Friday, June 7, 2013

updated full menu descriptions 6/7/13


I.                    Tartufata

a.       Served with fresh Italian truffles, Taleggio, potatoes, and SP Pancetta.

b.      Tartufata means “truffled.”

c.       The base is a mornay sauce. Mornay is béchamel sauce with cheese added, in this case the cheese is Taleggio. Béchamel is roux (flour and butter) cooked in milk.

d.      Taleggio is a washed rind cow’s milk cheese from Italy. The cheese is soft and stinky.

e.      Raw Russet potatoes will be grated over the pizza before it goes into the oven.

f.        After coming out of the oven, the pizza gets finished with house made Pancetta. The pancetta is not cooked.  Pancetta is salt sured pork belly with peppercorns.

g.       Finally, summer truffles from Tuscany, Italy are grated over the top of the pizza.

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