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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 slices

Recipe for Making the Perfect Pizza Slices in House

The "pizza slices"Or if you prefer to call it"pizza by the slice"Always puts us in front of the usual question every time we prepare the pizza at home: Better make the pizza slices that the pan pizza, or better to make pizza at the plate? The technical difference is summed up in a few simple details: The pizza at the plate is made to be cooked and eaten immediately, and is an individual pizza, the pizza slices is made to remain longer on the shelves of pizzerias, then he would surely a better result if we have to prepare a pizza at home that will consummate a little 'time during a party with many guests.

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Pizza slices

Another thing that we must take into account, is that while for the pizza to the plate (monoportion) there will be no leftovers, if you decide to prepare the pizza slices, well you must calculate the doses to avoid waste.

Our pace of life that has become increasingly fast, has meant that they develop increasingly pizzerias, because it is often forced to lunch or quick dinner, leaving the pizza plate as exclusive night venues for families. In conclusion, we could say that the pizza slices is convenient, fast, practice to eat, but if we really want to enjoy a pizza, it is always advisable to go to a club and order a pizza at the plate while comfortably seated at a table.

To obtain a good baking of pizza slices to our house is of paramount importance to have a good oven, electric or ventilated, but even with a regular kitchen oven gas standard you can get good results by following our advice.

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Slice of pizza slices

Dough:

The dough for pizza slices is the same of the pizza to the plate. The ovens of home kitchens are now standardized and have room to be able to cook 2 trays of the measures 30 x 40 cm. A larger amount of pizza baked in house standard would result in an inevitable lowering of the temperature during cooking, with disastrous results.

To 2 trays 30 x 40 cm (as shown below)we will need about 1 kilo of dough:

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The classical baking ovens home.

Flour type "0" 625 grams

Water 375 grams

Sale 15 grams

Yeast 2/3 grams

Sugar 10 grams

Oil 2-3 spoons

**Different types of flour absorb water in different quantity, Always check the proper density of the mixture by adding or removing flour.

Preparation:

Pour into a bowl water, Dissolve the yeast, add oil and sugar, pour the flour and started to amalgamate, Add salt and knead well until dough is smooth and elastic. May sound more comfortable work it on a pastry.

Divide the dough into 2 pieces 500 grams. Sprinkle the surface of the pans evenly with a little oil and the mixture disponeteci, let stand tightly covered for leavening. After about an hour, helping you with your fingertips, flattened the dough so as to cover the entire surface of the pan.

At this point we have to wait another 30 minutes that the leavening colder again before seasoning and bake.

The pizza slices should be cooked in 2 phases, the first phase with the tomato, to 15/20 minutes (depends on the oven) and as soon as we notice that the edge starts to brown, the sforniamo, add the ingredients and mozzarella, chopped, Then we put it in the oven until the cheese is dissolved and the edge will be completely golden.

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Tour of a pizzeria

As I suggest in all our recipe, cooking in the oven pizza, is the most delicate phase of the whole process, then .... Never open the oven to check the doneness, and, warm it very well at the temperature maxim before baking trays of pizza.

How to prepare your home the pizza slices? Give your recipe in the comments on this page.

If you are interested to know more about the various types of existing pizzeria in Italy, consultation wikipedia.

Mimosa Recipe Of Pizza Pizza or Corn and Ham

The pizza more and ham, Call now for all "Pizza Mimosa"Involves the use of three simple ingredients: The more, ham and put Cooking.

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Pizza corn and ham

And a classical variant of the usual pizza and if you have not already done, you should definitely taste it. The recipe to make at home, is very simple, a bit 'like all the recipes that we propose.

Mimosa Recipe Of Pizza Pizza or Corn and Ham

For the preparation of three corn pizza or if you prefer "Mimosa" you'll need:

500 grams of flour type 0

5 grams of yeast

250 ml of warm water

50 grams extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon of salt

1 sugar

2 packages of cream

2 cans of corn

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Pizza mimosa

We prepare the dough:

Take a container and pour water, scioglieteci baking powder and add the flour,oil and sugar, started to mix, then add the salt. Knead the dough until it has taken on a compact, soft and elastic.

Divide the dough into 3 balls, cover them well and let rise for about an hour. When the volume of the dough has doubled, roll out the dough with your fingers or using the rolling pin to 3 thin discs of dough, diameter 28/30 cm.

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Pizza mimosa

The dressing:

Pour the cream on the disks of dough, with a spoon and place it evenly on the surface of the pizzas( in the same way of the tomato).

