Pizza with lardo, datterini, and truffle

Italy with tomato made by Harry Belmans
  • 15 - 30 min
  • Average
  • Vegetarian
  • Italian
  • Main course
Credits: Photos by Heikki Verdurme

Ingredients

4 persons

  • 200 grams of flour
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 20 grams fresh yeast
  • 14 cups of water
  • 75 grams ELVEA Passata di Datterini 100% Toscano (Selezione del Maestro)
  • tablespoon of olive oil
  • 50 grams thinly sliced lardo
  • 50 grams of fontina cheese
  • pepper
  • 5 grams of raw truffles

Preparation

  1. 1

    Spread the flour on your work surface and make a well in the center.

  2. 2

    Mix in the olive oil, salt and sugar.

  3. 3

    Dissolve the yeast in the water and pour the yeast mixture into the flour.

  4. 4

    Knead the mixture by hand into a smooth and homogeneous dough.

  5. 5

    Roll the dough into a ball, cover with a clean tea towel, and let rise in a warm place for at least 90 minutes, or overnight in the refrigerator under plastic wrap.

  6. 6

    Just before baking, unroll the dough and flatten it with your fingertips to the desired thickness.

  7. 7

    Start in the middle and work toward the edges while rotating the pizza.

  8. 8

    Preheat the oven to 200 °C.

  9. 9

    Cut the tomatoes in half.

  10. 10

    Sprinkle the bottom with olive oil and place the lardo, the tomatoes, and the slices of Fontina cheese on top.

  11. 11

    Season with freshly ground pepper.

  12. 12

    Bake the pizza in the oven for 8 minutes.

  13. 13

    Remove from the oven and shave the truffle over the pizza.

    Buon appetito!

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