Homemade Sourdough Pizza + Breadsticks Workshop in Lisbon

Sourdough pizza workshop in Lisbon teaching the art of making authentic sourdough pizza from scratch, from mixing and shaping your own dough to topping and baking your perfect pizza. Inspired by Naples pizza chef and refined over years of practice, this hands on workshop blends traditional pizza making techniques with the depth of sourdough fermentation, working with live sourdough starter, building your own dough, choosing your toppings, and sitting down to enjoy the pizza you made paired with wine, beer, or soft drinks.

This home based pizza making experience is held at host’s house where cat Covinha will be supervising the workshop (if you’re allergic or don’t enjoy cats, let’s chat and figure out alternative solution). Perfect for food lovers, home cooks, and anyone curious about the magic of sourdough requiring no experience, leaving with full belly, homemade breadsticks, recipe card, and optionally your own sourdough starter to continue the journey at home.

What You’ll Learn in This Sourdough Pizza Workshop

This pizza making class covers authentic fermentation techniques:

🍕 Sourdough pizza dough making from scratch

🍕 Working with live sourdough starter understanding fermentation

🍕 Traditional pizza making techniques inspired by Naples methods

🍕 Dough mixing achieving proper consistency and gluten development

🍕 Dough shaping forming perfect pizza bases

🍕 Topping selection and application balancing flavors

🍕 Baking techniques achieving authentic pizza texture and char

🍕 Breadsticks creation from your own dough

What’s Included in Your Workshop

This sourdough pizza session provides complete hands on culinary experience:

🍕 Hands on pizza making with sourdough dough

🥖 Breadsticks made from your own dough to take home

🍷 Wine, beer and soft drinks included

📋 Recipe card to recreate it at home

🫙 Optional: bring jar to take home sourdough starter

🍕 Full meal enjoying pizza you made

🍕 Traditional techniques refined over years of practice

🍕 Home based intimate workshop atmosphere

Practical Information and Group Details

This pizza workshop accommodates specific participant needs:

👥 Group size: Minimum 2 to 10 participants (you need to buy two tickets for workshop to be confirmed)

👕 What to wear: Clothes you don’t mind getting flour on

⚠️ Dietary restrictions: Please inform host ahead of time

🐱 Workshop location: Host’s house where cat Covinha will be supervising

🐱 Cat note: If you’re allergic or don’t enjoy cats, let’s chat and figure out alternative solution

🍕 Experience level: No experience needed, perfect for beginners

Workshop Experience and Pizza Creation Process

This sourdough pizza session follows traditional authentic structure:

Sourdough Starter Introduction: Begin understanding live sourdough starter as living fermentation culture, learning how wild yeast and bacteria create complex flavors and digestible dough through natural fermentation refined over years of practice.

Dough Mixing from Scratch: Mix your own pizza dough combining sourdough starter, flour, water, and salt, understanding proper consistency, hydration levels, and ingredient ratios creating foundation for authentic Neapolitan inspired pizza.

Gluten Development: Learn kneading or folding techniques building gluten structure providing dough strength and extensibility, understanding how protein network development enables characteristic pizza crust texture and structure.

Dough Shaping Techniques: Master forming perfect pizza bases from fermented dough, learning traditional hand stretching methods achieving even thickness, characteristic rim (cornicione), and proper diameter without tearing delicate dough.

Topping Selection and Application: Choose your toppings and learn proper application balancing flavors, moisture content, and cooking times, understanding traditional Neapolitan philosophy of quality ingredients simply prepared versus overloaded pizzas.

Baking Your Pizza: Bake your topped pizza learning temperature management and timing achieving authentic texture with leopard spotted charred crust, chewy interior, and properly cooked toppings creating characteristic sourdough pizza appearance and flavor.

Breadsticks Creation: Make breadsticks from your own dough to take home, learning additional application of pizza dough beyond circular pies, creating delicious take home treats extending workshop’s edible outcomes.

Enjoying Your Creation: Sit down together enjoying pizza you made paired with wine, beer, or soft drinks in convivial home atmosphere, celebrating successful pizza making and sourdough fermentation mastery with fellow participants.

Perfect for Sourdough Pizza Enthusiasts

This pizza workshop welcomes diverse food lovers:

🍕 Food lovers curious about authentic sourdough pizza from scratch

🍕 Home cooks wanting traditional pizza making techniques

🍕 Anyone interested in the magic of sourdough fermentation

🍕 Beginners with no previous pizza or bread making experience

🍕 Those wanting to continue sourdough journey at home with starter

🍕 Groups of 2 to 10 participants (minimum 2 tickets for confirmation)

Why Choose This Sourdough Pizza Workshop

Naples Inspired Authenticity: Traditional pizza making techniques inspired by Naples pizza chef and refined over years of practice, learning authentic methods respecting Italian pizza heritage while incorporating sourdough fermentation depth.

Complete From Scratch Process: Make authentic sourdough pizza from scratch including mixing, shaping, topping, and baking your own dough rather than working with pre made bases, experiencing full pizza creation journey.

Live Sourdough Starter: Work with living fermentation culture understanding wild yeast and bacteria creating complex flavors and improved digestibility through natural fermentation process refined over years rather than commercial instant yeast.

Hands On Personal Pizza: Build your own dough and create individual pizza with chosen toppings rather than passive demonstration watching, ensuring active engagement and personal creative expression through topping selection.

Full Meal Included: Sit down enjoying pizza you made paired with wine, beer, or soft drinks celebrating successful creation in convivial atmosphere rather than taking food home without experiencing immediate gratification.

Breadsticks Take Home: Make breadsticks from your own dough extending workshop’s practical outcomes beyond consumed pizza, creating delicious take home treats demonstrating dough versatility and providing immediate sharing opportunity.

Recipe Card Provided: Receive recipe card enabling home recreation of learned sourdough pizza techniques, supporting continued practice and skill development beyond single workshop session through clear reference documentation.

Optional Starter Take Home: Bring jar to take home sourdough starter continuing fermentation journey independently, establishing ongoing sourdough culture enabling bread, pizza, and other fermented baking at home.

Home Based Intimate Atmosphere: Workshop held at host’s house creating warm personal environment rather than commercial kitchen sterility, with cat Covinha supervising adding charm (alternative solutions for allergies available).

Years of Refinement: Techniques refined over years of practice ensuring reliable methods and troubleshooting knowledge, benefiting from instructor’s accumulated experience rather than recently learned superficial instruction.

Join this sourdough pizza workshop in Lisbon and learn authentic pizza making from scratch. Work with live sourdough starter, shape your own dough, choose toppings, and enjoy your creation with wine at home based session including breadsticks, recipe card, and optional starter take home!