Add the ham cubes, or if you prefer to divide the slices into small pieces, add the corn and beans, taking care to drain well the water in the jar.

Bring your oven at a temperature of 200/250 degrees and when it is hot bake your pizzas.

After 10/15 minutes check the doneness of your pizzas, if the board is completely golden, you can crank out your pizza mimosa.

Add a few leaves of fresh basil and serve hot.

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Pizza corn and ham

How to prepare your home pizza corn? Give your recipe in the comments on this page.

If you want to know more on corn have a look at wikipedia.

piadina recipe

Recipe Piadina Light

The flatbread is a typical product of the classic Romagna, and in recent decades has really gained fame internationally. Born as a poor dish made with wheat flour and water, over the years has undergone changes due to the different cultures and traditions of the various cities Romagna which is prepared. The recipe? There is not a single, every city jealously guards its. In some locations you use yeast, in other bicarbonate, someone uses lard, other extra-virgin olive oil, Finally, there are those who add milk to give softness. Has much in common with pizza, from the ingredients to form. Prepare the recipe piadina light at home, is really a simple and fast. This recipe flatbread is a version "light"Where you do not use lard.

piadina recipe
Piadina

Recipe Piadina Light

Ingredients to obtain 6 piadine

400 gram flour type "00"

10 grams of yeast (that for pizza)

1 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

250 ml of cold water (30 degrees around)

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Flat bread stuffed with ham cheese and arugula

Preparation

Preparation times flatbread, are reduced compared to the dough for pizza: Body preparation 10 minutes, rest (rising) 30 minutes, Cooking 2 minutes.
Pour into a bowl and mix the ingredients.

Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead for 10 minutes until he reached a uniform consistency.

Cut the dough into balls 100 grams

Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes leveled the balls to give him a diameter of 20/24 cm.

Cook in a nonstick skillet over high heat special on both sides. If you do not own the circular plate for tortillas, you can use a common pan.

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Cook flatbread

A perfect match? Surely the Piadina with a nice glass of Sangiovese

The piadina lends itself to many different combinations, from sweet to savory, without particular problems.

Here is a list of the products commonly used to stuff the piadina:

salami, ham, baked ham, squaquerone, arugula, spicy salami, cup, mortadella, speck, fontina, pecorino, tomato, eggplant, sausage, onion, Nutella.

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Piadina

If you want to know more on flatbread, consult the encyclopedia wikipedia

pizza pesto

Pesto Pizza Recipe - A Coupled Winner

The delicious pizza to the pesto which until a few years ago seemed to be a unique region Liguria, finally begins to find space in all the menus of our peninsula and beyond. On my last trip in the multiethnic city in the world: New York, I was really surprised to find in the menu of the pizzeria "chicken pesto pizza"... And as I could not order it. A delicious sliced ​​chicken topped with pesto that served as a topping pizza margherita. I was wondering, who knows if it would have happened in Italy? The Italians are very traditional, only few would match the chicken pizza, in fact many pizzerias in our country suggest the simple daisy with addition of pesto as topping. Absolutely delicious to taste and if you have not already done.

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The pesto pizza

Let's move on to the preparation of the pesto pizza.

Pizza dough:

Doses to prepare 4 pizza pesto
Flour type "0" 625 grams
Water 375 grams
Sale 15 grams
Yeast 2 grams
Sugar 10 grams
Oil 2-3 spoons
Take a container for the dough, pour the warm water (20 degrees around) and scioglieteci in yeast, then add the extra virgin olive oil and sugar. Add the flour and begin to knead. Add salt and continue to work the dough with your hands until a homogeneous product, elastic and soft that will come off completely from your hands.

Divide the dough into 4 balls and leave to rest well covered for leavening, for an hour or until its volume will not be doubled.

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Pizza with pesto

Meanwhile prepare the pesto. To prepare the pesto must wash and dry 4 bunches of fresh basil leaves. We begin to chop 2 cloves of garlic with a little’ salt, then add the basil leaves, a handful of pine nuts, Parmesan (40 g) and pecorino (20 g) and mix together gradually incorporating olive oil. The pesto must not be too liquid.

Completed the leavening, proceed with the drafting of the balls.

Season the circles of dough with tomato sauce, sale, extra virgin olive oil, oregano, add the mozzarella and topped with a spoon the surface of the pizza with your pesto.

Bring your oven at a temperature of 200/250 degrees and bake your pizzas. After 15 minutes check for doneness, and baked only when the board will prove to be perfectly golden. Add a few leaves of fresh basil and serve hot.

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Margherita pizza with pesto sauce

How to prepare your pizza with pesto? Give your recipe in the comments on this page.

