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SILVIO CICCHI:Male Age:54 A restaurant-trained Executive Pizza Chef, he is the author of upcoming book of pizza recepy: “PIZZA e FANTASIA“, you can download it for free registering on this site. He currently resides in Spinetoli (ITALY) with his cats and dogs. Specialized in Business start up – Pizza dove – Pizza courses – Art of pizza.
Pizza with Seafood Salad and Cherry Tomatoes
Recipes

Pizza with Seafood Salad and Cherry Tomatoes

Pizza with Seafood Salad and Cherry Tomatoes. The heat arrived early this year. As happens in this period when you go to a pizzeria you are always looking for tasty pizzas to match the climate.

The pizza that we offer today is not only very tasty and suitable for this season, it's refreshing. It is perfect to be eaten hot just out of the oven, but it is also good to taste cold, since it is made with a type of sea ​​Salad.

Favorite Pizzas in the hot season

In our school of pizza today the students who have enrolled in ours professional training course they made this delicious pizza.

After having spread the disk of dough, we added the tomato and seafood salad. We baked the pizza which after a few minutes of cooking was ready to take out of the oven.

Follow our video recipe

Since it does not have mozzarella among its ingredients, it lends itself a lot to be prepared to be sold by the slice.

Video

If you are a true pizza lover and intend to learn this fantastic art, sign up for one of our "Professional Practice Courses" at our school in Italy. You will find all information about our practical courses this link.

One course is available every week, see the calendar of our courses, click here.

Do not forget

My latest recipe book called. Is already available for download: Not only pizza. Lots of past and present recipes suitable for all menus of pizzerias and restaurants. You can download the my book here.

Now I just have to say goodbye by giving you an appointment in a few days for other news on the world of pizza, don't forget to visit my youtube channel, you will find hundreds of video pizza recipes prepared by pizza chef students enrolled in our practical courses.

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

Pizza with Tomato Mozzarella Bacon and Grilled Vegetables
Recipes

Pizza with Tomato Mozzarella Bacon and Grilled Vegetables

Pizza with Tomato Mozzarella Bacon and Grilled Vegetables. Today in the laboratories of our "School of Pizzaioli" we have prepared a very special one.

Just like all. Grilled vegetables attract many customers, but they don't have a strong taste, marked. As an old friend of mine used to say, they are not suitable for the taste of smokers.

The pizza with bacon and grilled vegetables never disappoints

How to solve the problem? Simple, adding a special ingredient that gives our pizza that extra touch. I'm talking about the bacon.

Bacon, if cut into thin slices, in the few minutes that it is placed in the oven it can cook to perfection becoming a crispy and delicious crispy.

Pizza with Tomato Mozzarella Bacon and Grilled Vegetables

Preparation is very quick and easy. After having spread the disk of dough, spread a veil of tomato, I recommend not to overdo it, add the mozzarella, the grilled vegetables and finally add the bacon previously cut into thin slices.

Bake in your hot oven until it is perfectly golden. Remove from the oven and serve hot to your guests.

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Recommendations for presenting a good pizza

Before serving the pizza to your customers' table, I have to make a clarification. The pizza should never be cut into wedges before presenting it to the customer.

I often see pizzas arriving at the customer's table completely destroyed. The pizza should absolutely not be cut into wedges and then served. Have you ever seen a plate of shredded spaghetti served at the table? Be serious and professional.

Conclusions on pizza

You will find all these tips and tricks in our "Pizzaiolo Manual". In our manual you will also find all the tips together with suggestions for making a fantastic pizza. From the dough to the leavening. All information at this link.

Before saying goodbye, I wanted to remind you that my latest collection of recipes called: Not only pizza. Monuments of Italian cuisine present on all menus of good pizzerias around the world. All information here.

Greetings and good pizza

I just have to say goodbye by reminding you that if you intend to enroll in one of our professional practical courses at our pizza school, you find all the information here.

