Italian Cheeses for Your Pizza – Part 2
Italian cheeses for your pizza shape the flavour, melt and texture of your pizza. This guide introduces six classic varieties and explains how to prepare, combine and use them in...
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Recipes & Baking
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The Secret of Pinsa
Pinsa delights with a light, crisp crust and an airy interior. Crucial are the flour blend, gentle dough handling and very hot baking — ideally in a powerful oven.
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Grandma’s biscuits (Biscotti della nonna) — classic recipe for wood-fired and home ovens
A simple, traditional biscuit recipe with a delicate citrus note — ideal for a wood-fired oven or a home oven. Step-by-step instructions to recreate Grandma’s biscuits (Biscotti della nonna).
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Oven-baked Parmigiana di Melanzane
Parmigiana di Melanzane – layered aubergines with tomato, mozzarella and Parmesan – turns out especially well in the oven. Here is the recipe with times and tips.
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Pizza Classica - Basic recipe for classic pizza dough
Pizza Classica: Four ingredients, straightforward handling and plenty of flavour — this basic recipe yields a classic, Italian-inspired pizza dough, ideal for spontaneous weekends or for a cold fermentation.
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Raspberry Babka
Summer-fruity raspberry babka with raspberry jam and fresh berries: a moist yeasted braid that is especially good warm from the oven. The recipe was kneaded with a Bernardi Miss Baker...
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Coniglio in Porchetta: Stuffed rabbit roasted in the oven
Stuffed rabbit with salsiccia, bacon, olives and herbs: Coniglio in Porchetta is an aromatic oven dish suitable for festive occasions.
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Ricotta and Vegetable Cannelloni
Creamy ricotta filling, fresh herbs, béchamel and tomato sauce: these cannelloni develop particularly aromatic flavour in a pizza or wood-fired oven and form a delicate crust.
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Crostata con Marmellata — Shortcrust Tart with Jam
An Italian classic from the Fontana Cookbook: tender shortcrust pastry, fruity jam and a decorative lattice. Ideal for the pizza oven — a treat as dessert or with coffee.
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Lasagne alla Norcina (Salsiccia) — Recipe
Classic Lasagne alla Norcina from the Fontana Cookbook: a savoury minced meat sauce with black truffle, béchamel sauce and fresh egg pasta. Many variations use salsiccia — this recipe works...
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Focaccia Cipolla Bianca — White Onion Focaccia
Focaccia Cipolla Bianca with white onions — from a recipe in the Fontana Cookbook. The moist dough with a touch of potato yields a soft crumb and a flavourful crust.
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Pizza pinwheels from the wood-fired oven
Crispy pizza pinwheels are the perfect finger food — quick to prepare, easy to roll and baked fast in a wood-fired oven. Also works in a home oven.
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Butter and Spritz Biscuits from the Pizza Oven
Two straightforward classics from our Christmas bakery — ingredients, preparation and the tested baking times for the pizza oven.
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