Moroccan cooking class at La Sultana Hotel, Marrakesh

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class

Whilst staying at La Sultana Marrakech, we saw an advert for a cooking class held on-site.  It seemed a good deal and knowing little about Moroccan food, we signed up for some teaching.

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Information on cookery class at La Sultana.

The teaching area is on the picturesque roof terrace, alongside the bar, restaurant and sun terrace.

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Teaching area.

Modern, and fully prepped with all the equipment and spices that we required.

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Everything ready
La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Lots of spices

We started by being introduced to all of the spices, having a smell of them and learning how they add to the flavours of Moroccan cookery.  We opted to cook a fish tagine as well as a taktouka salad.

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Hard at work

We were certainly put through our paces, skinning peppers, tomatoes, and cooking on our grills with our tagine.

Thankfully, we had lots of water on hand, but sometimes tea is needed.   Whilst the food cooked, we all moved into a cooler area to learn about the tradition of making Moroccan mint tea.

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Learning to make mint tea

Moroccan mint tea is Chinese gunpowder tea mixed with lots of fresh mint and sugar, lots of sugar! And then some more sugar!

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Perfect mint tea in an attractive tea glass

Seemingly the height the tea is poured from relates to how welcome you are, the higher the distance the greater the compliment, which also results in a bubbly tea and we were told that no Moroccan will drink tea without bubbles!

After tea and chat, it was time for lunch…

We headed to the restaurant area which overlooks the historic Saadien Tombs.

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Terrace overlooking Saadian Tombs

Where better to relax with some freshly made food made by ourselves?

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Time to eat: fish tagine
La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Taktouka Salad

We really enjoyed our cookery class.  It was informal, relaxed and fun.  We left Morocco with some knowledge of the cuisine and knowing how to brew and pour the perfect mint tea that we grew to love – it’s everywhere in Marrakech!

La sultana hotel marrakesh Marrakch Morocco cooking class
Our class

If you would like to cook our Morrocan Fish Tagine at home, the recipe is here.

The cooking class lasts approximately two hours, which includes time for chatting and eating the finished product. We were shown how to make mint tea and had the chance to relax and chat whilst drinking this too.

The cost is 650 dirhams, approximately £46 per person (and you get to keep the apron too!)

The class can be booked directly with La Sultana Hotel. Please see our review of the spa at La Sultana here, our accommodation review here and our lunch review here.

Emma

Emma

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I am Emma and with my husband Mark write Foodie Explorers, which is a food and travel website.

I am a member of the Guild of Food Writers and British Guild of Travel Writers.

We have a wide range of judging experience covering products, hotels and have judged, for example, for Great Taste Awards and Scottish Baker of the Year.

Along the way Mark gained WSET Level 2 in Wine and I have WSET Level 2 in Spirits as well as picking up an award with The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.    

Usually I can be found sleeping beside a cat.

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2 Comments

  1. ananyah

    the class looks really fun! I love moroccan food but don’t know the first thing about cooking it at home. have you cooked any of it since?

    moroccan tea is addictive. I swear all the sugar is like crack 😉

  2. Mr Foodie

    We’ve not done any tagine cooking since we came home but we’ve been drinking a lot of Moroccan mint tea!

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