Save this page to your favorite sites, it will be useful the next time you prepare pizza at home, there are over 300 pizza recipes at this link.

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

Pizza with Tomato Bacon Mozzarella Stracciatella and Black Olives
Recipes

Pizza with Tomato Bacon Mozzarella Stracciatella and Black Olives

Today together with our friend Cesar who comes from Switzerland and has signed up for our practical course to become a pizza maker, we will prepare a special pizza, we will use an unusual but at the same time delicious ingredient.

I'm talking about the buffalo stracciatella mozzarella. It is a cheese prepared with buffalo milk, made with cream and pieces of stretched curd, prepared to be understood as the burrata.

Pizza with Tomato Bacon Mozzarella Stracciatella and Black Olives

Stracciatella does not need to be melted on pizza in the oven, therefore it must be added at the end of cooking. It is very easy to spread as it is quite liquid, just a spoon and that's it.

Even if in Italy the cream on the pizza is little used, try to go on vacation to Portugal, you will find that you will find many pizzas with the addition of cream on the menu of pizzerias or restaurants.

The Preparation

After rolling out the dough, add the tomato, the pancetta cut into very thin slices and put in the oven.

As soon as you reach the perfect browning, take it out of the oven, add the buffalo mozzarella stracciatella, black olives and a few basil leaves in the center and serve hot to your lucky customers.

Below is the video of Cesar while he prepares this tasty pizza.

Video

Useful information

If you want to learn the art of the pizza maker, sign up for one of our professional practical courses that we organize every week in our pizza school. You will find all the information here.

You may not be aware of it, but, my latest recipe book called. is already available NOT ONLY PIZZA. It is a collection of fantastic recipes that are monuments of Italian cuisine. You will find more information here.

Delicious Pizza With Stracciatella Di Bufala

I will never tire of repeating it: Add this page to your favorite sites, it will come in handy next time you prepare pizza at home and you are looking for inspiration. Here you will find information 300 pizza recipes.

If you are a lover of video recipes, I suggest you subscribe to my well-stocked youtube channel, you can freely consult further 300 Video recipes of pizza, all prepared by pizza chef students enrolled in our practical courses

 

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Silvio Cicchi

 

How to Plant Celery at Home
Advice, Herbs

How to Plant Celery at Home

How to Plant Celery at Home. In the kitchen it is one of the most popular plants, celery is synonymous with sautéed together with carrots and onion.

 Much appreciated in soups, creams and so on, even in the pizzeria lately they have begun to appear pizzas they have celery among its ingredients.

How to Plant Celery at Home
How to Plant Celery at Home

Planting celery from scraps

There is a trick to never miss it in our home. Next time you buy celery, cut the base a 5 centimeters high and instead of throwing it away as you usually do, put it in a deep dish with water in front of the well-lit window.

After a short time you will see the first roots and new leaves appear. At this point it is possible to replant it in a pot with good soil.

How to Plant Celery at Home
How to Plant Celery at Home

Always up to date

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For those who want to learn the art of preparing pizza, I remind you that every week in our school of pizza makers we carry out professional practical courses, to learn more about our courses, follow this link.

Pizza recipes

You just have to subscribe to my youtube channel, you will find hundreds of video pizza recipes all prepared by students from all over the world who attend our practical courses.

For the less fortunate who do not have the time or resources to come to our pizza school, I remember that here on our site there is a fantastic "Pizzaiolo Online Course". Will find all the information here.

I just have to say goodbye and give you an appointment in a few days for more news on the world of pizza.

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

How to Plant Rosemary
Advice, Herbs

How to Plant Rosemary

How to Plant Rosemary. Reproducing rosemary at home is really easy, even for those without a green thumb, fortunately the aromatic plants are very robust.

Let's see what is the procedure to follow in our home

There is no greater satisfaction than that of using your own fresh rosemary, planted by us. The first thing you will notice will be to hear the difference between the dry rosemary you usually find on the market and a sprig of fresh rosemary.

