Super Pizza Recipe from Northern Italy for Fast Casual

The flavor leaps from this simple pizza!

This pizza was prepared in Trento Italy in by our friend Albert in a 140 model revolving brick oven at approximately 750 degrees.  

The best things in life are sometimes easy too.

First- you will need an easy Neapolitan dough for a base which is then generously covered with fresh buffalo mozzarella broken in pieces and a very light spattering of tomato sauce.  Then (and this is key) after it is baked to perfection you slice fresh sopressa and gently fold it over your pizza in a delicate blanket. Next comes the artichoke hearts and finally the Gaeta olives.  The savory meat, delicate crust with hints of yeast and the tangy olives combine with rich cheese and artichokes to delight the pickiest of pallets.
Sauce can be substituted by a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil if you prefer but as with any delectable dish-you can only get out of it what you put into it, so use the best available ingredients, then bake to perfection  in your New York Brick Oven.  I you need to learn the Art of Pizza please contact the Pizza School of New York, they can make it easy for you and get you started on the right foot.

Pizza Concept Trends

An Exciting Time For Pizza

The New Wave of Entrepreneurs have hit the ground running.

Fast casual, locally sourced, artisan pizza, organic and build your own are the buzz words being tossed about and of course there is the "Chipotle of Pizza" dream being expressed by the media but some ingredients are universal in the latest "Gold Rush" of pizza. First and foremost is the idea of building your own or designing your own pizza. Although it's not  a new idea to such Industry standards as Goodfella's from Staten Island New York which in known for it's Vodka pie, the open counter display of ingredients through a glass partition where the customer choose the toppings, thus "building" his own pizza" is now the predominant part of many of the new concepts.  The artisan part of pizza making is being reinterpreted to mean choose your toppings and hand made instead of hand made dough which is then hand stretched and cooked by a skilled pizza man in an authentic brick oven but customers are not that choosy yet as the competition is still evolving. Speed is foremost at this time but is not making it necessary to sacrifice product at places using the revolving brick ovens to cook hand tossed dough at such  an amazing rate of speed and consistency that it would make a Neapolitan Pizza Man smile. Organic ingredients are a bonus for some places looking to offer a healthier pizza, while local growers are being utilized as an incentive to be part of the community. Trendy places with exciting themes are taking the place of the old mom and pop slice places and offer somewhere different from the typical Pizza Franchise to take the family on pizza night. With the market share of fast casual pizza increasing by leaps and bounds it is anyone's guess as to who will be the "Chipotle of Pizza". Regardless of who dominates the market it is a win-win for all pizza lovers.