Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Chicken Taco Pizza......
Ingredients.......
Low moisture mozzarella,
roasted peppers and corn,
roasted peppers and corn,
salsa, lettuce, onions, grilled chicken,
tomato, fresh oregano and basil.....
Ready to bake......
Baked........
Finished with lettuce.......
Done.....
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Scott's New Greenwich Village Pizza Tour...........
I have now taken four pizza walking tours with
Scott Wiener of Scott's Pizza Tours.
http://www.scottspizzatours.com/
Scott Wiener of Scott's Pizza Tours.
http://www.scottspizzatours.com/
And I must say his newest public tour of the West Village NYC is his best.
His knowledge of pizza, pizza components and pizza ovens and everything pizza seems to grow exponentially every time I walk with him.......
His knowledge of pizza, pizza components and pizza ovens and everything pizza seems to grow exponentially every time I walk with him.......
I may have to repeat a tour or two.....
They are different every time.....
And better every time....
And always fun....
Scott's passion for all things pizza make his tours a joy....
This tour started at Keste on Bleeker St.....
From the web site.....
“Keste Pizza and Vino is an authentic Neapolitan Pizzeria in NYC located at 271 Bleeker Street, NYC.
It is also the official location in the USA for APN (Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani) whose mission is to protect and preserve the Neapolitan pizza tradition and promote the art of pizza making. The organization also certifies professional pizza makers in the tradition of Neapolitan Pizza.”
This is serious pizza......
Their classic margarita is made with Caputo flour, San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and few basil leaves.
It is also cooked in a wood fired oven seen below.
If these rules are not followed it is not a Neapolitan pizza.
This is serious pizza......
Their classic margarita is made with Caputo flour, San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and few basil leaves.
It is also cooked in a wood fired oven seen below.
If these rules are not followed it is not a Neapolitan pizza.
We were served a Margarita and a Mast Nicola pie.
The second is a precursor of a tomato based pie made with lard, olive oil would have been too expensive and pecorino, the classic sheep’s milk Italian cheese.
It was a staple in the Roman diet.
Remember this is peasant food and the pig was king.
And this is what I like about Scott’s tours:
they are knowledge and history based, beyond any other I have taken.
they are knowledge and history based, beyond any other I have taken.
As were leaving a few ingredients were delivered........
Next stop John's of Bleeker Street across the street for a classic NY pizza....
John's has a coal fired oven......
Keste is wood fired......
Coal was originally less expensive.....
NYC has no trees...
Now wood is less expensive....
The sauce is crushed tomatoes, the cheese low moisture mozzarella......
Classic NYC pizza.....
The pizzeria below, a few doors down from Keste has a coal fired oven......
A vestige from the past......
A found treasure......
This is common in this once Italian neighborhood......
Think bakeries....
Joe's Dairy......
Literally, two guys, no gloves, over a kettle of scalding water make 1000 to 1500 pounds of fresh mozzarella a day...
Their finger prints are gone....
Their finger prints are gone....
Wearing gloves changes the texture and flavor....
Below as fresh as mozzarella gets......
Five minutes old......
Next stop Vesuvio in SoHo.....
No surprise a coal fired oven in the basement.....
Another vestige......
Some did but why move it......
Bake......
The “first” pizzeria in NYC was a bakery and started selling scrap dough with sauce….
Our last stop was also in SoHo.......
Famous Ben's a slice joint.....
Keste and John's only sell whole pies....
Famous Ben's also has a gas fired deck oven....
Not wood or coal fired......
Not nearly as hot.....
And cool enough to reheat slices....
They would burn in a coal or wood fired oven...
Famous Ben's a slice joint.....
Keste and John's only sell whole pies....
Famous Ben's also has a gas fired deck oven....
Not wood or coal fired......
Not nearly as hot.....
And cool enough to reheat slices....
They would burn in a coal or wood fired oven...
Our last taste....
Palermo pizza…..
This pie is also a precursor of the classic Margarita…..
Thick crust, almost like a grandma pie.....
Topped with sauce and a mixture of hard cheeses and bread crumbs……
Surprisingly good, not doughy/heavy at all, history based, think peasant food….
Thanks Scott............
Friday, May 20, 2011
Duck, Duck, No Goose Pizza..........
Ingredients.......
Arugula, 5 Spice Grilled Duck, Crunchy Noodles, Mozzarella, Sesame Seeds, Hoisin Sauce, Sweet Peppers, Scallions...
"00" Caputo Pizza Flour Cold Rise Crust....
Ready To Bake....
Baked on a Emile Henry Baking Stone......
First The Noodles.......
Finished With Arugula and Sesame Seeds.......
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Guerilla Artist Agata Oleksiak........
The first time I happened across Polish-born artist Olek’s work I was leaving Essex Market on New York's Lower East side and stopped in front of the sculpture blow. My friend and I were confused; you could not ride it, what was its function? That was its function, to expand the box we all live in or add a new one. Since then I have been fascinated by her work.
Below is an unweathered Yarn Bike……
I have since learned she has many similar installations around the city...
There is also a mini……in the intersection of Bowery and Delancey.
Work in progress.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQVb8eb7eBg&feature=related
The second and third images are from the recent
Festival of Ideas for the New City held recently in NYC
From her website......
Below is a
collaboration with Light Panting Photographer Aurora Crowley
It is NYC......
Baloon Man.....
For some reason this starts at the end...rewind...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0HhNvDFRQ&feature=player_embedded#at=142
In her own words......
"It was truly a year (2010) of guerrilla actions that opened a new path in my crocheted investigations.
I started it with a bike and ended up with the Charging Bull as a Christmas gift to NYC and a tribute to the sculptor of the bull, Arturo di Modica, who in another guerrilla act, placed the bull on Wall Street in Christmas of 1987 as a symbol of the “strength and power of the American people” following the 1987 Stock Market crash."
"A loop after a loop. Hour after hour my madness becomes crochet. Life and art are inseparable. I crochet everything that enters my space. Sometimes it’s a text message, a medical report, found objects or a person….."
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