Star Luca, the star and star pizza from Mister O1.
We don't even remember that Madrid without real pizzas. No real pizza. Gone is that Madrid in which we had no choice of masses, in which tomato sauce or mozzarella did not taste like anything. There are already many examples of pizzas that any Italian would enjoy with two cheeks. And now another one has arrived: Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza.
Straight from Miami, where they already have four stores, Renato Viola disembarks in Madrid hand in hand with the Group The mission (owners of the Madrid restaurants La Misión, El memoria and El olvido). And he arrives with all his flours and imported products directly from his homeland, Italy.
Brightness to devour thin-crust pizzas.
“My concept is very simple: everything is fresh, nothing is frozen and we always use quality and local products”, tells this award-winning pizzaiolo. From basil to tomatoes to vegetable toppings, they buy them from local suppliers. But from a little further away comes the one that forms the basis of his success: the flour, with which they make the thin, crispy dough, is produced on an Italian farm just for him. They ferment between 72 and 96 hours and once in the oven, they are ready in less than three minutes.
Renato's story is one of those of the American dream. He learned to cook attached to his mother's apron, in Agropoli (Salerno). He says that he was only four years old and got up early to prepare the day's meals with her. Later, as a teenager, he traded friends and games for working in pizzerias, instead of playing video games or records, he spent his salary on culinary accessories, like his first industrial-size dough mixer.
That fine dough is the secret of Renato Viola.
He is not self-taught, because he has been learning from many pizza makers and cooks throughout Italy, but he has been a tireless worker until he found his own recipe and perfected a skill by turning the dough that took him on tour winning prizes in Europe. A success that encouraged him to try his luck in the United States. He moved to Miami and there, thanks to his recipe, he got the O-1 resident visa, known as the “artist visa”, granted to people with “extraordinary ability”. From there, the name of his restaurants, Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza, was born.
And why are they extraordinary, that is, unique? In addition to the mass is its shape: like an eight-pointed star, each corner filled with ricotta. Pizzas that he calls Star and surnames, in general, with the name of a loyal customer or friend. As the star charles (mozzarella, chorizo, fresh tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, arugula, avocado, parmesan and jalapeño sauce) or the Star Luca (Calabrian pepperoni, mozzarella, tomato sauce and basil) .
Pizza chef since he was a child, Renato Viola.
They are also extraordinary, that is, some of its combinations and ingredients are out of the ordinary: the CoffeePaolo, for instance, It has tomato, mozzarella, gorgonzola, honey, spicy salami and coffee, yes, coffee! The Claudio, with tomato sauce, mozzarella and white truffle oil, might seem more common and ends with burrata Stracciatella, an unexpected, unusual, extraordinary extra cold cheese.
Pizza with coffee, oh, mamma!
WHY GO
Because it's a star-shaped pizza! It is light and has some very special combinations.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Leave a hole for the sweet moment or go for the sweet treat alone: the Nutella and banana calzone.
Nutella calzone, the perfect ending.
Address: Calle Sor Ángela de la Cruz, 22 See map
Telephone: 91 905 77 75
Schedule: From Sunday to Thursday from 13 to 23H. Friday and Saturday until 00H.
Half price: €15