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Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins

Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins. Sesame seeds, Black salt and green Spices, also said Zater is the name of this focaccia origins Iranian. It is prepared just like our bread with the addition of Zater.

Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins
Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins

During our practical courses to become pizza chefs we organize every week in our school we also talk about other cultures and types of pizza.

Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins

Below the video of the preparation of this pizza.

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Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins

If you have not already done, take a look at our During pizza online.

Have you ever thought you subscribe to one of our practical courses to become pizza chefs? Find out more.

Before leaving I remember it is already possible to download my latest book called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have any pizza on their menus. Get it here.

Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins
Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins

Zater Focaccia Iranian Origins

Visit our youtube channel, are available hundreds of video recipes of pizza pizza prepared by students who attend our weekly courses.

 

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

 

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo. I prepare the pizza from now 40 years and as goes the old saying "You never stop learning". Since I organize pizza courses at our school every week I get students who come from all over the world and therefore also my way of seeing the pizza is slowly changing.

I can not see the pizza as I was used, ie ham and mushrooms, capricious or the simplest of daisies, but I begin to see it as king prawns pizza from Singapore, Mexican chilli pizza, or as in the case of today's Calzone Momo prepared by our friend Surendra coming from Katmandu back in Nepal

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo
The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

This calzone that is apparently one of the most classic trousers has a very special filling. It is prepared with a meat filling really belongs to the oriental culture that remotely resembles the spicy scent of a delicious curry.

The preparation, He called as saying the "Momo" recipe is made with minced chicken meat, of finely chopped white onion, garlic and ginger in a blender past and browned in oil, a pinch of salt and this delicious mix of spices used a lot in Nepal, China and India aptly named Momo.

Here's how it looks once prepared

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo
The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

All the rest is history .... The preparation of the calzone is done in exactly the same way we are used to seeing, ie base of mozzarella, momo stuffed and classic rolling closure edge.

I added the video if you should wish to make it at home.

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The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

No matter where in the world you come, no matter what your culture, if you like the art of baking pizzas, subscribe to one of our practical courses in our school. You will find all information about our workshops here.

At this link you can reach the calendar of upcoming courses in programming.

The Eastern Calzone With Stuffing Momo

Before moving to the greetings I remind you that it is already possible to download my latest book is called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. You can find it here.

Dear friends I make an appointment next week for other delicious recipes of pizza.

If you like my pizza recipes from around the world, I invite you to visit my YouTube channel, you will find hundreds and hundreds of video recipes of pizza pizza prepared by students who attend our weekly courses

 

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna. Today I propose a super recipe for pizza that should have more than a hundred years. It belonged to my grandmother. I remember that prepared on special occasions, perhaps during the holidays. One hundred years ago there were no classic pizzerias like imagine now, some piece of pizza you could find it only in some bakery, perhaps with the addition of tomato.

The pizza that I propose today, You think that was cooked in the embers. We are talking about a thin sheet of dough rolled, whose ingredients salami seasoned homemade, a bit 'tomato, of the fennel.

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna
The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

The wild fennel or also called finocchiona or fennel is a popular ingredient with roast pork or any type of fatty meat. The fresh leaves are used to flavor salads and fish dishes to which it gives an unmistakable smell. Its seeds are very well matched to cheese and are used for the production of spirits.

For the preparation of this type of pizza, now no longer used the old technique of cooking in the embers, but we used our classic wood stove.

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna
The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

For all those who want to prepare it at home, I added the video of the preparation.

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The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

And after enjoying this delicious pizza, there remains remind me that all the links that you can find it here on my website dedicated to pizza.

Let's start with something really useful, add this site to your Favorites, contains more than 300 pizza recipes, It will come in handy the next time you prepare the pizza at home.

At this link Instead you will find all the information regarding the professional practical training as a pizza maker that we organize here in our School Pizza.

Here the schedule of upcoming courses in program.

For those who do not have time or resources to come here in our school pizza, I remember that on our website is available fantastic course of pizza online you can follow directly from the couch sitting in your home.

