When it comes to pizza, you probably don’t picture anything blue. Ooni ambassadors, Cristina Bruno and Giuliano Bronzi (@vuoiassaggiare) are here to change that with a dessert pie that's both unique in flavour and presentation.
There’s nothing unnatural about the blue hue of the dough: it comes from spirulina, a blue-green algae that's been used as a food source for centuries, starting with the Aztec and Kanem civilizations. Today, it’s grown all over the world and is thought to have many health benefits such as promoting gut and heart health.
For most, spirulina has a neutral taste, and the vibrant blue acts as a bright, cheerful base for the mascarpone, coconut and white chocolate. Because this pizza is made with the help of a bain-marie – a water bath – you’ll enjoy a lighter, airier dough worth making way more than once in a blue moon.
Cristina and Giuliano also use diastatic malt (malted barley and flour), to help nourish the yeast for a stronger rise, along with soy lecithin, an emulsifier obtained from soybean oil that produces a softer crumb. You can find these items at most health food stores or online, but if not, don’t worry, the results will still be tasty.
