Comments on: Emica asks – is this the best pizza in the world? http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Emica http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 Emica Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:48:27 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2250 @togram I get homesick just thinking about pizza at ecco, in subi (that's subiaco, perth for you eastern staters). run by an italian brother and sister, with dad working the paddle at the wood fired oven, they're the best I've had in Aus. they couldn't compete for north italian atmosphere though ;) @togram

I get homesick just thinking about pizza at ecco, in subi (that’s subiaco, perth for you eastern staters). run by an italian brother and sister, with dad working the paddle at the wood fired oven, they’re the best I’ve had in Aus.

they couldn’t compete for north italian atmosphere though ;)

]]> By: togram http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 togram Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:24:06 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2248 Best pizza...hmm...well, not here in Perth. Too much tendency to follow the American school of squishy, fatty, over stuffed pizza "pies". I'd say the best pizza I ever ate was pizze ruccola at the bar after a wedding in Colico (north east Lake Como) - thinnest of thin bases, passata, rocket. Crunchy, tomato sweetness, rocket pepper. No frigging around; no formaggi unless you ask for it. My recollections may have been coloured slightly by the excessive amounts of vino rosso consumed at the wedding. We'll never know. Best pizza…hmm…well, not here in Perth. Too much tendency to follow the American school of squishy, fatty, over stuffed pizza “pies”.

I’d say the best pizza I ever ate was pizze ruccola at the bar after a wedding in Colico (north east Lake Como) – thinnest of thin bases, passata, rocket. Crunchy, tomato sweetness, rocket pepper. No frigging around; no formaggi unless you ask for it.

My recollections may have been coloured slightly by the excessive amounts of vino rosso consumed at the wedding. We’ll never know.

]]> By: Fasaxc http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 Fasaxc Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2244 Have to second Pizza Purist, Pizza l'Antica has the best Pizza. Even Heston Blumenthal went home, humbled, admitting his attempt was an embarrassment after tasting theirs. He did work out one of their secrets though: The water in that part of Naples is of precisely the right (soft) pH to make the dough delicate and soft while in the rest of the city the water is hard, resulting in a more tough dough. Also, they start with Italian Tipo 00 flour and let the dough rise slowly overnight (if you get there too late on a busy night they run out of dough and that's it!) @emica, if your pizza is turning out like a biscuit, you're probably baking it too long. I find it's best to have the oven on max and cook for ~5 mins. Have to second Pizza Purist, Pizza l’Antica has the best Pizza. Even Heston Blumenthal went home, humbled, admitting his attempt was an embarrassment after tasting theirs.

He did work out one of their secrets though: The water in that part of Naples is of precisely the right (soft) pH to make the dough delicate and soft while in the rest of the city the water is hard, resulting in a more tough dough. Also, they start with Italian Tipo 00 flour and let the dough rise slowly overnight (if you get there too late on a busy night they run out of dough and that’s it!)

@emica, if your pizza is turning out like a biscuit, you’re probably baking it too long. I find it’s best to have the oven on max and cook for ~5 mins.

]]> By: emica http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2239 emica Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:05:04 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2239 Enough with the random ramblings of randomness you lot of pizza purist fascisti! Let's get back on track. Q: why does my homemade pizza base got hard like a Sao biscuit? FDB perhaps your Lady Friend can offer advice? Enough with the random ramblings of randomness you lot of pizza purist fascisti! Let’s get back on track.

Q: why does my homemade pizza base got hard like a Sao biscuit? FDB perhaps your Lady Friend can offer advice?

]]> By: The Mayor of Battipaglia http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 The Mayor of Battipaglia Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:59:45 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2238 My father was a pizza fascismo. And his before. I remember as a boy sitting in the hills watching the allied landings in the bay of Salerno. Those americans with their deep pans and pineapple chunks. And the scots with their deep fryers. We cryed tears of joy, tears of pain, tears of anger. That is how you dress a pizza. With the bitter tears of cultural misappropriation. But we Italians know how to take our revenge, my son he now sells pizza by the slice in camden market. I won't tell you what he puts in the spicy meat. My father was a pizza fascismo. And his before. I remember as a boy sitting in the hills watching the allied landings in the bay of Salerno. Those americans with their deep pans and pineapple chunks. And the scots with their deep fryers. We cryed tears of joy, tears of pain, tears of anger. That is how you dress a pizza. With the bitter tears of cultural misappropriation. But we Italians know how to take our revenge, my son he now sells pizza by the slice in camden market. I won’t tell you what he puts in the spicy meat.

]]> By: miga http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 miga Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:49:54 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2237 @pizzapurist toppings? pah! bases? pah! in my day we used to lick road with tongue! @pizzapurist

toppings? pah! bases? pah! in my day we used to lick road with tongue!

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2236 Kirsty Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:20:57 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2236 The Pizza Caffe at UQ St Lucia where all pizzas are named after Italian directors, actors etc. The best is the Pasolini which is pancetta, potato, rosemary and parmigiano, but I'm partial to the Zeffirelli too. <a href="http://www.uqu.uq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=59" rel="nofollow">Here's a link to the menu</a>. It's all about the base. The Pizza Caffe at UQ St Lucia where all pizzas are named after Italian directors, actors etc. The best is the Pasolini which is pancetta, potato, rosemary and parmigiano, but I’m partial to the Zeffirelli too. Here’s a link to the menu. It’s all about the base.

]]> By: Joe Dolce http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/2009/07/15/emica-asks-is-this-the-best-pizza-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2235 Joe Dolce Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:51:28 +0000 http://www.progressivedinnerparty.net/?p=2215#comment-2235 Toppings? Pah! A drizzle of olive oil with oregano (that hardy perennial) for the pizza fascismo. Toppings? Pah! A drizzle of olive oil with oregano (that hardy perennial) for the pizza fascismo.

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