Tapas cooking as a team event
Enjoy the fascination of original Spanish tapas by making them on your own.
Prepare your own tapas at Alaiar
What are Tapas?
Tapa“ translated into english means lid, which is usually a nibble served in the spanish bars with a glass of wine or beer. In most bars you just stand at the bar eating the tapa. The better the bar, the better the variety of tapas.
At Alaiar you can enjoy a great variety of tapas, as you and your guests prepare them on their own. Our chefs provide all ingredients and your guests do the cooking. Sometimes groups have enough time to visit one of the beautiful markets and buy the ingredients themselves. We can help arranging the market experience too with local guides, shopping lists and transport of your guests.
How does it proceed?
Divided into different teams, every guest is turned into a Chef and each person starts to chop, prepare, cook or fry the ingredients. Wine barrels and market stalls are used as cooking stations. Where one barrel houses the famous “Gambas al Ajillo“, on another barrel the Spanish “Tortilla“ is professionally tossed in the pan. A large leg of Serrano Ham is carved and usually eaten immediately by guests as a little snack.
In a huge pan the Spanish National Dish the “Paella“ is cooked by the Paella Cooking Team and nicely decorated with mussels, prawns and other seafood options. The relaxed atmosphere allows conversations to flow in the sunshine, whilst enjoying a glass of good wine!
These tapas could be prepared:
- Almejas a la marinera – Clams a la marinera
- Almendras fritas mallorquinas – Mallorcan fried almonds
- Aceitunas – Variety of olives
- Boquerones fritos – Fried anchovies
- Caracoles – Land snails in spicy sauce with garlic, often served with chorizo and ham cubes
- Datiles con Bacon – dates wrapped in bacon
- Ciruelas con bacon – Plums with bacon
- Gambas al ajillo – Prawns in garlic oil with chili
- Coca Mallorquina – mallorcan vegetable cake
- Cogollos de Tuleda – Salad hearts with anchovies
- Coca Mallorquina – mallorcan vegetable cake baked in the wood oven
- Jamón Serrano– Serrano ham
- Jamón Ibérico – Iberico ham
- Pa amb oli – Mallorcan bread with tomato pulp, garlic and olive oil
- Patatas bravas – fried potatoes with spicy sauce
- Pimientos de Padrón – Padrón peppers
- Chipirones – Baby squids
- Tortilla – spanish omlette
- Pulpitos en su tinta – Octupus in its own ink
Impressions of the tapas cooking event
