London's
Daily Telegraph reports that a Michelin-starred chef in Italy has triggered a storm of protest from pizza purists loyal to the original Neapolitan dish for daring to produce a “healthy” version of the humble margherita to which he has audaciously added wholemeal grains and cereals.
Translated from Italian by Microsoft
Every time Cracco bakes a pizza like this, a Neapolitan commits suicide!
The bearded Carlo Cracco put his alternative “crunchy” recipe, featuring petal shapes of mozzarella and a heavy tomato sauce, on the menu of his restaurant in the smart Victor Emanuel Gallery in the Italian business capital of Milan, charging as much as €16 (£12.50).
But his modifications of the original recipe was met with disdain in the proud southern city of Naples, the birthplace of the margherita.
Angelo Forgione, the Neapolitan writer, spearheaded the criticism, quipping that the new gastronomic creation was nothing more than “a cracked pizza”.
Another purist noted that Cracco, a former judge in the Italian Masterchef, recently lost a Michelin star at one of his restaurants. “After making his own ‘pizza,’ they took away not only his other Michelin stars but also his Italian citizenship and his driving licence,” the commentator said
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