The new artisan pizzas you have to try in Cascais are at Sour Dog Pizza
It’s in the unassuming Galerias Valmor, a small shopping centre in the Matarraque area of São Domingos de Rana, where you can try the new (and serious contenders for the best pizza list) in the municipality of Cascais. On November 13th, Sour Dog Pizza was inaugurated by 26-year-old Ukrainian Oksana Horshchar, who has been living in Portugal for three years.
Oksana was living in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, when the country was invaded by Russia. A friend, 31-year-old Radion Petrenko, also moved to Portugal. By profession a designer, Radion has always had a passion for pizza. In Portugal, he was offered a cooking course and began – quite literally – getting his hands in the dough. His passion grew, and before long, he and his friend Oksana were creating a business based on their sourdough and naturally fermented pizzas, which use a blend of organic and nutritious flours. The name, Sour Dog, is a playful pun on the English word “sourdough.”
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A true scholar of the tradition and history of this Italian specialty, Petrenko has created a contemporary line of artisanal pizzas, breaking the usual conventions with his creativity in recipes – perhaps one of the best examples on the menu is the Abacaxi Santo pizza (€15.50), which is nothing like the infamous pineapple pizzas we usually encounter. With homemade chili and pineapple jelly, it features basil, mozzarella fior di latte, San Marzano tomato sauce, red onions, extra ham, and homemade pickled padrón peppers.
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