Pizza is Italy's most famous national dish. This is a round yeast cake on which the filling is applied. It can be very different: tomatoes, garlic, cheese, mussels, mushrooms, artichokes, etc. Classic pizza is always baked in a special wood oven. This is one of the most popular dishes in the world, but is especially common in the USA and Europe.
There are many recipes for which it is prepared, including vegetarian or desserts, with chocolate or fruit, berries. Some of them cost more than one hundred and even a thousand dollars.
The most expensive pizzas in the world can please the original composition, and afford only the most wealthy people. And, interestingly, the high price does not mean at all that you will be served a huge pizza, which you can feed all friends. So, the most expensive pizza in diameter is only 20 centimeters.
The taste qualities of these pizzas are also not for everybody, but still for some it is a whole event - to try a dish worth more than $ 1000.
List
- 10. Triple Mille-Feuille, $ 140
- 9. Pizza Maze, $ 250
- 8. C6, $ 450
- 7. The One Percenter, $ 1,000
- 6. Pizza from Industry Kitchen, $ 2,000
- 5. Margot, $ 2,400
- 4. Pizza Royale 007, 4200 $
- 3. Miss Verdun, $ 4,250
- 2. "For lovers" of Favitta's Family, $ 8,180
- 1. LOUIS XIII, $ 12,000
10. Triple Mille-Feuille, $ 140
The Domino restaurant chain is known worldwide, with branches located in 75 countries, selling a total of 1.5 million pizzas a day.
It serves a special dish, multi-layer pizza. Between the layers can put the filling that the customer will like.
If a person wants to eat pizza with all the additives, you will have to pay at least 140 dollars. But it will be of enormous size, and dealing with it alone is quite difficult. Triple Mille-Feuille became a favorite dish of the Japanese.
9. Pizza Maze, $ 250
The famous British chef Gordon Ramsay is very popular in the UK and beyond. Its restaurants have been awarded 16 Michelin stars.
One of the restaurants of his empire is Maze. Without an appointment you will not get into it. Here you can taste the famous pizza maze. Pizza includes onion puree, magnificent white truffles, rare cheeses, porcini mushrooms, pancetta, etc. The highlight of this pizza is an expensive white truffle from Italy ..
8. C6, $ 450
Original name pizza C6 You can try in Canada, at the Steveston pizzeria. It consists of seafood alone, but which.
The lobster "Thermidor", which is considered an aristocratic dish, is placed in it. There is a legend that this lobster recipe was invented specifically for Napoleon, and he tried it in a month thermidor. And the dish was named after this period.
In addition to the unique lobster, pizza includes sturgeon caviar, smoked salmon, tiger prawns and other seafood.
The owner of the pizzeria Nader Khatami said that he himself came up with such a recipe, because loves seafood. This dish, he emphasized, is not fast food, but haute cuisine. Pizza is so expensive because rare ingredients are used.
7. The One Percenter, $ 1,000
There is Nino’s Bellissima Pizza in New York. You can try special pizza there. The one percenter, which will have to pay 1 thousand dollars. Its owner Nino Selimazh pondered the idea for a long time, spent almost a year on research, trying to determine which filling would be ideal.
Nino himself is very fond of caviar, so he decided that it would include six types of caviar, including red and black. Only one pizza caviar takes $ 820.
Each of the 4 pieces, sold for $ 250, contains different types of caviar. Also in the composition there is a lobster tail and Cream-fresh, a sour-milk product from France, similar to sour cream. It is served with wasabi. For pizza, use the thinnest layer of dough.
If you want to try a special pizza for 1 thousand dollars, you will have to make an order a day before visiting the restaurant. There are not many people who want to fork out, about 50 such dishes are sold per year. It is ordered by politicians or couples celebrating an anniversary.
6. Pizza from Industry Kitchen, $ 2,000
This pizza is from a restaurant located in New York. To enjoy this dish, you need to order it in advance, 2 days in advance.
The chef of the restaurant Braulio Bunai said that they wanted to make something special and gourmet out of such an ordinary and mundane dish as pizza. In addition, they were inspired by the fact that a few blocks from the restaurant is the financial district of Wall Street.
It consists of foie gras, truffles, the most expensive types of caviar. Pizza from Industry Kitchen contains amazing topping - 24ct gold leaf. It is called "24K».
5. Margot, $ 2,400
It is made on the island of Malta. This is a special pizza with white truffles. The pulp of a white truffle is like raw potato. If cooked, it resembles meat with a taste of sunflower seeds and the smell of walnuts.
Interestingly, in Russia this mushroom is included in the 4th category by nutritional value. He is considered a delicacy in Sweden, Germany and Hungary. And in Italy, Spain and France it is considered poisonous. In Spain, it is forbidden to sell this type of mushroom.
In addition to truffles, the base of Margot's pizza is decorated with gold leaf flakes.
4. Pizza Royale 007, 4200 $
The famous chef Domenico Kroll decided to create his own pizza, which he named Pizza Royale 007. Its size is only 30 cm. But it included very expensive and rare ingredients: caviar, smoked salmon, lobster, previously soaked in cognac, tomato sauce, venison, etc. He adorned her with 24ct pieces of special gold.
Kroll decided to sell it at an eBay auction, setting a starting price of 3.7 thousand. He wanted to donate this money to charity. His pizza was bought for 4.2 thousand. This money was paid by collector Maurizio Morelli.
3. Miss Verdun, $ 4,250
If you are in Canada, visit the Mazzou Pizza Restaurant located in Montreal. There you can taste one of the most expensive dishes, which is called Miss verdun.
There is nothing unusual in its composition: lobster, white truffles, the best caviar, golden flakes. But, if you make an order, the cook will come to your home, and not just one, but with a chamber orchestra. He will make pizza in the kitchen, and you can enjoy live music.
2. "For lovers" of Favitta's Family, $ 8,180
Until 2008, the United States existed Favitta’s Family Pizzeria Pizzeria, later it closed. There you could order one of the most expensive dishes, which was called "For lovers". There were no special ingredients in it.
From other pizzas, it differed only in shape (heart). When Valentine's Day came, it was possible to order this dish, and, as a “bonus" to get champagne for a considerable sum of $ 160 and a ring with a chic diamond for 8 thousand.
1. LOUIS XIII, $ 12,000
It costs 8300 euros and is called Louis XIII Remy Martin. It is made in the south of Italy. It was invented by chef Renato Viola. Interestingly, in size it is one of the smallest pizzas - twenty centimeters.
The cook prepares the dough for 72 hours. The composition includes caviar, but not any, but only from sturgeon fish and beluga fished in the south of the Caspian Sea. This is a very large fish, which grows up to 2 m. The sturgeon has large eggs, up to 2-3 cm, sweetish. Beluga has up to 34 mm, with a creamy aftertaste.
It contains spiny lobster, lobster, buffalo mozzarella. Rare pink salt, one of the most expensive seasonings, is also used.
Pizza was named after a very valuable cognac served with it. This is very expensive alcohol, the aging period of which is 100 years, it is stored in special barrels underground in the cellar.