The Pizza Centenaria Della Nonna

Finally there is New Book the chef Silvio Cicchi. Book Translated into 4 languages.NOT ONLY PIZZA-All you should have a pizza on the menu. Pizzas and original products, many gourmet proposals, but also products that have made the history of pizza in the world, are the solutions that all pizzerias should have in their menu. More than 170 photographs to help you realize unique recipes perfect to combine with a choice of raw materials of exception, for combinations of ingredients undiscounted. Insiders and enthusiasts will find in this book all the information needed to carry out in a workmanlike manner and in an innovative gastronomic recipes that are monuments of Italian cuisine. Raw materials. The processing techniques. the dough. The recipes.

Visit my youtube channel, you will find hundreds of video recipes of pizza prepared by the students of our school pizza.

 

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese. On one of my last vacation in Bulgaria, visiting the beautiful capital Sofia I borrowed a recipe that is really part of the culture of this beautiful and fascinating people.

For those interested in the month of September our School of Italian Pizza will organize its own course in the capital Sofia in a fantastic pizzeria that cooperates with us. This is the pizza Olive oil that you will find on the site http://www.oliodolivapizzeria.com/ 

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

All those who have visited Bulgaria will surely have noticed that in those parts there is no meal that does not include a nice salad: The salad is a "Must" for breakfast, for lunch and dinner. They prepare many types, but the most common that you will find anywhere is prepared with tomatoes and cheese type "Feta”.

It was not difficult to find a meeting point between our pizza and Bulgarian culture. We offer this delicious cake with diced bacon for the whole season and after cooking in our wood-burning oven, add the arugula and tomatoes flavored with the particular local cheese.

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese
Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

Below we propose the video of the preparation of this delicious focaccia from Bulgarian traditions. The video as always was recorded in the laboratories of Our pizza school in Italy. If you would like more information about our professional workshops, I invite you to visit this link.

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Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

I end today and remember, that for those who do not have time and resources to come to our school of pizza in Italy, is available here on our site a fantastic "Course Pizzaiolo ONLINE"Which you can watch from the comfort of your home sofa. You will find all the information at this link.

Finally I remind you that it is available for download my latest book called "NOT ONLY PIZZA- What should have all the pizzerias in your menu”. You can download it at this link. Fantastic very useful book to all managers of restaurants and pizzerias.

Focaccia With Bacon Arugula and Tomato Feta Cheese

Let's keep in touch. See you again in a few days for more news about pizza. Before leaving I invite you to visit my YouTube channel where you will find hundreds and hundreds of video recipes of pizza prepared by the students of our school of Italian pizza.

 

Ciao

Silvio Cicchi

 

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare. This pizza is very popular. It is offered in take aways, in every room where they prepare cocktails and we find often in prepared buffet for birthdays or holidays.

We are used to see it and recognize it with so many different types of filling: Since tomato and mozzarella, with vegetables or with stuffed with ham and cheese.

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare
The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

The version that I want to propose today looks back on many years of history, we are talking of "CHICHI 'stuffing. Do you think that just a few kilometers from where I live, Offida, there is even a festival dedicated entirely to filling chichi, It participates in very many years on the first Sunday of August.

Already my grandparents remember that prepared years ago by placing its particular filling in a classic bun or "Cacciannanze". Merit of its filling made of pickled vegetables, tuna anchovies and capers, this pizza is one of the few that gets good with the passing hours. In fact they are in many families prepare it the day before and then eat it the next day.

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare
The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

in our professional pizza maker courses that we perform weekly at Our school pizza, This type of product is always taught to future pizzaioli, also we call it affectionately as the "Pizza with both hands" because it is a pizza as a base, the filling and is covered by another pizza like top. To understand how it is prepared, I invite you to watch the following video below.

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The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

For all those interested to attend our Professional training course to become pizza chefs, I remember that you can find all the information this link.

For the less fortunate instead they have no time or resources, I remember that here on our website a Brilliant "is availablePIZZAIOLO OF ONLINE COURSE that you can follow from the comfort of your home sofa.