Rosemary is one of the most used aromatic plants in our kitchen and pizzeria. There is no focaccia without the addition of fresh rosemary.

How to Plant Rosemary

Let's not forget to mention that rosemary increases concentration and improves memory, improves our mood and fights various inflammations.

Reproducing this plant indoors is really simple, a glass of water and a few twigs of rosemary of about fifteen centimeters are enough.

How to Plant Rosemary

Reproduce rosemary at home

Place the sprigs of rosemary in a glass of water at room temperature and wait about ten days. Place the glass with the twigs in front of a bright window.

When the roots appear you can plant them directly in pots. Water the seedlings every 3 days and avoid standing water.

The fantastic rosemary plant

On our site, if you are looking for rosemary, you will find dozens and dozens of pizzas that have rosemary among their ingredients. If you want to learn more, read these articles:

A bunch of rosemary above the front door

How to prepare the salt flavored with rosemary

How to prepare rosemary oil

Rosemary, also good to smoke

In our school of pizza chefs where we organize weekly practical courses to become pizza chefs, we consume a lot of rosemary. If you are interested in our practical courses, and would like more information, Click this link.

Greetings

Appointment in a few days for other interesting news on the world of pizza. Stay tuned, add this page to your favorites.

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

Yeast table
Actuality, Advice, Yeast

Conversion table Fresh Brewer's Yeast to Dry Brewer's Yeast to Mother Yeast

Conversion table Fresh Brewer's Yeast to Dry Brewer's Yeast to Mother Yeast. Thanks to our easy and convenient table you will no longer have problems converting the various types of yeast from dry to fresh or replacing it with the classic mother yeast.

Yeast is widely used in cooking recipes and especially daily in pizzerias. It is a living organism consisting of cells and thanks to it a known process called fermentation.

Fermentation or Leavening

The leavening process leads to the production of carbon dioxide in the dough, it is for this reason that we see it increase in volume.

We can generally divide yeast into two types: the natural one and the chemical one. Natural yeast is a living element used for the production of bread, wine, beer, pizza, the second, that is, the chemical one is pure bicarbonate of soda, potassium hydrogen tartrate together with corn starch and does not allow leavening or fermentation if you prefer.

Other yeasts

Other types of yeast used in cooking are ammonia, cream of tartar or the more common sodium bicarbonate, these types of yeast have the same characteristic, they do not need rising times, they produce carbon dioxide and only increase in volume during cooking in the oven.

As we can see there are many types of yeast, but the most used is certainly brewer's yeast or if you prefer natural yeast, comes from living organisms. It can be found on the market in dehydrated or fresh sachets.

How to use it

The dehydrated yeast must be revived by mixing it with warm water and a little sugar in a glass, you will notice that a foam appears after a few minutes. Fresh yeast is generally found in cubes from 25 grams and should be dissolved in the water of our dough, the doses may vary depending on the amount of flour used and the time we have available.

Another type of yeast widely used in cooking is dough or mother yeast. Certainly the best in terms of aroma, flavor and digestibility. Made up of yeasts and lactic bacteria that increase the acidity of our product and its shelf life. Sourdough requires longer processing times, perfect for preparations such as pizza and sweet or savory. This type of yeast also exists on the market in the dried version. This dried sourdough must be found in warm water, just like dehydrated brewer's yeast.

Here is the very useful conversion table for the various types of yeast

yeast conversion table

TABLE

It often happens while we prepare our recipes at home that we have to adapt another type of yeast to our recipe. Here is our fantastic yeast conversion table.

All this useful information is studied during our practical pizza chef courses which are available weekly in our pizza chef school.. Sign up, you will find all the information about our courses at this link.

