Moroccan cooking classes for children - Zamzam Riad - Marrakesh

We have had great fun recently at Zamzam doing children's cooking courses. Being a Montessori Teacher in a past life the whole experience rang true to me. Discussing the spices, using real knives, talking about the vegetables, learning how to chop, it was all great and the children just loved it. Then at the end of it all they sat down together and enjoyed eating what they had made with their family.
Most of the Moroccan salads are cooked. The vegetables are charred over the hot coals as in the photo, they then put the vegetables in a bag and wait for them to steam their skins off before chopping them and marinating with numerous ingredients.
The class consisted of various Moroccan salads followed by a beef tagine with preserved lemons and artichokes. They also prepared a delicious couscous with raisins and almonds.
A tagine is traditionally cooked over a terracota base with hot coals. Email Zamzam for more information on holidays with cooking. We have a fabulous chef who runs the cooking classes. Two guests today prepared wonderful stuffed chicken and a vegetable tagine with whole chillis.