Rome
Patatine e wurstel
Chips and hot dogs
French fries and sliced frankfurters, on a pizza, in Italy
Scale the dough for thisEvery Italian argument about pineapple collapses the moment you walk into a Roman bakery at four in the afternoon and see the tray of pizza with chips and hot dogs on it, which is what Italian children have eaten after school for decades. It is sold by weight, cut with scissors, and taken entirely seriously by the people making it.
The build
- Fry or oven-bake chips until fully crisp and season them. Undercooked chips go limp on the pie and ruin it.
- Sauce and cheese on the baked or part-baked base.
- Sliced frankfurters, then the chips scattered on top in the last few minutes only.
The bake
Oven250°C482°F
Time6-8 minutes after the chips go on
The chips are a topping, not an ingredient. They go on near the end and they stay on the surface.
On top
- Sauce
- Tomato, thin, or none at all.
- Cheese
- Mozzarella, drained hard, because there is enough water in this already.
You got it right when The chips are still crisp enough to snap when the slice is folded.