Intensive Spanish + Mexican Cooking Course

Mexican cuisine is justifiably famous all over the world. The range of dishes and flavours is quite astonishing and you don't have to be an expert to be able to make some of the most delicious dishes at home.

But you will need some help and advice - and that's what we can provide at IH Riviera Maya.

The first class includes a visit to a typical grocery store in Playa so that students can learn the names of all basic ingredients. The cooking classes themselves start by demonstrating some of the basics of Mexican cooking - guacamole, fajitas, pico de gallo (tex-mex sauce), quesadillas, molletes, tacos, enchiladas, enfrijoladas, sopes and pambazos - and then we move on to more specialised dishes such as mole, pozole, pipian, tamales and adobo.

We also teach students how to make a delicious flan de cajeta and other typical Mexican desserts.

All the ingredients are included in the course fee and students can also consume everything that's been produced once the class is over.

Timetable
The cookery classes take place on 3 afternoons per week (usually Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Students can take 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks of classes.

Start dates (2010)
Cooking classes start every 2 weeks the day following the start dates of the intensive group courses for beginners.

Course fees (2010)
Intensive Spanish course + Mexican cooking classes

• 1 week: 290 US$
• 2 weeks: 580 US$
• 3 weeks: 870 US$
• 4 weeks: 1160 US$

Note that there is no registration fee for our courses.

Included in the course fees: As described for your intensive course + ingredients, use of utensils and washing up!

Not included: Course book, approx. 30 US$

See also
Details of the Spanish course.