the-mamma-mia

Hello everyone, here we are again with our column "Leonardo's recipes" from the pizzeria Mamma mia in Novellara. Today we talk about our "Mamma mia". The hostess. One of the most popular pizzas that, from the very first day, has represented us the most, making us known to all of you. The customers, the first ones who entered the pizzeria, only asked for Her! Like groupies at their favorite singer's concert! The one everyone talks about. The one with the high and airy crust, and the buffalo bites on top! Soft and crumbly. Which until then, in the surroundings, had never been seen! And no one had ever dared so much! That pizza was not born by chance. But strongly desired. Behind it, there is a lot of research, a lot of study, and many trials. It has proven to be up to our project. Of my pizza project, which today, everyone calls "contemporary" but in the Bassa Reggiana. In the family, everyone mocked me. "Where do you want to go with that pizza!!??"; "and this is pizza according to you!!??"; "it looks like a dinghy"; "the pizza must be thin and crunchy". Every day the same thing. The morale was not the best. I felt mocked, disappointed, and demoralized. This mosaic of negative sensations and sense of failure was my strength. To prove to everyone that they were wrong. With facts. Not with chatter! And that the "contemporary" one would be the way to go. And the proof is the results obtained thanks to her. People meet me on the street and ask me if I am the one from the pizzeria "mamma mia di Novellara" who makes the high pizza! And it's magnificent! Yes exactly magnificent! Because as I always say, at the base of each of my pizzas, there are memories and emotions! Positive and not.

Mamma mia is Home! It represents union and sharing! Its crust unites tradition and the quality of the products. A bit like a mother who protects her children, with the warmth and softness of her hugs. Bite after bite you let yourself be accompanied, because you trust. (How can you not trust your own mother?!) you smell the scent of wheat, the sweetness of the raw, which recalls the meat, that is life, and the purity of the milk of the buffalo bites, like a newborn at his mother's breast. Well, mamma mia is also this. A deep pizza. That everyone likes and that from the first bite is never forgotten! Because mom is always mom! And she is always in everyone's memories and hearts. Think that in your phone book we are there, just after Her!

Here are the ingredients:

80 gr. Organic Tuscan Tomato from Blockchain

125 gr. Of buffalo mozzarella DOP

85 gr. Of Parma Ham Health Line from Prosciuttificio Giancarlo Tanara (read The story of Parma ham https://www.tanaragiancarlo.it/linea-salute-ita.pdf)

100 gr. Buffalo bites DOP

Basil

Extra virgin olive oil "azienda agricola Viola"