Italian pizza on the road

Italian pizza on the road
A gourmet journey across Italy.

Browsing the web one can find numerous statistics ranking the most popular things associated with Italy, and in most of them pizza is ranked first, ahead of art and culture.

We wanted to celebrate pizza and culture, imagining a hypothetical journey through Italy complete with interpretations that celebrate the most interesting places in its regions. The richness and quality of raw materials that are produced in abundance in Italy, like tomatoes, mushrooms, artichokes, and olives, constantly stimulate the imagination of every pizza maker, inspiring the creation of new and captivating recipes.

It is therefore possible to invent delicious recipes that reflect local traditions, creating a strong link between the pizza and the local origin of its ingredients. Such creativity can map out a hypothetical journey throughout that curious boot that stretches into the Mediterranean Sea, a shape that is clearly visible in photos taken from space.
In this edition we will travel from north to south, finding recipes and regions that vary greatly, discovering flavours that are born deep in the sea or on snowy peaks.

We recommend that you be careful: pizza can be addicting!

The pizzas presented in this article were created by the chefs of the Demetra Food Academy, using only the highest quality ingredients.

Demetra
Brand: Demetra
Headquarters: Talamona, Sondrio – Italy.
Products
: high-quality ingredients for modern foodservice.
Num. of products: the catalogue includes more than 500 products in different formats, most of which are manufactured in its own facilities.
Founded: 1986.
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Lombardy

Ingredients for 1 pizza

  • 40 g Demetra cream of porcini mushrooms
  • 80 g mozzarella
  • 50 g Demetra “C’era una Volta” truffled porcini mushrooms
  • 40 g bresaola
  • 30 g Demetra cream of Valtellina cheeses
  • parsley as needed

Instructions

Cover the pizza dough with cream of porcini, mozzarella, truffled porcini and bake in the oven. When baked, garnish with bresaola, cream of Valtellina cheeses, and parsley.

Trentino-Alto Adige

Ingredients for 1 pizza

  • 75 g Demetra tomato sauce for pizza
  • 80 g mozzarella
  • 50 g  Demetra truffled “della malga” mushrooms
  • 3 slices of speck smoked ham
  • thyme as needed

Instructions

Cover the pizza dough with tomato sauce, mozzarella, mushrooms and bake in the oven. When baked, garnish with speck and thyme.

BOX: It is one of the least populous regions in Italy, very mountainous with several peaks reaching more than 3,000 meters – the highest, Ortler, reaching 3,905 meters – contrasting with enchanting green valleys.
Our pizza is inspired by the local flavours, mushrooms and speck in particular, with the classic touch of an aromatic herb that, together with the spices, is never missing from the local cuisine.

Umbria

Ingredients for 1 pizza

  • 35 g Demetra truffled cream
  • 75 g mozzarella
  • 60 g Demetra truffled campesino porcini mushrooms
  • 50 g Norcia sausage
  • parsley as needed

Instructions

Cover the pizza dough with the truffled cream, the mozzarella, truffled porcini, and the sausage and bake in the oven. When baked, garnish with parsley.

BOX: Symbolic heart of Italy, this region is the only one not located along a national border or next to the sea. Rich in medieval villages that evoke the charm of distant ages, it is the region that is home to Assisi, known all over the world to be the city where Saint Francis, the patron saint of Italy, and Saint Clara lived and died. The truffle dominates the local cuisine and therefore was a must for this pizza.

Apulia

Ingredients for 1 pizza

  • 45 g Demetra cream of fava beans
  • 70 g mozzarella
  • 70 g Demetra artichoke slices in oil
  • 6 slices of Martina Franca capocollo
  • 40 g Andria stracciatella cheese
  • extra virgin olive oil as needed

Instructions

Cover the pizza dough with cream of fava beans, mozzarella, artichokes and bake in the oven. When baked, garnish with the capocollo, the stracciatella cheese, and the oil.

BOX: It is the easternmost region of Italy and one of the longest coastlines, about 865 km divided into rocky stretches, cliffs, and sandy coasts. The areas of Salento and Gargano are the most famous, but every corner of this land hides enchanting treasures.
Our pizza celebrates only some of the local specialties, because a whole recipe book would not be sufficient to include all the traditional foods of this region.

Sardinia

Ingredients for 1 pizza

  • 70 g Demetra tomato sauce for pizza
  • 75 g mozzarella
  • 6 Demetra rustic artichokes
  • 4 slices of smoked tuna carpaccio
  • grey mullet bottarga as needed

Instructions

Cover the pizza dough with tomato sauce, mozzarella, rustic artichokes and bake in the oven. When baked, garnish with tuna and bottarga.

 

BOX: Rich in mountains, forests, plains, largely uninhabited territories, waterways, rocky shores, and long sandy beaches, this region is home to quiet inland areas and fun, beautiful seaside resorts loved by the world’s most famous VIPs. Tuna, artichokes and bottarga bring our pizza to life, celebrating the fishing tradition and the agricultural culture of the inhabitants of this island at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea.

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