Greek Cooking Online with Despina (Winter) (Live Online)

Learn to make fasolada (a hearty bean and vegetable soup), tiropita (feta and ricotta cheese baked between sheets of crispy phyllo dough), and yiaourti me karydia ke meli (rich and creamy Greek yogurt topped with walnuts, honey, and cinnamon).Our online classes are designed to be special, meaningful opportunities to share cooking, culture, and connection--just like our real life experiences. We want you to cook along, and we promise there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and stories. It will all end with a virtual dinner party where you'll get to share in the fruits of your labor, apart, but together!In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Despina will guide you through making three of her family recipes. During your class, you'll prepare Despina's fasolada (a hearty bean and vegetable soup), tiropita (feta and ricotta cheese baked between sheets of crispy phyllo dough), and yiaourti me karydia ke meli (rich and creamy Greek yogurt topped with walnuts, honey, and cinnamon).Here’s how it works:After registration you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link, shopping list, equipment list, and recipe packet.At the scheduled time of your class, you’ll click on the Zoom link and join your class live! Afterwards, you will receive a link to a video recording of your class that you can revisit at your leisure.Shopping List for This Class1 pound dried Great Northern beans3 medium carrots (about 7 ounces)2 large ribs celery3 cloves garlic1 medium onion (about 7 ounces)1 1/2 cups fresh flat-leaf parsley3 large or 4 small ripe plum tomatoes1 ¼ cup Greek extra virgin olive oil5 extra-large eggs2 cups part skim ricotta10 ounces Greek feta4 1/2 cups 5% Greek yogurt (whole milk yogurt)3/4 cup chopped walnuts6 tablespoons honey1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper3/4 teaspoon Greek dried oregano1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakesGround cinnamon, for sprinklingsaltOne 17-pound box extra thick phyllo dough (four 16- by 20-inch sheets), preferablyZagorisio brandAll Online cooking classes include interactive cooking instruction, a virtual dinner party, a packet with the instructor's family recipes, and a video recording of the class. Since the price is per device, feel free to invite your partner, kids, or roommates to join!