Mystical Cooking Class: Reviving Generational Ancestral Recipes Near Antigua

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Step into the heart of Guatemalan culinary heritage with an intimate and mystical cooking experience in Sacatepéquez. Welcomed into a local family home, you’ll discover traditional recipes and cooking techniques lovingly passed down through generations.

Your experience begins with an introduction to Guatemala’s rich textile traditions, including a demonstration of the beautiful art of backstrap loom weaving and insights into the Mayan worldview. Then, head into the kitchen and get hands-on as you prepare an authentic family-style menu from scratch.

Learn the secrets behind El Quichón, an ancestral recado made with charred ingredients and traditional cooking methods, and prepare the historic Sopa de Soldadito. You’ll also discover how to make Ticucos on the traditional comal and practice hand-patting your own tortillas before cooking them over the fire.

To finish, gather around the family table and enjoy the dishes you’ve prepared together, including a mystical dessert of sweet potato slowly roasted in the glowing embers.

More than a cooking class, this is an opportunity to connect with Guatemala through its food, stories, traditions, and family heritage—and to experience recipes that are rarely found outside the home.

Menu

• “Soldadito” Soup – A historic soup made with fresh garden herbs and a distinctive touch of bitter orange.
• El Quichón – An ancestral Guatemalan recado prepared with charred ingredients, ground on volcanic stone, and slow-cooked in clay pots over a wood fire.
• Eggs on Comal Tortillas – Traditional oil-free eggs served with handmade tortillas cooked directly on the comal.
• Ticucos – Handmade tortillas filled with concentrated black bean paste and toasted on the comal.
• Mystical Dessert – Local sweet potato slow-cooked in the glowing embers of a traditional wood-burning hearth.

Also included: Welcome drink and unlimited purified water. 

Cronograma

Arrival & Welcome
Arrive at Utum and enjoy a traditional seasonal welcome drink while learning about ancestral Guatemalan cuisine.

Prepare Sopa Soldadito
Begin preparing Sopa Soldadito, our signature house appetizer, using fresh local ingredients.

Hands-On Cooking Class
Get hands-on in the kitchen as you prepare our signature main dish, El Quichón, along with two traditional native side dishes. Learn authentic cooking techniques using a traditional wood-fired stove.

Enjoy Dishes Created
Sit down together in our family dining room and enjoy the dishes you have prepared, accompanied by freshly made hot tortillas.

Textile Cultural Experience
Discover the tradition of the backstrap loom through a cultural demonstration and learn about its importance in Guatemalan heritage.

Experience Ends
Conclude your 3-hour cultural and culinary experience in Chirijuyú before returning to Antigua Guatemala.