To learn more about the pesto, you can take a look at wikipedia.

Quick Puff Pastry recipe in 10 Minutes

Puff pastry is composed of many layers of dough made with flour and water base, alternating with a layer of butter. During baking the water contained between the various superimposed layers evaporates, the steam is trapped between the layers to increases in volume, The mixture is then "browse". Puff pastry is ideal for making quiches, rustic, yarrow, croissants and lots of recipes.

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Puff pastry

Reading here and on the internet and among the many recipe books, the preparation of puff pastry is described as a complex process that takes a long time, This discourages anyone willing to prepare it at home and encourages them to buy it ready at the supermarket, often at the expense of the fragrances and freshness. I do this work for a long time, I had the opportunity to work with many professional chefs, Many of these are gone by the wayside, but one in all I was impressed in the mind, and all his advice I have been helpful in the daily performance of my work: Chef Ulderico Traini, that even today with his creations delight thousands of customers. One morning he came to work at the last minute reservation for a buffet at lunchtime, missing a few hours upon arrival and the chef told me without any concern: Dear Cicchi, Today we prepare the pastry fast 10 minutes. The story ends here, but I want to make you a nice gift by providing you the recipe to make the pastry fast at home in no time.

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With the pastry fast you can prepare many recipes

Quick Puff Pastry recipe in 10 Minutes

Difficulty: Very easy.

These doses will give 700 grams of pasta dough

Ingredients:

250 grams of flour "00"

160 ml of cold water

250 grams of butter.

Pour flour and water in a bowl and knead until a smooth dough. Take the stick of butter and cut into thick slices 1 centimeter.

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Mixture of flour and water

With the help of a rolling pin flattened ball of dough (1 centimeter).

Arrange the slices of butter in the center of the dough as shown below.

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Place the butter in the center of the dough and shut the door.

Can close the dough by 4 sides as the figure below.

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Processing

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and then fold it in 3 parts as in the image below. During this operation, sprinkle with plenty of flour.

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Fold the dough as shown in figure

Well, we are well on track!! This operation of writing with a rolling pin, dusting of flour and fold the dough in 3 parties must be repeated 6 times.

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Here ready your quick puff pastry

Here ready your puff pastry. Store it in the fridge. Success is guaranteed, There are possibilities of errors, You can roll it from left to right, vice versa, upside down, bent 7 times instead of 6, the pastry is your, ready to use. You can divide the dough into two parts obtained and use it in 2 different occasions, it keeps perfectly in freezer.

Try making this recipe to your house and leave your comment on this page.

If you want to know more on the pastry consults wikipedia

pizza nutella

Pizza Nutella and Strawberries M&M – Dessert Divino

Today's recipe is perfect for carnival, The pizza Nutella Strawberries and M&M with your fancy you can offer in the many opportunities, already, because they are not only children to like this type of pizza, but adults are crazy.

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Pizza Nutella and strawberries M&M

In the category of "dessert pizza" pizza with Nutella Strawberries and M&M is certainly the most request, are many customers of restaurants and pizzerias that after a meal choose this particular dessert, as are lots of moms, that at birthday parties at home often prepare for their children this beloved pizza.

The pizza nutella strawberries and m&m is quite easy to do at home. All the ingredients for its preparation are readily available at any supermarket, in any season.

Its preparation, provides a flatbread pizza which is spread thin on the nutella, are added strawberries cut into wedges and finally is "softened" with delicious chocolate buttons colored M&M.

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Pizza Nutella

The preparation of the focaccia:

To prepare at home 4 pizza Nutella strawberries and M&M will need:
Flour type "0" 625 grams
Water 375 grams
Sale 15 grams
Yeast 2 grams
Sugar 10 grams
Oil 2-3 spoons
Take a container in which to prepare the dough, pour the warm water (20 degrees around) and scioglieteci in yeast, then add the extra virgin olive oil and sugar. Add the flour and begin to knead. Add the salt (as you know, the salt should never be placed in direct contact with the yeast)  and go to work the dough with your hands until a homogeneous product, elastic and soft that will come off completely from your hands.

Divide the dough into 4 balls and leave to rest well covered for leavening, for an hour or until its volume will not be doubled.

Completed the leavening, proceed with drafting of the balls. For this type of pizza is preferable to use a rolling pin, so as to obtain a thickness of the pizza uniform, on which there will be easier to spread the nutella. After the drafting of the disks of dough, helping with a fork practiced holes along the surface of the disks, this will prevent the bulges during cooking. A pinch of salt, extra virgin olive oil and rosemary that will be removed once cooked.