Greetings

Before saying goodbye as my custom, I wanted to remind you of some of the useful links on my site:

300 pizza recipes

The calendar of upcoming pizza chef courses

My latest recipe book which is called: Not only pizza

The pizza maker's manual

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

 

Professional Courses To Become A Pizzaiolo
Actuality

Professional Courses To Become A Pizzaiolo

Professional Courses To Become A Pizzaiolo. In our "Scuola Della Pizza Italiana" we organize professional courses to become true professional pizza chefs.

This qualification will give you the opportunity in the upcoming summer season to find a job as a pizza chef, or if it is among your projects, you will have the opportunity to open your pizzeria anywhere in the world.

Professional Courses To Become A Pizzaiolo

Individual practical professional courses

And, just so, our practical courses are individual, nothing more important, “One to one”. Each person needs their own time to learn this fantastic art, I repeat, art, because that of the pizza maker is not a job, but an art.

Our professional practical courses are scheduled every week throughout the year. See the calendar of our courses scheduled in the coming months, click here.

Professional Courses To Become A Pizzaiolo

You will find all the information regarding our practical courses on our website at this link.

 For any doubts do not hesitate to contact me, you can find me at my phone or WhatsApp at my number: +39 3476244362.

If you intend to enroll in one of our practical courses to become a professional pizza maker, don't waste time, start reading something interesting and get ready, the book is available here on my site: Pizza Maker Manual- Pizza and Fantasy. Download it and start reading. You'll find it here.

Tips

If you are among those who already have a basic knowledge about pizza, I suggest another good read. You will anticipate some of the work that will be done during the practical course. These are products that go perfectly with pizza. You will find them in my recipe collection which is called: Non Solo Pizza, available for download at this link.

At Last, but no less important, a little help for those who don't have the time or resources to come to our school. Here on my site there is a fantastic Online Pizza Maker Course. Download it to your mobile phone and you can follow it from the comfort of your home sofa. All information on the online professional course at this link.

Greetings

Add this page to your favorite sites, it will come in handy next time you prepare pizza at home, at this link You will 300 ideas to prepare your favorite pizza at home.

Subscribe to my youtube channel, hundreds of video pizza recipes prepared by the pizza chef students who attend my courses.

 

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

 

Pizza With Ham and Mushrooms
Recipes

Pizza With Ham and Mushrooms

Pizza With Ham and Mushrooms. Today is the turn of one of the "Classic" pizzas that never goes out of style. This is the famous pizza with cooked ham and sautéed mushrooms.

Usually this pizza is prepared on a tomato and mozzarella base. The tomato-free version is also not bad at all, I'm talking about the "Boscaiola" version.

Preparing pizza

After a quick draft, we added the tomato, the chopped cooked ham, the trifoliate mushrooms and finally the chopped mozzarella.

A couple of minutes in our wood oven and it is immediately ready to be enjoyed.

Below is the video of Mrs. Celia during the making of this tasty pizza.

VIDEO

Pizza With Ham and Mushrooms

For all those in love with the art of preparing pizza, I remember that in our school of pizza chefs it is possible to enroll in one of our professional practical courses to become pizza chefs.

Five days of individual professional course will give you excellent preparation. You will find all the information about ours practical courses at this link.

Not to be forgotten absolutely

For those who do not have the resources to enroll in one of our practical courses, I remember that here on my website there is a fantastic online pizza chef course, you can follow it from the comfort of your home, maybe sitting on the sofa, or during your boring bus or train journeys. Just download it on your mobile. You will find all the information on our During pizza online at this link.

Before saying goodbye, it is important to remind you that my latest book, called: Non Solo Pizza. A collection of recipes that were once present on all pizza menus. To know more follow this link.

Greetings

If you have not already done, add this site to your favorites. It will surely come in handy when you prepare pizza at home again. They are available beyond 300 pizza recipes freely available. Click here to view all the pizza recipes.

Subscribe to my youtube channel, you will find many video recipes of various pizzas all prepared by pizza chef students who attend our pizza chef courses.

