Pastry Cooking Class In Lisbon

This morning, we left Evora and made our way to Lisbon (2hrs), the capital of the country with a population of 3.6 million. Our first stop was at the Lisbon Cooking Academy, where we made our own Pasta de Nata's with Chefs Rita & Anna. We made the traditional Pasta de Nata. Made with a regular all-purpose flour dough and a "dry" butter. Each coin is 20 grams, then spread to fill the iron tins, filled with custard and baked for 14-16 mins. You can tell by the swirl on the bottom if they are handmade as the ones made by machine will be flat.

After our pastry class, we checked into The Editory Riverside Hotel that is located at the St. Apolonia train station, one of the oldest train stations in the country. It is also located in the oldest neighborhood in Lisbon and survived the largest documented earthquake in the world (8.7) in 1755Read more