Description
Aprons on, sleeves up: this Neapolitan pizza making class in Naples puts you to work for three hours beside a local chef, with ingredients and utensils provided. The workshop takes a maximum of 12 guests, and every one gets a chef's hat and an apron.
The dessert comes first. You whip a smooth mascarpone cream, layer it with coffee-soaked biscuits and cocoa, and learn how to judge the cream's consistency before the tiramisù chills. Then the pizza: mix and knead the dough, shape it by hand without a rolling pin, and learn the traditional mozzatura technique for dividing it. The chef shows how toppings, oven heat and baking time affect the final crust, and you pick a Margherita or a Marinara. The pizza bakes in a wood-fired oven, and the class also includes a pizza-tossing demonstration and a bruschetta.
Afterwards you sit down to your own pizza with wine, beer or a soft drink, and finish with your tiramisù and a limoncello tasting. You leave with the recipes, a personalised chef diploma and the chef's phone number for any help.
It works for couples, families, solo travellers and groups of friends. Under-18s need a parent or guardian, tips are not included and the venue is not wheelchair accessible.