On Monday instead of regular class, we took a field trip to Giordano's bakery (my teacher). It is next to my house, and I can see it from my window, and it is always busy. The store and bakery was closed, so we had the place to ourselves. He showed us all of his machinery, and taught us about the different methods and ingredients, and then we got started making our break and pizza dough.
Ovens, fridges, and trays to store the bread and pastries
The big mixer on the left was for the bread, and the little one for pizza dough.
Years of culinary school with some of the best chefs in Italy, and yes he is using a box cutter :) but that's how he learned it from his father.
After we made the bread, he said, "i not like to say this, but this bread win championship in Italy." WHAT?! He went on to explain how he competed against other Italian bakers (when he was only 25 years old) and this recipe won! So he literally taught us how to make the best bread in Italy :)
Yep, that's some award winning bread :)
We also made pizza dough, and made 7 different kinds of pizza to try. One with zucchini flower, potato and sausage, mushroom, margherita, caprese, one with arugula and cheese, YUM.
We also learned how to make his pizza sauce. The flavor was like nothing I've ever tasted!
Zucchini Flower (one of my new favorite foods) and Mozzarella
Rucola (what we call arugula, but in literal translation "rocket," so it always makes me laugh when he says to add some Rocket to our ingredients list
Pizzas and break in the oven!
Definitely going to miss this when I get home.
It was such a fun field trip, and it was so obvious that Giordano was beaming with pride to share his passion with us. The bakery has been around for 3 generations, and it was so cool to be a part of for the day.
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