Split: Dalmatian Cooking Class & Green Market Lunch Patio

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1/14

Duration4h

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Split food tour with market shopping and hands-on cooking in a city terrace kitchen

You’ll start your day at Split’s bustling Green Market picking ingredients side-by-side with a local chef before heading to his sunny terrace kitchen for hands-on cooking. Taste homemade rakija, learn real Dalmatian recipes like shrimp Buzara and polenta with olives, then linger over lunch with wine as stories unfold around the table—a memory that’ll stick long after you leave.

Step-by-step itinerary

Dalmatian food and wine experience

Buy ingredients at Green Market
Head to kitchen and terrace in Split
Cook Dalmatian dishes together
Learn about Dalmatian cuisine history
Taste homemade Rakija and wine
Enjoy starter: polenta, prosciutto, shrimp pate
Eat main: shrimp Buzara with spaghetti
Have dessert: dried figs with ice cream
Drink homemade liquors and socialize

The Experience

“You want the figs soft or chewy?” That’s how our morning kicked off at Split’s Green Market—just me, a few other travelers, and our host, Goran, who seemed to know every vendor by name. He let us taste olives straight from a weathered old woman’s stall (she winked at me when I hesitated). The air smelled like tomatoes and sea salt. I didn’t expect to laugh so much just picking out ingredients. Goran kept saying “trust your nose” when we picked herbs—mine was mostly full of coffee fumes from earlier, but I tried.

We wandered back through those narrow stone streets to Goran’s apartment terrace. Sunlight hit the table in stripes through grapevines overhead. He poured us tiny glasses of homemade rakija (“for courage,” he grinned) before we started chopping and stirring. There was this moment—shrimp sizzling in olive oil, garlic everywhere—when time sort of slowed down. Goran told stories about his grandmother making Buzara during stormy nights; he got quiet for a second, then shrugged it off and showed us how to balance flavors with just a splash of wine.

I definitely butchered the word for prosciutto in Croatian (Goran laughed, but in a nice way). We ate polenta with olives and that prosciutto cooked in red wine—salty, sweet, kind of sticky on the tongue. Lunch stretched out longer than planned. Someone asked about the history behind dried figs with ice cream and Goran went off on this tangent about pirates bringing spices to Dalmatia. I still think about that view over Split’s rooftops while we passed around homemade walnut liquor. The whole thing felt less like a class and more like hanging out with friends you didn’t know you had.

What’s included

Your day includes shopping for fresh produce at Split’s Green Market alongside your host before heading to his central terrace kitchen for a hands-on Dalmatian cooking class. You’ll enjoy homemade rakija as a welcome drink, prepare traditional dishes together, then sit down for lunch featuring local wine and liqueurs—all wrapped up by early afternoon.

Good to know

Infant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

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