Monthly Archives: February 2007
What is Pizza?
Most probably, pizza represents the most well-known and consumed food product in the world, and if someone would ask you now to define what pizza is, you would probably be confused and say that pizza is… pizza and that’s all! There’s no need for a definition of pizza. Anyway, a precise definition of pizza is Leggi tutto…
History of Pizza
Pizza has very ancient origins; historians believe in fact that this aliment was already present in the etruscan tradition, with forms and ingredients different from the current ones. Pizza was born as food for the poor, with simple ingredients that were easily available: flour, olive oil, salt and baking powder. The real pizza, as we Leggi tutto…
The Italian Pizza
In its original form, a pizza is baked in wood-fired oven, is flat, and has a circular shape. The main base is covered with fresh tomato and mozzarella, with optional toppings. The traditional Italian pizza uses buffalo mozzarella instead of the most common “vacca” mozzarella, whilst in other parts of the world other kinds of Leggi tutto…
Pizza fats
An average pizza, of a normal plate dimensions, dressed with tomato, mozzarella and basil, of 140 grams of weight, gives about 380 calories: 270 for every 100 grams. For the same weight, normal bread gives 290 calories. It contains 8 grams of proteins approximately (from the mozzarella), 8 of fats (mostly from the olive oil) Leggi tutto…
How to make pizza
The secret of a good pizza is in the simplicity of a well leavened dough, optimally baked: you will need to put everything of excellent quality, without exceeding in quantity. This rules will help you to make a good pizza, that will be baked with its original flavours and taste. If you want to make Leggi tutto…
