5 delicious pizzas to travel to Italy without ever leaving Portugal – Restaurants
These pizzas are for those who already know Italy and have fallen in love with each dish of its cuisine. There, in each restaurant that you enter, the food seems to be fragrant and the atmosphere is marked by the traditional and characteristic warmth of the wood-fired oven. To think of Italy is to think of the thinly sliced Parmigiano cheese, which can accompany a meal or even dessert. But he is also thinking about the intense and assertive flavor of truffles or the special smell that the tomato gives to each dish.
And walking into one of Forneria’s restaurants, it’s almost as if you’ve arrived in Italy. Wood oven? To check. Salt coming Sicily? To check. Thin crust? Check, check check.
The two results in a unique and differentiating identity and the pizza makers, as tradition dictates, rotate the pizza doughs in the air. At this point, he often wants to go to Italy, in specialized houses, but at Forneria it happens right in front of him and without having to make films from Portugal.
If we combine the best products with respect for Italian cuisine, the result is a very rich meal. For those who miss Italy or have never liked to know what its cuisine is like, we have five pizza suggestions that you must try at Forneria.
Diavola pizza
This is a gourmet pizza made with tomato, mozzarella fior di latte, spicy salami and oregano.
Written like that, maybe something relatively simple. But sometimes it’s the simple things that must be experienced the most. It costs €10.90 and is made in the iconic wood of Forneria that is imported from Naples and that gives an authentic flavor to any ingredient.
Pizza Vecchio
The moment to taste one of the many diamonds. Pizza vecchio has white truffle paste, which is one of the most expensive spices in the world and gives the pizza an unrecognizable flavor.
In addition, it has mozzarella fior di latte, bresaola, mushrooms and parmesan for €14.70. Bresaola, a lean meat that has a very unique aroma, is another relic of this unique pizza from Forneria. We also give an important emphasis to the brand, which is essential to highlight the freshness of the pizza..
Pizza Forneria
The pizza di casa, which is, as they say, the house specialty, is for those who want to taste the unique Italian flavors without fear. The only requirement, of course, is that they are passionate about cheese.
Forneria pizza has the traditional mozzarella cheese fior di latte and provola affumicata. Can you imagine eating pork belly on pizza? It’s possible. How? With the pancheta, which is a meat cured in salt and very traditional in Italy.
This pizza also contains a touch of rosemary and has alparras. It costs €13.40.
Pizza Formogiosa
This one doesn’t have pineapple, but pear.
One of the most original pizzas we’ve ever tried that, in addition to mozzarella fior di latte, also has walnuts, pear and white truffle paste. It costs €13.50. The pizza is further enhanced by the gorgonzola, a typical Italian cheese that gives a bold and creased flavor to the pizza.
Fig and Ham Pizza
If it is true that food is equal to culture, we also defend that we must leave our comfort zone to try new flavors and differences. At Forneria, you can find a Figs and Ham pizza to do just that. It looks wonderful and the flavors will make you not want to try anything else.
The fig gives a different look to the pizza so that the greatest concentration of sensations is not limited to the ham alone. This pizza costs €15.90.
Forneria arrived in Lisbon in 2016, in Parque das Nações, with unique decor and environments. The success of the pastas, pizzas and risottos led to the opening of a new space, in Avenidas Novas, where you can gather friends, families and have company lunches in the special room for groups.
Both restaurants are different, but one thing is for sure: the quality is the same in both.