The Stuffed Pizza in Two Hands How to prepare

Before saying goodbye as my usual I remind you that it is available for download my latest book called NOT ONLY PIZZA-What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. Suitable for anyone who manages daily drudgery of the pizzeria or for those who want to engage in the preparation of historical specialties. You will find all information about the book in This Page.

Visit My YouTube channel contains hundreds of video recipes of pizza prepared by the students of our school pizza

 

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

Google Home and La Pizza

Google Home and La Pizza

Google Home and La Pizza. The future dear friends is not that far away. Passionate about science fiction films, where everyone spoke a command dictating computer (age 80/90), I've been dreaming of having one ever since virtual butler at home ordering him to make me coffee. Here we are, we have finally arrived at what I've always wanted, for Christmas I gave a Google Home mini. Absolutely amazing.

At first I was a little’ skeptical, you know ... talking to a machine sometimes makes us feel a bit’ stupid, but over time you get used. It can greatly help us to successfully overcome all the commitments we made during the day, reminding us appointments, the shopping list and even entertaining us with our own musical pieces favourites.

Google Home and La Pizza
Google Home and La Pizza

Google Home and La Pizza

Do not use it a lot to learn about the age of famous people or to know who is the richest in the world, it helps me a lot in the daily routine of my life. I have a School pizzaioli, so one of my first tests I did was to get help managing my School pizza makers and pizza baking.

I ask him to various recipes, I even have it tested asking him for a good pizzeria around here and even asking him about the Pizza Cook School Silvio Cicchi, or, which play a practical vocational course. The answers were always the butler to the occasion and satisfactory. Great, both in English and in Italian language.

Google Home and La Pizza
Google Home and La Pizza

Google Home and La Pizza

One of the things that struck me most is the news that Google Home offers its users, that is, the ability to order a pizza for you. There are already many US chains that joined in embracing this Google initiative, because at the moment the service is only available in the US.

Even our virtual butler remembers our tastes and the days when frequently we order pizza, sometimes even anticipating our thinking, asking us if we want to order that kind of pizza and automatically providing payment, or just say "Hey Google" Sort the usual Starbucks.

Google Home e La Pizza
Google Home and La Pizza

Google Home and La Pizza

Because this service is not yet active in our country we have to wait, but in the meantime, in order not to waste precious time, I'm explaining to my virtual butler which one is mine favorite pizza and where to buy it. See the video below!

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Google Home and La Pizza

Even today we arrived to greetings. As usual, before doing this, I wanted to remind you of some of the more useful links which you can find here on our site entirely dedicated to pizza:

All about Pizzaiolo Professional Courses that we organize here in our school.

The calendar of upcoming courses scheduled.

The fantastic Pizzaiolo Online Course for Lazy who do not want to leave the house.

Finally, I invite you to take a look at ours Youtube channel where you will find hundreds of video pizza recipes prepared by the students who sign up for our professional practical courses on a weekly basis.

 

A resent in a few days for more news about pizza.

Silvio Cicchi

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant. Just yesterday I went to lunch at a restaurant and I noticed something quite disgusting and common now visible in all restaurants and pizzerias. We sit at the table with other diners completely ignoring them as if we were not giving importance only to its own phone.

But how really to behave at the table with the phone? There was this problem until a few years ago, then we see at a glance what they say about good manners when sitting at the table and handling the phone.

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant
The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

For patrons of restaurants and pizzerias, the situation is alarming, it seems that handle mobile phone at the table it is justified by the fact that it could or should somehow photographing the dishes and the various courses and then immediately publish on social, immediately after follow the comments to posts / photos and comment in turn, often turning the conversation with the guests in an absolute vacuum.

As a remedy to everything? Let us see what tells us the etiquette of Table Manners.

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant
The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

Never place your phone on the table. Immediately remove the ring and place the phone in the bag. No nothing will happen in the next two hours while you are sitting at the table, I can assure you.

If you own "telephone sick" I can suggest a shortcut: Get up to mid lunch and go to the bathroom to check messages and to draw some pictures while you're sitting in the bathroom, to post on social as by now most people do, maybe after you have eaten the noodles, just to see if in the meantime it is something incredible happened in the meantime that you were intent on consuming the meal.

