Red hot chili peppers. Pizza as an extreme sport concluded by the firefighters

2023 Author: Cody Thornton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 19:13

They stun you by explaining that the South …, they end up revealing you that the spicy … and you, who had not yet recovered from the discovery of chilli pepper as an obligatory topping for pizza, you can only sketch. That then, considering the national chili as a determinant in the planetary scale of pungency is a little laugh, as for the percentage of capsaicin per edible gram we are definitely far from super-gifted monsters such as the American Habanero, or worse, the British Naga Dorset and Bhut Jolokia, the hottest peppers in the world, true walking anesthesia difficult to sustain even by the most trained of Calabrian competition.

If we really have to, at least put on the pizza only the seeds of the chili pepper (the outer peel is forbidden) which flavor and at the same time allow you to eat it without turning every bite into an extreme sport concluded by the arrival of the firefighters.

Spreading 'nduja and derivatives on the crust of the dough represents an intellectually daring vision that makes me feel not up to the debate, that I indignantly abandon myself even in the presence of creative pieces of polenta with a touch of flamboyant salami. Equally obviously, the pizzerias that line up the infamous "Picanta", (variations: "Diavola", "Diavolina"), a normal Margherita stuffed with slices of spicy salami the diameter of a spaceship, are regularly banned. Poor spicy salami, born to be served with fresh bread and compact crumb, and now sprawled on pizza with all the fats out. Things that should be classified under the heading "how to spoil a dinner by hiding the taste".

It is another thing to prepare a path of flavors that, starting from the least spicy, gradually get used to the palate, perhaps combining wine or, why not, beer.

Or, as I often do, transform the tomato sauce into a pinching angry with the intervention of the Tropea onion, less intrusive and clumsy than garlic. Even if I know, to many it will seem like a heresy.

In summary, a non-negotiable condition is the competition to see who eats the spiciest, you are not that type of eater, are you? Enough with corrosive oils and creams such as' nduja that cover the flavors, even slices of spicy salami in flying saucer format are prohibited. Thumb up for pairing with wine and beer (spicy and bock, a strong German lager, my favorite).