 

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

Freeze The Mozzarella
Actuality

Pizzaioli course in Sofia Bulgaria

Pizzaioli course in Sofia Bulgaria. In March 2022 started the second professional course to become professional pizza chefs in Sofia, beautiful city and capital of Bulgaria.

The professional courses organized by Silvio Cicchi's school of pizza makers took place in the fantastic pizzeria owned by Mr.. Carlo Di Principe "OLIVE OIL in via: Street TSAR SAMUIL 60 Sofia. Support +359 897506376  info@oliodolivapizzeria.com   Shop: www.acifood.com .

Pizzaioli course in Sofia Bulgaria

If you are close to Sofia and intend to enroll in one of our professional practical courses, you can contact the number +359 89 912 6953.

Below is a short video made during the professional practical course of pizza chef.

VIDEO

The Course was wonderful and I think many more will be organized later. If you are out and about in the Bulgarian capital, surely you will happen to see our advertising along the streets.

Pizzaioli course in Sofia Bulgaria

Conclusions

Before you move on to greetings, I wanted to remind you that in our pizza school in Italy we organize individual practical courses every week. For more information about our courses, follow this link.

For the less fortunate who do not have the time or resources to come personally to our school, I remember that here on my site there is a fantastic online pizza chef course that you can follow comfortably from the sofa of your home. Just download it on your phone or pc and… done. For more information click this link.

Greetings

I remind you that my latest collection of recipes that are absolutely monuments of Italian cuisine is already available for download, once always present in the menus of all pizzerias, but which unfortunately slowly ended up in oblivion. The book is called: Not only Pizza and you will find all the information here.

Don't forget to add this page to your favorite sites, it will be useful the next time you prepare pizza at home. They are available beyond 300 suggestions "Recipes" of pizza that you can freely consult a this link.

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

Pizza with mozzarella, gorgonzola, pears and rocket
Recipes

Pizza with mozzarella, gorgonzola, pears and rocket

Pizza with mozzarella, gorgonzola, pears and rocket. Finally today we prepare one of the pizzas that I really like, simple and not very strong taste. We are talking about a pizza with a base of mozzarella and gorgonzola and pears and on which a little fresh rocket is added after cooking.

This week in our pizza school in Italy, Our friend Maria who comes from Brazil. I asked Maria to make this delicious pizza.

How to prepare this tasty pizza at home.

The preparation of this pizza for lovers of the characteristic taste given by gorgonzola cheese together with pears is very simple and does not involve any difficulty., you can simply prepare it even at home.

A good tip for making pizza super tasty, is to choose ripe pears, being soft they will be easy to mix and add to the gorgonzola. So let's briefly summarize the preparation: Roll out your base, add the mozzarella, gorgonzola, the pears ripe and put into the oven.

Pizza with mozzarella, gorgonzola, pears and rocket

Bake briefly in a good pizza oven and add the fresh rocket when it comes out. Serve hot. Avoid adding oil, gorgonzola already contains enough fat.

You like our pizzas? I have what you need. Follow this link, you will find access to over three hundred pizza recipes. Add this page to your favorite sites to have it available next time you prepare pizza at home.

For pizza lovers

Video

If you really are interested in pizza, sign up for one of our professional practical courses to become true pizza professionals. You will find all the information about our pizza school in this link.

For the less fortunate who do not have the resources to come to our school and enroll in one of our professional practical courses, I remember that here on our site there is a fantastic online pizza chef course that you can download on your mobile phone or PC and follow from the comfort of your home sofa. For more information on the online course click here.

Greetings

Before saying goodbye as I always do, I remind you that it is available for download my latest book called: Not just Pizza. It is a collection of recipes and products for pizzerias that are absolutely monuments of Italian cuisine. You can download it at this link.

I give you an appointment in a few days for more news on the fantastic world of pizza. In the meantime, subscribe to my youtube channel to be always updated on our video recipes.

 

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi