction to the local home-style gastronomy and Farm to Table Dinner. Get to know Pelion’s ‘Poor people’s kitchen’ with its simple, natural, yet delicious tastes.
- Days: from May to September upon agreement.
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Participants: from 4 to 10 persons
Description: A lecture on the “Poor people’s Kitchen” of the Pelion region, characterized by the abundance of herbs, greens, wild mushrooms, vegetables and fruits and a very limited use of meat. An old traditional style of nutrition that goes hand in hand with the latest trend of flexitarian diet!!
Presentation and tasting of some authentic dishes of Pelion gastronomy, among those still cooked in the homes of the region and recorded in Filareto’s cookery book “The culinary curiosity of a hotelier – cooking and stories in Pelion”.
The dinner includes appetizers, salad, two courses and dessert, with ingredients from foraging or our own cultivation in our organic garden, home-made bread and local cheese. The courses depend on the season. They may be accompanied by local organic wine (with extra charge)
Cost: 50 euro/person (wine or other drinks not included).
Olive oil tasting
Αn unforgettable gastronomic experience at the Centaurs mountain of olive oil tasting guided by Konstantinos Patistis, organic farmer, olive oil producer and chef.
- Starting time: 5.30pm
- Duration: 2-3hrs
- Participants: from 4 to 10 persons
Description: By combining both the knowledge of the creation and process of the olive fruit as well as its characteristics, the traveler is actively involved in an endless merry-go-round of colors, aromas and flavors.
At the same time, the pairing of olive oil with local dishes that highlight its special characteristics invites every visitor to let himself in the tranquility of the nature of Pelion and to the take-off of his gustatory senses.
The whole experience unfolds in a beautiful olive grove close to our guesthouse and it is continued in our garden, overlooking the Aegean Sea.
The Experience includes:
- Guided tour in an Olive Grove
- A small talk for the greek olive and its myths
- Olive oil tasting and how we can use olive oil in our daily life
Cost: 65 euro/person