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant
The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

It could happen for you to wait an urgent call for family reasons or for work, just check the phone a couple of times if you have received calls since the ringer is muted, but try to explain to others why your diners quite insane gesture while you're sitting at lunch.

If you really "need" to photograph the dishes that are served there, at least do it one at a time without confusion, but if the other diners or your partner does not share your sad this Craze, then give us a better cutting.

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant
The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

The Etiquette of the phone in a Tavola Restaurant

Conclusion: Whether sitting at the table consuming a meal, both at the bar sipping a drink with other people we have to keep in mind that whoever is in front of you always has priority on callers, and this thing with the passage of time has overturned. Place the answering machine in your cell (It was invented for this) and as soon as free from commitments can recall who has sought.

Personally, I fully agree with these rules, before sitting down at the table I turn it off and power back up only the exit of the restaurant and you? What do you think? Leave a comment in the space below.

Once again before I say goodbye I would like to summarize some of the links available on our website entirely dedicated to pizza:

Our practical training as a pizza maker

The timing of our courses scheduled

The pizza maker online course that you can follow from the comfort of your home.

Take a visit to our YouTube Channel, you will find hundreds of video recipes of pizza prepared by the students of our school pizza.

 

A resent in a few days for more news about pizza.

Silvio Cicchi

PS: Almost I forgot ... at lunch and dinner time not making calls to other people, it is not good manners.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Article updated on 5/11/2022

Rosmar Ristorante In Portugal Codfish and More. Different countries find food. For several years now I often travel in Portugal. I hear frequently that in this country there 365 salt cod recipes, or as they call it "Baccalhau”, a recipe for every day of the year.

When I go over there I can not help but go to see my friend Paul Veira, manager of one of the best restaurants in the area Braga, Rosmar, where they cook the cod in many different ways.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just
Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Cod and Not Just

And not just cod, Paulo came to Italy in our school pizza and attended our practical course Pizzaioli, then from “growl” you will also find an exceptional pizza.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just
Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Ample space for banquets and ceremonies, and just look at the pictures of the staff in the kitchen to have an idea of ​​the quality that you have in this fabulous restaurant.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just
Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Cod and Not Just

When preparing the cod do not, you do it for one person, it is better to be many, and to judge the photos from our table the party is a complete success.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just
Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

And here you go His Majesty the cod….

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just
Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Prepare dear friend Paulo that soon I catch you. A warm greeting to all the staff of growl and if you happen to be in those parts, go and visit him. You will not regret it. Here is their Facebook page where you can find all contacts.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just
Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

And to finish with a flourish the kitchen staff prepared a delicious parfait with figs.

Rosmar Restaurant In Portugal Baccala and Not Just

Before we move on to greetings today I also wanted to remind some useful links on our website:

All information about our professional practical courses to become a pizza maker.

The calendar of upcoming courses scheduled in our pizza makers school.

For those who do not have time and resources to come up to here, It is available on our website a fantastic "Of Pizzaiolo Online Course”. And, just so, access the course from anywhere and at any time of the day. You'll find all the information on our course online here.

Last but not because it is less important, I invite you to take a look at YouTube, you will find hundreds and hundreds of video recipes for pizza.

 

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

The pizza in Italy

The pizza in Italy. We continue our around the world listening to various opinions about pizza and catering in all its facets.

This week we met Dr.. Vincenzo Pintacuda, that, let me tell, pizza it really intends. His hobby is "Traveling", then no one like him is able to photograph the situation Pizza – Catering in Italy. He currently lives in Market.

dear Dr.. Vincenzo, How do you see the situation restaurant / pizzeria in our country in recent years: Is getting better? Or are you still feel the air of crisis?

Dear friend Silvio, IMHO On the catering generally experiencing a decline in quality in our country, all this because of its operators, often improvised or adapted to modern times.

The pizza in Italy
The pizza in Italy

The pizza in Italy

According to him, quality pizza products and ingredients that are used, It has improved over the years, or are we going back?

