Workshop Pizza Baking in Rome

What is your favourite food? Chances are high that the Italian kitchen is located somewhere in your top ten. Pizza, pasta, you name it. The one even more delicious than the other. Therefore, many trips to Italy exist partly out of eating, eating, and even more eating. But what if would be possible to prepare this food yourself, guided by a real Italian chef? And that all, 250 meters away from the Trevi Fountain in the middle of Rome. Would you do it? We decided to accept the challenge and joined a workshop pizza baking.

The workshop started at 17.00, and that’s exactly when we entered the restaurant. After the other participants arrived (we were the only ones besides one very nice family from San Diego) our chef Nando started to explain how to make the dough for the pizza crust. While we used very little ingredients, it turned out to be more difficult than we expected. We mixed everything with just a fork and after that, we were allowed to use our hands. Also, the shaping of the pizza crust was pretty difficult. While we expected to have to throw it in the air we had to do it with a rolling pin. Next up was the most fun part, the decorating of the pizza. We were able to choose between various ingredients which made it a lot of fun. It turned out to be a 50/50 pizza with on the one side peperoni, tomato and basil, and on the other side paprika, courgette and eggplant. After we finished our pizzas were taken away and we were given a drink and some brochette to enjoy ourselves, waiting for the moment of truth. The pizza’s turned out a bit messy, but they were delicious.

We did this pizza baking class at a restaurant called ‘That’s Amore’ very close to the Trevi Fountain. Besides only giving workshops in pizza baking they also give food tours and host full cooking days in which the collecting of the ingredients and making pasta are combined. These are, however, not given in the restaurant, but at another location (also in the centre). The price for the pizza baking workshop is €50, - per person and it includes brochette, the experience of making your own pizza, all your drinks and the dessert. For more information, please check out the website of the restaurant: http://fabiolouscookingday.com/pizza-making-class/