Our fav - Pizza

Pizza – we all thought that the food is an Italian creation…how wrong!! Pizza was actually laid by the early Greeks, in the 18th century, the then known as flat bread, found its way to Italy which they later called Pizzas. Pizza then was topless :), and often sold to poor people because of its cheap price, then from flat bread untopped, Pizza was improved by Italian people.

Today Pizza is so known that it has its International Pizza Day. When we say Pizza - it is made of different styles with toppings…here are some Pizza styles

Pan style – cooked in a pan with oil that fried the bottom part for a crunchy bite, a little different from baked pizza. Amount of toppings has nothing to do with the name – top less or more, whatever we prefer.

Thin style – thin crust style is crispy in the outside and soft inside, toppings and cheese are moderately applied with thinner sauce.

Thick style – thicker crust usually baked on the oven heart, with bigger dough weight and proofing. When cooked – this has crispy bottom and a bit chewy with moderate thickness.

There are other different styles of Pizza, but the only thing that differs are their type of crust, their toppings and cheese – now, I guess its time to get your slice of pizza :)

All about Olive Oil

Olive Oil

Olive oil has health benefits one of which is protection against heart disease. It controls our body’s cholesterol level because it contains a large amount of mono unsaturated fatty acids, which helps prevent coronary heart disease. Study shows that in countries where people are regularly using olive oil or consume at least 2tablespoons of olive oil in their diets have lesser cases of heart disease.

Olive oil is known for its culinary use, usually for salads, stews and deep frying. Olive oil gives a best flavor to our foods. Choosing Olive oil is likened to choosing a wine, individually, peoples taste differs and more likely we choose olive oil that suite to our cooking dishes. It is best to add Olive Oil right away after cooking and best to store Olive Oil in opaque containers.

Types of Olive Oil

Pure Olive Oil

- 100% pure - a blend of virgin olive oil and refined olive oil. Better use for high heat cooking and has less vitamin E content. Pure Olive Oil has the same acidity level like that of Virgin Oil.

Virgin Olive Oil

- Produced without refining aside from washing, decanting, centrifuging and filtering. Best use for pouring over dishes such as for salad and dressings.

Olive Pomace Oil

- Obtained by treating olive pomace. Considered as lower grade and mostly used for soap making and industrial purposes.

Olive Oil is tagged as Super Food for the Heart.