Italian chef reveals there’s a RIGHT way to eat pizza… so have you been doing it wrong?
Restaurant owner Stefano Cirene's unusual method ensures your toppings don't fall off
IF you've ever been on a date to an Italian restaurant, most likely you've experienced that rush of panic when a steaming hot pizza is put in front of you.
You think to yourself, "Is it acceptable to dive straight in there with my hands, or I should I be 'polite' and use a knife and fork?"
Well according to one Italian chef, neither are the correct way to munch a Margherita.
Stefano Cirene, owner of the Verace Pizzera restaurant in Sydney, which won the award for Australia's Best Pizza in the 2017 Pizza World Championships in Italy, has revealed there's a precise method to eating pizza which ensures your toppings don't fall off.
He claims the Italian classic should be FOLDED into a wallet shape, which is how it used to be served on the streets of Naples.
Stefano told the : "It was a street food to be eaten on the go, almost like a sandwich or portafoglio (meaning wallet).
"Basically you need to pinch the edge of the pizza, the left and right sides should touch - and it must be soft - that is the rule of the pizza Napoletana - it must never be crunchy."
In simple terms, fold your pizza in half once, then a second time, then scoff it.
This tactic does prevent your cheese, tomato and whatever else sliding into a big congealed mess as it so often does when you lift a slice from the crust.
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