Buonissimo!
Een zeer eenvoudige pizza met zoete peer en zachte taleggio kaas, maar o zo lekker.
In Italië is het bijna onmogelijk om slecht voedsel te eten (al zijn er enkele toeristische hotspot waar je met een grote bocht omheen moet lopen). Bij twijfel gewoon twee afslagen links, weg van de belangrijkste pleinen en je zult zeker iets leukers vinden. Of je kijkt (werkt in veel landen) naar het simpele feit of de lokale bevolking er zelf zit te eten. In Italië, durf ik te zeggen, is er een extra veiligheidsfactor in de vorm van priesters en nonnen. Als je ze in een restaurant ziet zitten, kun je ervan uit gaan dat het eten goed is. Zoals het geval was in een plaats aan het Comomeer, waar we geweldige pizza’s uit de houtoven kregen. Thuis probeerden we de combinatie met onze eigen vertrouwde pizza ‘oven’. Niet slecht, helemaal niet slecht!
Dit is onze Alfredo pizzabakker (merk Bestron). Het is een zeer goed en goedkoop alternatief voor diegenen onder ons die nog van plan zijn ooit hun eigen houtoven in de tuin te gaan bouwen …
Well, ‘buonissimo’ indeed
) I’ve never tried pears with taleggio though (with parmesan or pecorino, more than once), I’ll give it a try, but I’m already sur it ‘ll be amazing 
That sounds wonderful! I’ll have to try this combo. I’ve used taleggio on pizza with very thinly sliced potato, but I like the sound of something fresh like pear!
Looks delicious!
Where did you get the Alfredo pizza baker? I am looking for a low-priced pizza oven in the U.S. I tried searching the web for the Breston, but all I find are european sites and none are in English.
Any suggestions?
Also, if you don’t mind me asking, how high does the temperature get?
thanks!
Hello Darin,
We live in the Netherlands and Bestron is a Dutch brand (products are made in the far east). Maybe you can send them an email and ask if they have resellers in the U.S.(www.bestron.nl. We ordered ours at a postal order company in the Netherlands called Wehkamp (but also bear in mind that in Europe we have a higher voltage (230 V) than you have in the U.S.. The Alfredo’s temperature goes to 350 to 400 degrees Celsius. The pizza is ready in approx. 4 minutes, depending on the amount of topping. I think this is the cheapest and closest thing to a professional pizza oven.
Good Luck with the search,
Marieke
Thanks so much for responding!
I was looking through the machines available here and there is one that looks very similar to yours (i.e. a round covered cooker, same temperature; Deni brand for what it’s worth). I’ll check that one out. I too wish I were in the position to get a real oven.
Oh, also, there is a site you may find interesting: a guy who made a major study of how to replicate new york style thin crust pizza. It is a long post with a lot of interesting, useful information about pizza making. http://jvpizza.sliceny.com/
Thanks again, good luck, and I’m very glad to have found your blog, I will check back – it’s a great read! You take some beautiful photos as well.
Hi!
I got a pizza oven that looked like yours and tried it today — it works great! Thanks again for your help.
I blogged about the pizza making and credited your site and help. . . you can read it at http://mettabebe.blogspot.com/2006/10/makin-pizza-at-home-ny-style-for-win.html
If you’d rather I didn’t link to you or anything, please let me know.
Thanks again,
Darin
I have also an Alfredo pizza baker Bestron
only my stone plate wher you bake the pizza on broke
Can you tell me if and where I can order a new stone plate.
And I recomend it to evry one the Pizza has never tasted better as it tastes the best from a Alfredo pizza baker.
Regards
Hello Ella,
I totally agree with you! Sorry about your stone plate. I would suggest you contact the Bestron customer service. I found this information on their website http://www.bestron.com:
“If your BESTRON product may unexpectedly become defective, when you are a consumer you can turn to the shop where you have bought the appliance. You can also turn to the BESTRON Technical Service in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Also BESTRON Dealers with technical questions can turn to our Technical Service. You can also ask your question by e-mail: service@bestron.com”
Good luck,
Marieke