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HISTORY ALFA EXPERIENCE OUTDOOR COOKING RECIPES

The biggest wood fired Franco Pepe: “How Wood and gas ovens, Not only pizza, oven hub in the world. I met Alfa ovens”" the italian art discover Alfa ovens Since 1977 DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE

To explain who we are, it’s DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL necessary to focus on our core WOOD AND GAS PIZZA OVENS. principle, the quality. Alfa has been producing ovens for over 40 “BEING THE WORLD’S lfa ovens: a great drive to continuous innovation years being inspired by constant family for 40 years. and the never-ending search innovation, careful selection Alfa company for potential markets. A large of all-Italian materials and an MOST INNOVATIVE 0°- that was founded almost maniacal attention to A family including all of our in 1977 by Rocco Lauro and detail. Products with a unique 500°C (932°F) OVEN Marcello Ortuso, and is now employees, dealers, suppliers design fitting well into rustic or managed by the family second whose common thread is COMPANY WHILE generation, has established contemporary decors, in terraces the quest for itself as an as well as gardens or in the vast quality. During MAINTAINING THE industry leader “let’s imagine a world restaurant industry at large. all this time, over time. Our where the wood-fired CREATIVITY AND THE major strength oven is a tool for everyone we have sold In the has always and not just for pizzerias more than 500 ITALIAN TRADITION THAT been the or restaurants” 000 ovens all passion and the beginning it over the world, HAS DISTINGUISHED US urge to keep the company in family hands the most tangible sign of our was the oven. FOR OVER 40 YEARS.” without impeding the crucial engagement in family values. Now it’s Alfa.

2 - NOP NOP - 3 WORLD PIZZA ABOUT US ALFA EXPERIENCE 10 AT HOME AS IN PIZZERIA 30 OVEN PIONEERING 06 INTERVIEW WITH FRANCO PEPE

INSIGHTS INSIGHTS NOT ONLY PIZZA 22 SPECIAL 26 THE BEST WOOD TO BURN, HOW TO CHOOSE IT? 18 THE ITALIAN ART OF OUTDOOR COOKING INDEX

02 DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE PIZZA OVENS FOR DOMESTIC AND PROFESSIONAL USE

06 ALFA EXPERIENCE INTERVIEW WITH FRANCO PEPE

08 INNOVATION AND TRADITION FORNINOX AND FORNIREF TECHNOLOGY

10 DISCOVER ALFA AT HOME AS IN PIZZERIA GALLERY 12 COOKING HOMEMADE PIZZA 28 AROUND THE WORLD THE MISTAKES TO AVOID

18 NOT ONLY PIZZA CHICKEN, AN EXCELLENT MEAT

22 INSIGHTS SPECIAL FLOUR

25 EMISSIONI DI FUMO DAL FORNO TUTTO CIÒ CHE DEVI SAPERE

26 FIREWOOD WITH BETTER PERFORMANCE: HOW TO CHOOSE IT?

28 GALLERY AROUND THE WORLD

30 ALFA OVENS THE BIGGEST WOOD FIRED OVEN HUB IN THE WORLD

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MARCO AGOSTINI

Head of Grill Academy thebarktenders.com AUTHENTICA - FRANCO PEPE Limiting the use of Alfa ovens exclusively to baked goods is a Michelin-starred chef and, given the weather At Authentica (my gourmet pizza parlour) I a crime! Their versatility and AUTHENTICA - FRANCO PEPE flexibility coupled with a stable conditions, without being sure that the oven used an Alfa oven that has been retrofitted performance make them the could reach the right temperature and cook to cook pizza according to my needs. Since ideal tools to add value to my traditional cooking. well? inaugurating it, a year ago, I have used the Alfa ALFA EXPERIENCE Quattro Pro Top oven and I’m really satisfied Next to the Alfa oven, some wet bags of with this product and its performances. At

firewood and woodchips were lying so I set Authentica, I wanted to trace back to the very

Interview with Franco Pepe to light the fire and bit by bit I managed to do essence of my job just the way my father did “How I met Alfa ovens” it, and to my great surprise, I checked how it, the man who could look at every table in effectively the stainless-steel dome worked. his restaurant, so the choice of a light, easy-to-

“It all started during my participation in Taste refractory floor and stainless-steel dome. We This new technology, this new approach to the install Alfa oven was pretty obvious”.

