Lariana-style pizza with missoltini (a type of Sardinian whitebait)

Pizza lariana with missoltini

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Discover this delicious Laaria-style pizza, topped with missoltinis, a local specialty of Lake Como.

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This pizza is a culinary masterpiece, adapted to the Lake Como region. The missoltini, a traditional small fish, add a unique flavor to this recipe.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total45 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$5.43 $1.36 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.09
  • $0.76
  • $2.99
  • $0.59

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Wash the missoltini for 4 hours to remove the salt, then cook them over high heat, on a baking tray in the oven or on the grill, according to your preference, for 3 to 5 minutes.
  2. Remove the head, fins, tail, and skin, and form boneless fillets. ≈ 3 min
  3. Next, soak the fillets in Lario oil for at least a day, or even longer, to tenderize them and infuse them with flavor. ≈ 3 min
  4. Place the pizza, tomato, mozzarella, and missoltini fillets (drizzled with oil) on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt, and bake.

The bill

Pizza lariana with missoltini

  • 1 portion of pizza dough$1.09
  • tomato sauce$0.76
  • mozzarella$2.99
  • Extra virgin olive oil from Lake Como$0.59

Total$5.43

that's $1.36 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 portion of pizza dough
  • tomato sauce
  • mozzarella
  • 2 missoltini (dried aloses from Lake Como)
  • serpolet
  • Extra virgin olive oil from Lake Como

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