Pizzette speck et ananas de Nancy Silverton : votre nouvelle pizza hawaïenne préférée

While we’re definitely fans of the classic Hawaiian pizza here at Ooni—such big fans we created International Hawaiian Pizza Day—Nancy Silverton is a proponent of doing things the more traditional way. With her background in Italian cuisine, and as the owner of celebrated restaurants such as Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza (which specialise in more upscale and classic-leaning Italian dishes), it makes sense that she doesn’t dig the Canadian bacon and canned pineapple combination.  

But someone very close to her heart (her son, Ben) loved it. Being the innovative chef that she is, she found a way to fuse the two styles into something simultaneously familiar and refined. In her 2011 book, “The Mozza Cookbook,” Nancy explains, “When I opened up my own pizzeria, I wanted to come up with a pizza using similar ingredients that would please both Ben and me.”

That meant ditching thick-cut Canadian bacon and soggy pineapple. Instead, she uses paper-thin, mandoline-sliced pineapple that caramelises in the oven alongside speck, a strongly flavoured, cured ham, and jalapeños to offset the sweet fruit with their heat. The result is a complex pizza that’s topped with a drizzle of olive oil, flakes of sea salt and fresh chives for a light, smoky, sweet and spicy finish.

Built on a base of Nancy’s pizza dough and her passata di pomodoro sauce, the final pie is something near impossible to resist. We’re pretty sure you’ll love each bite as much as Nancy and Ben do, if not more.


Nancy Silverton’s Pizzette alla Benno with Speck and Pineapple: Your New Favourite “Hawaiian” Pizza
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Note

Pour vos tranches d'ananas, assurez-vous de couper la peau (mais pas le cœur) avant de trancher l'ananas sur une mandoline (on vous recommande le modèle japonais classique Benriner que l'on trouve dans la plupart des cuisines de restaurant), afin d'obtenir environ 8 tranches. Si vous n'avez pas de mandoline, vous pouvez toujours obtenir des tranches très fines à l'aide d'un couteau de chef bien aiguisé, mais cela prendra plus de temps et les tranches seront moins uniformes.