For several years now, It has been a steady decline in quality of food usually used in restaurants, this because of globalization planetary supply of products massificati. The Pizza here is more vulnerable to this decline as it consists of a few simple ingredients.

The pizza in Italy
The pizza in Italy

The pizza in Italy

We speak of customer service, When we walk into a restaurant / pizzeria, we are in a satisfactory manner greeted, or do you think that there is room for improvement?

As already mentioned earlier the caterers (caterers / hoteliers) They must have (for customer service) "ingredient" Fundamental: empathy, expertise, professionalism. often missing his "ingredient" more important than the food of our country carries through the centuries: its culture!

Unfortunately, this application is a must: What is your favorite pizza?

My tastes are very simple, I think that my favorite pizza is a Red with ham and mushrooms.

The pizza in Italy
The pizza in Italy

The pizza in Italy 

Pizza?

And, good, genuine and healthy. It not by chance is a World Heritage Site, a heritage of the world.

Thanks Dr.. Pintacuda, I hope to hear from you soon.

Dear friends, today we concluded. Before leaving I wanted to remind you of some useful links that you can find on our website dedicated to pizza:

All information on practical courses: https://www.silviocicchi.com/pizzachef/corsi/

The calendar of upcoming courses: https://www.silviocicchi.com/pizzachef/corsi-pizzaiolo/

300 pizza recipes: https://www.silviocicchi.com/pizzachef/guide/ricetta-pizza/

Do you like our video recipes? Visit our YouTube channel.

 

Pizzaiolo Online Course: Unfortunately, not all people have the time and resources available to attend one of our training course at our school pizza. This gave rise to the request to publish our the pizza maker Online Course. Available on our site for the past several years and now for everyone simply by performing the download on your PC or mobile phone. You can access the course wherever you are at any time of the day. At the station while waiting for the train, car during your daily commute (if you are driving), in the waiting rooms of dentists J or even when you are sitting comfortably on the couch in your home. If you want more information on our course of pizza online, click on this link.

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes. just so, as it happens in fashion, the same thing happens for food or as in our case the most popular pizza toppings in the variouscountries of the world.

The world is really big, in our school Italian pizza People arrive weekly from all over the planet. Do you think the Italians are barely 10% of pizza makers who come to school and enroll in our Professional workshops.

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes
Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

The skill of the master pizzaiolo in these cases, not just limited to the traditional pizzas: Daisy, whimsical and four seasons, but it goes beyond. It must be good to know countries, cultures and different ingredients in order to face these things.

Fortunately in my many trips here and there I learned a lot and I can make them feel at home is the West that the East.

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes
Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Did you know that the most popular pizza in the world is "Pizza Pepperoni”? just so, think even exists in Italy, But Take a tour in the US where this pizza is absolutely the best-selling. You have got to visit the US, but you know Australia? Well here as you imagine the most popular pizza is absolutely the Pepperoni Pizza. As you say? Still you not arrived on holiday in Australia? No problem. If you have visited the Queen Elizabeth and her subjects in England, you could not help but notice that here again the best-selling pizza is without doubt the Pepperoni pizza.

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes
Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

It's Italy? curious? Well, here you are satisfied with the geography of taste in Italy:

In the North, the best-selling pizza is for sure the ham and mushrooms, while the south, that's incredible preferences are oriented towards the "Bufala". It's not all, another thing interesting and curious at the same time is the fact that there is a division also given sex: The majority of women order a "Vegetarian“.

I could also tell you another curiosity linked to the favorite times to enjoy our pizza: The Italians choose pizza (52%) because it is a time for socializing and sharing.

The favorite days to eat pizza: Weekend 83%.

Friday 22%, Saturday 32%, Sunday 25%

This data is not me I invented them, but it is a source of a study of Buitoni.

Pizza The Geography Of The World Tastes

Here you can find more information about our courses

At this link instead you can find the calendar of upcoming courses scheduled in our school.

On our site you can find more than 300 pizza recipes.

On our YouTube channel you will find any video of pizza recipes prepared by students from around the world.

 

Which country do you live in? What is the most popular pizza in your country? Leave your thoughts in the comments on this page.