Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN)
If Napoli is the spiritual home of pizza, then the AVPN is Napoli's classroom for learning how to make a true ("Vera") Neapolitan pie In...
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Dough, pizza, travel and other stuff...
Aug 146 min
Córdoba, Spain - February 2024
Córdoba was stop nine of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga , Granada , Ubeda , Seville , Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Jerez...
Jul 215 min
Ronda, Spain - February 2024
Ronda was stop eight of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga, Granada, Ubeda, Seville, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Jerez de la...
Jul 56 min
Cádiz, Spain - February 2024
Cádiz was stop seven of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga, Granada, Ubeda, Seville, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Jerez...
Jul 46 min
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain - February 2024
Jerez de la Frontera was stop six of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga, Granada, Ubeda, Seville, and Sanlúcar de...
Jun 175 min
Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Spain - February 2024
Two days to fill out a winding itinerary of Andalucia led us to Sanlúcar de Barrameda – serendipity is the loveliest of things. We...
Jun 157 min
Seville, Spain - February 2024
Seville is the vibrant and welcoming capital of Andalusia, Spain. The largest city in southern Spain, Seville is a melting pot of...
Jun 35 min
Ubeda, Spain - February 2024
Ubeda was stop three on our Andalusian road trip (check out my trip reports for our previous stops in Malaga and Granada). Ubeda...
May 178 min
Granada, Spain - February 2024
We arrived in Granada by coach from Malaga (Malaga trip report here). The journey from the coast to foothills of the Sierra Nevada took...
May 58 min
Malaga, Spain - January 2024
Malaga Airport is huge, and you can easily imagine, would be very frustrating to navigate when busy with the summer masses. As it was...
Apr 247 min
Nice, France - February 2024
Another opportunity to spend some time in Europe, found us flying in and out of the lovely city of Nice. In between we would spend the...
Oct 1, 20238 min
Palermo, Sicily - June 2023
Palermo!! What a city!! We arrived in Palermo by coach from Siracusa. The journey from the south east of Sicily to the north west took...
Sep 2, 20234 min
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna - June 2023
Bologna's has three nicknames : La Dotta (the learned one). La Grassa (the fat one). La Rossa (the red one): La Dotta reflects it's place...
Aug 27, 20235 min
Scilla, Calabria - June 2023
Scilla (or Chianalea di Scilla) is a picture postcard perfect seaside village and legendary home of the sea monster Scylla of Greek...
Aug 23, 202311 min
London to Siracusa By Train - Summer 2023
A trans-European train journey had always been on the wish list and Summer 2023 finally provided the opportunity to make it happen. The...
Aug 20, 20238 min
Lecce, Puglia - May 2023
Mezzogiorno is the Italian term for both “midday” and also for Southern Italy and our first foray into this part of the world was to the...
Jul 20, 20233 min
Basic Gluten Free Pizza Recipe
This recipe will make three pizzas. Ingredients: 500 ml of room temperature water - set aside 20 ml 665g of Caputo Gluten Free Flour...
Jul 6, 20237 min
Syracuse (Ortigia), Sicily - June 2023
Arriving into Syracuse (or Siracusa) by train is quite underwhelming. The eastern coast of Sicily between Catania and Syracuse is...
Mar 6, 20234 min
How to make Neapolitan pizza dough in the colder months
Dough making needs to take account of local temperature, humidity, and availability of ingredients. Here are the ingredients for my...
Feb 23, 20233 min
Got to try this Burnt Basque Cheesecake (gf)
This cheesecake originates from La Viña, a cafe in the resort town of San Sebastian in the Basque region of Spain. Unlike the classic...
Oct 25, 20221 min
Part 3 of 3 - How to prepare a vera "true" margherita pizza
In this, the third of a three part series, Enzo Esposito of AVPN shows how to manage the pizza while it is in the oven. The video is in...
Oct 24, 20221 min
Part 2 of 3 - How to prepare a vera "true" margherita pizza
Here is Enzo Esposito again taking the class through the process for making a margherita pizza. In this, the second of a three part...
Oct 23, 20221 min
Part 1 of 3 - How to prepare a vera "true" margherita pizza
Here is Enzo Esposito, my instructor at AVPN, taking the class through the process for making a margherita pizza. The dough he is using...
Oct 22, 20221 min
Stage 3 - The long ferment and maturation (Appretto)
If there is one secret to making Neapolitan Pizza it is the length of the fermentation phase - anywhere between 12 and 24 hours. This...
Oct 21, 20221 min
Stage 2 - Shaping the dough into balls or panetti (Staglio)
In this stage we will shape the dough into the individual balls (or panetti). What you will need: Kitchen scale Proofing box with lid (or...
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