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When in Rome: Budapest pizzeria offers time-travel twist with ancient Rome-inspired pie
Neverland Pizzeria in Budapest crafted a Roman-era inspired pizza using ancient grains and toppings, excluding American ingredients, after months of research and experimentation.
- After Thursday, Zara and László Bárdossy finished a Roman-inspired pizza topped with epityrum, garum, confit duck leg, toasted pine nuts, ricotta, and grape reduction, using einkorn and spelt.
- Inspired by a 2023 Pompeii fresco, Zara researched Roman culinary history, consulting a historian in Germany and De re coquinaria to guide ingredient choices.
- Faced with historical limits, Bárdossy said the constraints forced months of experimentation, including using fermented spinach juice to help the dough rise due to Roman water infrastructure, and ruled out certain toppings like pineapple.
- By linking scholarship to the stove, the team framed the creation as a 'modern pizza' and compiled an ingredient list, reopening debates on mozzarella‑to‑pizza origin theory.
- While imagining Roman‑era pizza, the pizzeria emphasized ongoing experimentation and a balance between novelty and tradition, saying they enjoy new ideas while keeping tradition central, and acknowledged tomatoes and mozzarella absence in project.
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The creators of the pizza admit that the taste turned out to be specific and designed for a narrow niche of connoisseurs of history.
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