of Roma where I worked with the Michelin- were outside and the oven was totally soaked, a wood-fired oven allowed me to bring it up to

starred chef Peppe Iannotti of Krèsios brand-new, unused wood-fired oven so much the cooking temperature in a couple of hours GEMMA STAFFORD restaurant in Telese Terme. so that user manual and documentation were and to turn out plenty of as it had always Youtuber & Food blogger still lying inside it. worked like that. biggerbolderbaking.com The morning I set "Since inaugurating it, a year ago, I have used the Gemma is a professional out for Rome from It was 10 a.m. and by This thing intrigued me a lot and so I got in Alfa Quattro Pro Top oven Irishman chef who has a passion to share her years of experience Caiazzo and suddenly I and I’m really satisfied noon I had to make touch with Alfa through its website and I asked and Irish charm with all those with this product and its who want to cook ambitiously was caught in a storm performances." pizza with the chef them if we can work together because I like beyond the usual rules. In on the motorway; Iannotti; he had to giving new stuff a try. We met and we found her new show, Bigger Bolder Baking, he wants to show how when I arrived in Rome it was still pouring work his magic on my pizza and so my pizza a path that we can share, each of us with our to create baking recipes that are down. After a while, thank goodness, it stopped dough had to be in tip-top condition. Can you different procedures and techniques. sure to impress. Join the raining and here I was in front of an oven with guess the pressure on me putting in work for FRANCO PEPE community

6 - NOP NOP - 7 FORNINOX REFRACTORY TECHNOLOGY OVENS

Whether you are looking for a The Alfa Inox line of ovens garden, a DIY or a brick oven, enhances every outdoor cooking experience. Beauty meets Alfa Forni has a complete performance with the purpose catalogue of products entirely of improving the flavour of made of refractory materials your dishes and the pleasure of that marries tradition with your days. Every single feature technology. Alfa’s refractory

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If you’re looking for the best outdoor Find out our yummy recipes and have A large selection of premium quality restaurants and domestic pizza oven. wood and gas fired pizza oven, we more fun in your garden with a unique and 100% made in Italy accessories. High quality and durable kitchen tools have the right solution for you. Alfa product for bbq, grill, pizza, roasts and For your wood fired oven or your bbq are essential to be a real pizzaiolo ovens are made for those who love desserts. Alfa is the worldwide leader cooking. You can purchase the best and make the job easier It’s simply traditional taste and want to try a real in manufacturing residential wood products for all your needs in outdoor impossible to make some types of great superior cooking experience. Thanks to and gas fired ovens for backyard and and indoor cooking. Our products are pizza without certain other tools, like FORNINOX technology that combines kitchens. specially designed to be easy and fun. peels and some sort of baking surface. In line with your needs, you can a refractory floor and stainless steel Choose the best pizza peels, grill tools, Find below the most useful products choose a ready to use oven or a (1/10 in thick) structure, our pizza log holders, wooden pizza peel, peel you can get right now to step up your Make cooking more fun grilling, model to be installed and coated ovens are ready to use after unpacking, holders in the market. pizza game baking and preparing creative to your liking stirring memories and you don’t have to do hard building and moreish dishes and try our of your grandparents’ wood- works. Enjoy cooking, grilling and Find out more on Commercial pizza equipment and Find out more on delicious recipes in an oven that burning oven. baking your food in a wood fired oven. AlfaForni.com supplies designed for both for pizza AlfaForni.com is also a statement of style. 8 - NOP NOP - 9 HOTTER FASTER DIFFERENT AT HOME AS WELL AS IN A PIZZERIA

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Our original and design patent ovens provide a high-performance cooking experience both in an outdoor kitchen or in a garden owing to the use of materials resistant to bad weather, humidity and with high insulating RESIDENZIAL WOOD AND capability. Alfa is the handcrafted wood-burning oven that embellishes GAS FIRED OVENS your villa, garden, or whatever.

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10 - NOP NOP - 11 Come on, don’t exaggerate! Pizza is a matter of taste but no self-respecting Margherita will do without tomato passata. Without it, pizza will taste like a biscuit after cooking. Actually, it’s easy-peasy; drop the passata onto the centre of the crust and then spread it around with a spoon stopping at about ½ inch from the outer edge. WHY DOES MOZZARELLA MELT SO MUCH IN A HAND-MADE PIZZA?

