Pizza di Carne

Pizza Made with Meat Instead of Dough

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    as an informal main course
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
In Nonna's Kitchen

By Carol Field

Published 1997

  • About

It may sound like a contemporary fantasy to take a piece of meat, pretend that it is the dough for pizza, and then pile all the usual condiments on top, but Amelia Innocenti assures me that this is an old recipe she has known for decades. Tiny, nimble, and extremely clever in the kitchen, Signora Innocenti grew up in Florence and has been a cook in private houses much of her life, making traditional Florentine dishes for her fortunate employers. Although she never suggested