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Lagos: Pastel de Nata Baking Class & Port Wine Tasting

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

You'll mess up the pastry fold, and that's exactly the point

You'll spend two hours making Pastéis de Nata from custard to golden crust in a small, hands-on class at The Kitchen in Lagos. The experience includes all ingredients, three pastries per person, and a Port wine tasting at the end. You leave with the recipe and the confidence to make them again at home.

Step-by-step itinerary

Make custard from scratch
Prepare and work the pastry
Assemble Pastéis de Nata
Bake pastries until golden
Enjoy freshly baked tarts
Taste with Port wine or juice

The Experience

The dough doesn't cooperate the way you expect. Your instructor—patient, unbothered—shows you again how to layer it without tearing, and suddenly your hands understand what the recipe couldn't explain. This is what the Pastel de Nata baking class in Lagos actually feels like: two hours where you stop thinking about technique and start feeling it. You make the custard from scratch, work the pastry yourself, assemble your own tarts, and watch them turn golden in the oven. The Kitchen keeps groups small enough that you're not standing around waiting for your turn; you're doing something the whole time.

What catches people off guard is how much of the class is just... there. Not rushed. You're focused when it matters—when the custard needs the right temperature, when the pastry needs the right pressure—but there's space between those moments to chat with whoever's next to you, to ask questions that aren't in the recipe, to notice the smell of cinnamon and egg yolk filling the room. Some steps happen in pairs, which sounds like a compromise until you realize it's actually how you learn faster, watching someone else's hands and then trying it yourself.

At the end, you eat what you made. Warm, crispy, still holding the heat from the oven. The class includes a glass of Port wine to go with them—or tea or juice if that's your preference—and you get a PDF recipe to take home. People always ask if they can save the pastries for tomorrow. The answer from The Kitchen is the same every time: these are the best ones you'll ever have because you made them, so eat them now. If you want more tomorrow, you know what to do.

What’s included

Your two hours at The Kitchen include all ingredients and equipment, personalized guidance throughout the class, the chance to make and bake three Pastéis de Nata per person, a tasting with your fresh pastries and a glass of Port wine (or tea and juice), water throughout the experience, and a recipe PDF sent after the class so you can make them at home.

Good to know

Pets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by The Kitchen

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn a real Portuguese skill in a relaxed setting without the pressure of a formal cooking school—the small group size and hands-on pace mean you actually absorb the technique instead of just following along.