Basically, it’s a question of moisture. Mozzarella holds so much moisture that when it melts there’s water on be a viable alternative. Usually, the THE ROLLING PIN IS top of the pizza. But, as the old adage lower the amount of yeast, the longer says, there’s remedy for everything, the fermentation process. The idea of THE MAGIC TOOL OR AN so follow these tips: slice the fresh placing the pizza dough in the fridge mozzarella and put the pieces into a to let it rise is catching on. Although ACCIDENT WAITING TO colander for 2 or 3 hours before using pizza masters don’t disregard this HAPPEN? them. The same is true for buffalo Mistakes that are worth avoiding trend they advise limiting the rest to mozzarella but with longer times (4 hours). 12 hours. Anyway, the oven that is off A little of both for different reasons: is the place to be to allow the dough to to make pizza dough at home, you can rise. use the rolling pin if you can’t get a IS IT WRONG TO TOP PIZZA making a home-made pizza dough as thin as you can by hand. But ARE ALL MUCH don’t tell it to a pizza chef, he could WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS really lose his rag! OF THE MUCHNESS? BEFORE BAKING IT? Yes, it is; these ingredients would No, not in the slightest! I MAKE PIZZA BIANCA Her majesty the Pizza is not a simple follow some steps. Most importantly, burn even before you take the pizza Needless to say, an excellent pizza is food but a state of mind for us Ita- pizza must meet three requiremen- BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW out of the oven. The best solution is made out of high-quality flour. Pizza lians. Pizza has always been our North ts: it must be light, tasty and easy THE BIGGEST MISTAKES cooking pizza with only tomato sauce makers strongly recommend Tipo HOW MUCH TOMATO Star that has guided us through the to digest. For the less experienced WHEN COOKING PIZZA AND on it, then adding mozzarella when centuries, synonymous with culture, pizza makers, cooking may be a major 0 flour (plain flour in the U.K. and PASSATA TO PUT. fun and joy with friends and family headache and more so if your guests HOW TO AVOID THEM all-purpose flour in the U.S.); if the follows >> sharing a genuine, simple and tasty are sophisticated palates that won’t pizza dough is too soft, just mix it with dish so much that it has made the forgive you for a half-raw or overco- When you play the role of pizza chef Manitoba flour. If you choose to go UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Herita- oked pizza. So, to cook a pizza perfect- on occasion, cooking pizza in your local, buy the flour from a miller to ge of Humanity list. ly, follow these few steps and don’t be home oven could turn out to be a bit give your pizzas a retro touch. discouraged if the results are not good of a let-down. Sauce and toppings And it’s because we want to preserve enough at first; perfection is attained sliding off, edge too thick or too high, WHEN ADDING SALT TO its genuineness that we give you some by slow degrees, it requires the hand charring on the sides are little imper- tips for making it at home. To prepare of time. fections that can threaten the success THE PIZZA DOUGH? a home-made pizzeria-quality pizza, of this all-Italian delicacy. But, as the saying goes, to err is human and the- The answer is very simple: add it to refore making mistakes when baking the finished dough. In fact, salt and pizza is not surprising at all. The fact yeast fight like cat and dog, they vie is that as simple as it may be making each other for water and a total fiasco pizza is a matter of precision and is on the cards. Then add salt at the attention not forgetting a few tricks of right time that is when all the other the trade. Here is a step-by-step guide ingredients are blended. for cooking a pizza in your home oven. DO YOU NEED SUGAR TO WHICH IS THE BEST MAKE PIZZA DOUGH? YEAST FOR PIZZA DOUGH? Yes, you do. Sugar feeds the yeast but, The yeast is beyond doubt an essen- if you prefer, you may replace it with tial ingredient not only in preparing honey or malt. pizza but also in cooking it. The past Alessandro Trezzi, the Nerd of the doughs masters of pizza making recommend Follow su Facebook e Instagram - @chiefezzi using sourdough starter even though active dry yeast in granules might