Preheat your oven to very good 200/250 degrees and bake your pizzas.

In 10/15 minutes your pizzas will be ready, but always check that the edge is perfectly golden before turning out.

Freshly baked your pizzas, remove the rosemary and helping with a spoon spread a generous layer of Nutella. Cut strawberries into quarters and place them along the edge, sprinkle with buttons of M&M color and a splash of cream that goes perfectly with Nutella. Now comes the hard part of the recipe: Try to resist a taste before the guests!!

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Pizza Nutella and strawberries m&m

I can only wish you: Happy Carnival, Birthday or anniversary that is good!!!

Like this pizza? leave your comment on this page.

Been Nutella? take a look on wikipedia

10 and Praise to Pizza Pazza - The Easy Recipe

Pizza crazy

The pizza crazy is one of the most searched pizzas in the world on Google, the recipe is very easy to do at home, also suitable for those who have little experience with the dough to make pizza. One other thing that made this famous pizza is the fact that it is the only pizza that is eaten with the hands, without the use of knife and fork.

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La Pizza Pazza

Convenient to carry, and delicious to taste, pizza crazy over the traditional way of filling it, ie with prosciutto and mozzarella sliced, can be prepared in many different ways, then there will be hard to please your guests.
Its long history began many years ago, when some customers began to require sellers to focaccia along roads, to add some ingredient above, and asked to fold the pizza to "portfolio" to be able to eat continuing the walk. From here took the name of "pizza portfolio".
Then, perhaps the onset of the crisis and the increasingly empty wallets, or perhaps because of the portfolios that have changed their original form, we preferred to turn his name to that of today's Pizza Pazza.

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The pizza crazy

Recipe pizza crazy

Useful Tips: When you buy the salt to prepare your pizzas and for daily use, purchased salt, that in addition to sodium chloride, contains many other useful minerals to our body.
To prepare at home 4 pizza crazy you'll need:
Flour type "0" 625 grams
Water 375 grams
Sale 15 grams
Yeast 2 grams
Sugar 10 grams
Oil 2-3 spoons
Pour the water into a container, Dissolve the yeast in the water and add the sugar and extra virgin olive oil. Add the flour and knead with your hands. Add the salt and mix everything until you get a compact and elastic until it completely detach from your hands. Divide the dough into 4 balls, cover it well and let it rise for an hour or until doubled in volume will not be.
After the rising phase with the aid of a rolling pin, roll out the balls until you have four thin disks (half a centimeter). Perforated discs of dough with a fork, this to avoid that during baking the cake is swollen. Add salt and rosemary and put to cook in an oven pre-heated to 200 degrees. La Focaccia cooks fairly quickly not having any topping over, then after 10 minutes check for doneness, and when the edge prove to be perfectly golden, your baked buns.
Cut them in half with a knife, fill them with good prosciutto and mozzarella sliced, seasoned with olive oil and salt and .... Bon Appetite.

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Pizza Pazza

Even the crazy pizza will be one of the topics that will deepen in the next course of pizza that will take place from 10 to the 19 April 2015. Click here to learn more about the details of the course.
Leave a Comment, let us know what ingredients you use to stuff the crazy pizza to your door.
If you are interested in the history of pizza, Read this article wikipedia.

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Pizza crazy

 

wheat pizza

Integral Perfect Pizza - The Recipe

The wheat pizza is light, healthy, has less calories, is crisp, is good, date, Genuine, dietetics, has a lower glycemic index and has an intense flavor and natural, is high in fiber and contains some very important minerals like iron. If all this is true, because it is not used by everyone? And to think that at the end of 1800 when it was "invented" pizza, use was made of only whole wheat flour, processing flour "refined" the type "0" and "00" was invented only recently. In recent times there are many pizzerias that have started adding a percentage of whole wheat pizza dough, everything comes at the expense of the "look" but undoubtedly enriches the pizza taste and fragrance.

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Pizza integral

Before starting with the preparation, it is fair to add some helpful tips:

  • The dough for the pizza made with whole wheat flour requires much more time for leavening (twice).
  • Flours absorb much more water than refined flour, then, the amount of water that you will find in the recipe is indicative, and you'll feel yourself the consistency of the dough obtained, if it is too hard, add a little 'of water.
  • Many mixtures are made by adding a percentage of wheat flour and a percentage of refined flour to obtain a product easier to work.
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Pizza integral

Integral Perfect Pizza - The Recipe

Serves 4 pizzas to the plate:

500 grams of wheat flour

200 grams of flour "0"

Half a liter of water

5 grams of yeast

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon salt

1 spoonful of sugar

**Each type of flour absorbs water in varying quantities. Always check the proper consistency of the mix.

Sift the flour (see it), Dissolve the yeast in the water is not cold(20 degrees)pour everything into a basin and began to knead. After all blended add the salt, sugar and oil, stir until the mixture is thick and elastic, until it comes away completely from your hands.

