Carne Genuina celebrates National Pizza Day
How National Pizza Day was born
Pizza is the symbolic food of Italianness and - perhaps not everyone knows that - January 17th is celebrated as National Pizza Day. After all, pizza is the undisputed cultural heritage of humanity: there are many versions, from the classic margherita to the super expensive with truffle, from the simple marinara to the white pizza without tomato. A matter of taste, nothing else. However, she - and she alone - is the undisputed queen from which it also takes its name: the Margherita pizza which, on January 17th, finds its perfect celebration. During the day, Sant'Antonio Abate, patron saint of pizza chefs, is celebrated and the city of Naples - where pizza originates - chooses to celebrate the day by showing the whole world its generosity and attentiveness to the needs of the poorest.
How do you celebrate pizza day?
Naples represents the fulcrum of the celebrations, everything starts from here. Pizza has always been considered a symbol of conviviality, of being together, of eating something good and tasty. The choice to celebrate World Pizza Day meets the desire to help those in need and here - the good hearts of the Neapolitans - have developed a truly praiseworthy initiative.
Since 2017, on January 17th, volunteer associations have come together and give away hot, steaming pizzas to the city's needy people in the area. All the participating pizza chefs organize themselves in such a way as not to leave anyone excluded, so as to make the initiative truly effective. Year after year, the growing media interest meant that the initiative spread like wildfire to other cities, once again bringing to the fore the enormous generosity of the Neapolitan people.
Genuine meat and homemade pizza recipe
Carne Genuina also chooses to turn the spotlight on World Pizza Day and offers a tasty, tasty and perfect recipe to celebrate any occasion: pizza with buffalo mozzarella, Calabrian black pig 'Nduja and black olives.
Ingredients for 'Nduja pizza and black olives
Few basic and selected ingredients, this is the rule for bringing a healthy and genuine dish to the table.
- 500 g 00 flour
- 400 g Tomato puree
- 230 g of buffalo mozzarella
- 25 g of powdered sourdough starter
- 3 fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 fresh red chili pepper
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of sugar
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- black olives to taste
- Spicy Calabrian 'Nduja to taste
Pizza recipe with 'Nduja and black olives
The preparation is very simple, you need to arm yourself with patience and respect the leavening times. Place the 00 flour in a well on the work surface, add a glass of water, the powdered sourdough starter, the extra virgin olive oil, the salt and the chili powder.
Knead until you obtain a compact, homogeneous and elastic dough. Move the dough into a bowl, cover with cling film and leave to rest for 2 hours. Subsequently, with the help of a rolling pin, roll out the dough in an oven-safe pan and cover with a cloth, leave to rest for another 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 220°C and in the meantime fill the pizza: spread a layer of tomato previously combined with sugar, thinly sliced buffalo mozzarella , a few olives and fresh chilli pepper cut into pieces.
Bake and leave to cook in a static oven for 15 minutes, then place the sensor on the grill and leave to cook for another 5 minutes. Remove from the oven, add the basil leaves, a few slices of Calabrian 'Nduja and bring to the table.