12 - NOP NOP - 13 pizza is nearly cooked and other ingre- kers angry). In addition, you can use social media, don’t give up! Cooking dients according to their respective different type of flours such as hemp, a home-made pizza is a matter of mo- cooking times. Ham, for instance, khorasan, multi grain, wholemeal and tivation, dedication and passion just must be put at the end of cooking whi- so on to make pizza dough especially as an art. Has it ever happened to you le aubergines and courgettes a little now that organic food products are all that you didn’t know what to cook for time before; potatoes and sausages the rage. a dinner with friends or for a cand- can withstand 15-minute cooking. le-lit dinner with your date? Pizza is MAKING AND COOKING what you need, a savoury, healthy and WHAT IS THE BEST OVEN inexpensive food. Have fun while you PIZZA, A MARRIAGE are making it and you will see, as time TEMPERATURE? goes on, that with a lot of consistency OF DEDICATION AND your home-made pizza will be every Pizza is baked at 300°C (575°F) in piz- CREATIVITY bit as tasty as the other ones. zerias but this temperature is not at- tainable in the home oven. We recom- Despite discordant opinions among mend preheating the home oven then amateur pizza makers, creativity putting it at the max temperature by nearly always pays off. Though after placing the pizza in the lower third. If Find out more on the early unsatisfying attempts you you use a fan-assisted oven, remember AlfaForni.com can feel a bit discouraged seeing to put pizza in the centre of the oven to keep it from drying out. Cooking photos of appetizing pizzas posted on time for a well-cooked and crispy piz- 5 MINUTI OVEN za ranges from 10 to 15 minutes. It is the wood-fired pizza oven with the HOME-MADE PIZZA: highest sales record. The dimensions are A DIFFICULT BUT NOT compact. Have your meal cooked in just 5 IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE minutes! After all these tips, one thing is clear: making a home-made pizza that tastes It is a compact wood-fired oven for bread like a pizzeria-quality Neapolitan piz- and pizza with castors conceived for easy za or a pizza “al taglio” may sound like a daunting task. Despite your good moving. intentions, a careful selection of the ingredients and painstaking attention during cooking, the end result may be This wood-fired oven is designed under par for the aspiring pizza chef. for balconies, terraces and gardens. But hang in there and stay positive! If Refractory oven floor and stainless for pizza purists, only Margherita and Marinara are worth eating, in your steel dome. Rapidly reaches cooking home-made pizza you can choose the temperature (in 5 minutes)! toppings according to your taste (may- Find out more on be avoiding the controversial pineap- ple that would make some pizza ma- AlfaForni.com

14 - NOP NOP - 15 OUR OVENS ARE BUILT TO SATISFY ALL YOUR NEEDS, WITH HIGH QUALITY WEATHERPROOF MATERIALS, DESIGNED TO LAST IN TIME WITH AN ELEGANT MODERN TOUCH AND ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS FOR A COMFORTABLE OUTDOOR COOKING EXPERIENCE. CIAO DOMO CIAO 5 MINUTI DOMO CHOOSE AN ALFA OVEN, Dimensions: 91x69,5x118h cm Dimensions: 82x68x120h cm Dimensions: 101x79x126h cm Dimensions: 118x85x181h cm Dimensions: 129x96x192h cm Cooking Floor: 70x40 cm Cooking Floor: 60x50 cm Cooking Floor: 70x50 cm CHOOSE THE BEST. Cooking Floor: 70x40 cm Cooking Floor: 70x50 cm

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16 - NOP NOP - 17 The Alfa 2019 products highlight the

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NOP - 19 TURN YOUR birth place is still a mystery to this day the grand Mackenzie river in Canada SALMON: A and also has become folklore. There to the remote Lena river in Siberia, are many types of salmon that can be Russia. OVEN INTO A found throughout the world and here GREAT FISH is a brief list of the types that you can Sockeye Salmon: this particular species find: is well known in the US as Red salmon. BBQ, EASY! This lake-rearing species is found in TO CATCH Atlantic Salmon: they can be found in the Klamath in California and on the northern rivers on both coasts of the Hokkaido Island in Japan. In the frigid Atlantic Ocean. Canadian Artic and Anadyr river in AND EAT Masu Salmon: they can be fished in the Russia. western Pacific Ocean in Japan, Korea and Russia. Danube Salmon: this particular species There are many fish in the waters but is the largest permanent fresh water there is a fish that is highly appreciated Chinook Salmon: in the USA they salmon. in cuisine for its flexibility in the are known as the king salmon or kitchen and it is that of the salmon. Blackmouth salmon, and in British To enjoy that great catch you had at Salmon comes from the family of the Columbia the spring salmon. the lake or river why not cook it in a Salmonidae. Salmon is an indigenous Chum Salmon: this particular salmon wood fired oven. The wood with its fish of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean is also known as the dog, keta, or calico fragrances will take the salmon to BBQ 500 turns the Alfa oven but they can be also found in the Great in some parts of the USA. This type another level. We at Alfa also take lakes of North America and in the into a BBQ equipped with has the widest geographic range in the to heart good cooking and try our Patagonia in South America. Typically Pacific Ocean. simple video recipe for salmon. It is so enough power and control salmon is a migratory fish. They are simple that everyone will try to help in to cook over the flames or born in fresh water where they then Coho Salmon: they can be found in preparing it for the cooking. embers up to a temperature migrate to the salt water ocean but Alaska or in Canada. then return to reproduce in the fresh of 500°C (930°F). water. This migratory life cycle repeats Pink Salmon: this is also a wide ranging with every new generation. Their species they can be found in Alaska, in Find out more on homing behavior of returning to their the northern California and Korea, in AlfaForni.com