Divide the dough into 4 balls and let rise for 2 hours or until its volume will not be doubled.

A rising completed, spianate the balls, and seasoned pizzas at your leisure.

Heat very much well the oven 200/250 degrees, then bake your pizzas that will be ready after about 15 minutes of cooking, or when the edge of the pizzas will prove to be perfectly golden.

Bon Appetite.

Wheat pizza will be one of many topics that we will cover in the "course of pizza" that will take place from 10 to the 19 April. Read more about the course click here.

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Pizza Margherita integral

If you want to learn more about the flour, Have a look at wikipedia

caprese pizza recipe

Pizza Caprese: The Recipe to prepare a House

The pizza caprese as we all surely know, inherited its name from the most famous Caprese salad, typical recipe of the island Capri.

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The pizza caprese

It is now widespread throughout the Italian. Contrary to what you may think, the caprese pizza is a dish suitable for all seasons, simple, fresh and light. The ingredients that compose it are: buffalo mozzarella and tomato salad "ox heart" that should be cut into thin slices and laid on top of a warm, freshly baked focaccia. Of crucial importance is the oregano and fresh basil with its scents complete this delicious pizza.

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Pizza Capri

Pizza Caprese: The Recipe to prepare a House

Prepare the cake is simple: With the dosage regimen in our recipe, you will get 3 pizzas diameter 28-30 cm, be stuffed to prepare your pizza caprese.

Recipe for focaccia:

Flour type "O" 550 grams

Water 330 ml not cold(20 degrees around)

2 tablespoons olive oil

13 grams of salt

1 spoonful of sugar

3 grams of yeast

Preparation of focaccia:

Dissolve yeast in water, add flour, oil and sugar and started to knead. Once blended the ingredients, add the salt. When the dough will be compact and elastic, dividetelo in 3 balls, cover them well and let rise until doubled in volume will not be, take about an hour.

Roll out the balls with a rolling pin or your fingertips to give the size of the container for cooking.

Let rise for other 30 minutes, then seasoned with olive oil, salt and rosemary.

Bake in an oven pre-heated to 200 degrees for 15 minutes or until the surface will be completely golden.

Preparation of caprese:

Thinly sliced ​​tomato and buffalo mozzarella, Arrange the slices over the pizza focaccia still hot (see figure below), add the fresh basil, oregano and season with extra virgin olive oil and salt.

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Pizza Capri

Bon Appetite

Want to know more about Capri? Let's take a look at wikipedia

Pizza and Mushrooms a Perfect Marriage: Recipe

The mushroom pizza is certainly one of the most requested in every pizzeria in the world. Mushrooms pleasant aroma and delicate, are highly appreciated by all, and contain a multitude of minerals and vitamins.

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Mushroom Pizza

The fungi most commonly used for pizza, are of the type mushroom and porcini.

Mushroom: Also commonly called prataioli, are the most widely cultivated mushrooms, are delicious on pizza, both raw and sautéed.

Porcini: Mushrooms porcini are fragrant and very fine, belong to the family of boletes, are readily available in every supermarket, Fresh, pickled or frozen.

Champignon mushrooms should not be washed, but if you are willing to do so, do it very quickly under running water, because they absorb a lot of water and this will impact on the final result. As is known, all mushroom pickers use knife, brush and a cloth for cleaning the fungi, but no water. The porcini mushrooms should never be washed.

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Mushroom Pizza

As an ingredient for the pizza mushrooms can be matched with an infinity of other ingredients: The ham, sausage, bacon, i carciofini, pesto, and it is equally the same exquisite pizza with mixed mushrooms.

The dough to prepare pizza to fungi is the same for all other types of pizza and for the doses and ingredients click here.

After spread the dough Pizza, add the tomatoes and sprinkle with a spoon on the basis, add mushrooms and cover with a layer of mozzarella.

Bring your oven at a temperature of 200-250 degrees and when it is hot bake your pizza mushrooms.

After 15 minutes check the doneness of your pizzas, and only when the board will prove to be perfectly golden baked and served piping hot your pizza.

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Mushroom Pizza

If you love pizza with mushrooms, leave your comment on this page.

Rate this pizza

If you want to know more about the porcini mushrooms, laws this article his wikipedia.