Vacation rentals in Ermesinde

• I can make private classes, please send me a message • Take a look at my instagram page for a sneak peek of past experiences @portocookingclass This experience is perfect for guests traveling with small or big groups, and also for families with kids! :) If you are visiting Porto alone, it’s a great way to meet people from all over the world! I will happily welcome you to my home, where we have lots of natural light, a calm area prepared with everything we need for messy and fun baking time! Hosting is a passion and I have been doing this all my life with friends and family and so to call it a job: is a dream come true. To start our experience, we will talk a little bit about me and my family since this is a recipe that belongs to my grandmothers and we have been doing it for years, so you can understand the uniqueness and how lucky I was when growing up eating these amazing Pastéis. This is a hands-on class, we will bake everything from scratch as a group with my help! That is the most important part, we will create the most amazing Pastel de Nata because we will put lots of love, time and care into them. Everybody will help, we will take turns and I will give you a lot of fun facts regarding the story about them and who created Keep in mind: You don't need to be a baker to do this experience - the recipe is simple and I will guide you through all the process

We will take this online class directly from my kitchen, an excellent opportunity to emerge in Portuguese culture and discover some secrets. It will be a unique and fantastic experience !! First I will introduce myself and talk a little about how this wonderful adventure of sharing the culture and gastronomy of my country started, then we start to cook the best pastel de nata in the world! A unique, traditional and familiar recipe. Flavors that remind me of my childhood. The pastel de nata that you will learn with me is my grandmother's recipe, at the age of 6 I already helped her to make this magnificent recipe. Today you will have the chance to bake, taste and later share it with someone special. Passing these traditions on to other people has become a passion for me! I will give you the confidence to prepare the best homemade puffpatry and you will roooock!! At the end i share with you my result ! Other observations Please, before the experimence, make sure you have all the ingredients and quantities ready so that we can start all together. Ready to make the best pastel de nata in the world?

~ I can make private classes and different dates, send a message! ~ It's not easy to find true Portuguese Traditional sweets and pastries, so this is your chance to know all about them! This class is perfect for people travelling in small or big groups and also for families with kids. We will focus on lesser-known traditional sweets that are loved by locals but travelers don't usually have a chance to know about or taste. Let me introduce you to the amazing way of baking sweets and desserts in Portugal that I learned from my grandmothers. During our experience, I’ll tell you all the story behind the sweets, who created and cherish them until nowadays and all together let's bake 3 different and scrumptious portuguese delicacies: my favorite Conventual Sweets! There are hundreds of different traditional sweets, so I will change the recipes quite often. This season (fall/winter 2019) we are making: - Brisas do Liz - Queijadas - Pastéis de Feijão Attention: If you are looking for Pastel de Nata, I host a class on those, please check my profile.

Language program: 1 - INTRODUCING YOURSELF 2 - IMPORTANT WORDS (Obrigado (a); de nada; por favor, etc.) 3 - COLORS 4 - ORDERING FOOD 5 - LOCAL TONGUE TWISTERS 6 - SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION 7 - SMALL QUIZ

The experience will be done in either english, spanish or portuguese. Send me a message to arrange a meeting point and starting time that suits us both. I can pick you up in Porto, Braga or Ponte de Lima. PROGRAME First I'll show you a lagoon at the border between Braga and Vila Real, in Cabril. This is one of the best kept treasures in Gerês. Hidden in a deep valley of the Toco River, this is a lake of crystal clear water, with greenish tones that enchant the eyes. Then, we will proceed to, in a lot of the locals opinion, the best hidden gem of Parque do Gerês, a lagoon in Vilar de Veiga. The Landeira stream is responsible for bathing this lagoon. This one has transparent and pure waters, which give a blue and greenish touch to the well. To get there, you will enjoy incredible landscapes in the mountains of Gerês. Finally, we will end the day at the Pedra Bela lookout, where the Caniçada reservoir, the rivers that wind the mountain, or Portela do Homem make up the landscape of this place, with an altitude of 800m. NOTES: If you wish, you can bring your own car. That way, your group can have more that 4 people. In this case, you will not pay extra for the group having more than 4 people; I only accept private groups, to reduce the risk of possible contagion; There will be a discount per person, depending on the meeting point that we agree on or the size of your group; The vehicle is always disinfected at the end of the each experience; The use of the mask is mandatory inside the car.