and old and it can be prepared in many CHICKEN, AN ways. Cooking has never One interesting chicken recipe is the been so easy and juicy! EXCELLENT beer can chicken or also known as the beer butt chicken. It is also called Triple cooking: Radiation, under other various names and here MEAT are just a few: convection, conduction to choose the cooking you want, • drunken chicken Chicken is one those meats that you crispy or soft. Fast: Higher • dancing chicken would love to have on the table. It is temperatures (up to 500°C) • chicken on a throne a meat, which is appreciated in many • thirsty bird to cook in less time.Hottest parts of the world. The meat has many inside, safest outside: health benefits and, it is, recommended The origin of this type of chicken Highest temperatures for by many doctors and dieticians. It is an cooking is unknown, but it has become cooking. Outside of oven excellent source of lean low fat protein meat. Chicken also has a good amount a modern legend in the BBQ world. remains cool and easy to of selenium. Selenium helps the body The first time it began to show up was work with.No smoke: Your perform its metabolic functions and at the college parties in the late 70’s house and your clothes don’t reinforces the immune system. For the and it is still popular today. smell at smoke. Clean: Clean senior citizens it helps in bone loss. Alfa has an interesting video on how every part of the oven by The meat also contains an amino acid call tryptophan. Tryptophan increases to make the beer can chicken. A great switching it on. the serotonin level in your brain giving recipe for the nice sunny days out in you a more comfortable feeling and the open. It shows the versatility of the helps fight the daily stress. The meat wood-fired and gas-powered oven. Alfa also contains a high percentage of Pizza ovens are perfect for roasting retinol and beta-carotene, which helps turkeys, barbecuing spare ribs, and the eyesight. If you are interested in baking those homemade cookies and reading more about the health benefits bread. So if you interested in seeing an of chicken click on this link. Chicken Alfa Pizza oven call or visit your local is thus the perfect dish for the young dealer or see the range of ovens .

20 - NOP NOP - 21 enzymes break molecular bonds and transform complex molecules into simpler and more digestible ones.

If the maturation time is not long enough, molecular bonds will only be partially broken and during the digestion the intestinal bacteria will produce excess gas resulting in typical abdominal bloating after eating a bad pizza. While leavening is a rapid process, maturation takes longer times depending basically on the temperature and the type of flour.

THE SECRETS FOR A HOMEMADE DIGESTIBLE PIZZA

HOMEMADE DIGESTIBLE BUT WHAT EXACTLY Here are our suggestions for making a homemade digestible pizza and avoi- PIZZA: THREE SECRETS ARE LEAVENING AND ding unpleasant stomach pains: FOR A SUPER LIGHT MATURATION? • Don’t rush things! Making a good Know more about flours: PIZZA DOUGH To cook a highly digestible homemade pizza successfully, we must first shed and digestible pizza takes time. “Hey, it’s Saturday evening, how about light on the main causes of our possible We suggest that you have a look at mistakes. To start with, we have to say what are the differences? eating a pizza? No, not pizza, I can’t the pizza dough recipe. digest it!” that leavening or fermentation is the chemical process of yeast converting • Always use fresh products and go sugar to carbon dioxide and ethanol. According to the definition, the flour middlings (two by-products of milling). germ which are the sources of Surely, you have gone through this easy on the salt. In the case of pizza leavening, the is the product of grain milling. In the Wholemeal flour on the contrary has several essential nutrients. before as well; going to a pizzeria or • Cook in your wood-fired or gas-fi- carbon dioxide swells the dough and most common sense of the term, flour the highest percentage of bran and to a friend’s house for a pizza and to the alcohol is lost during cooking. red oven making sure that its tem- is the powder made by grinding wheat wheat middlings and therefore is Tipo 2 flour or “semi-integrale” regret it because of post-meal stomach Maturation is a process by which the perature is at least 350°C (660°F). grains while the product resulting the most complete nutrition-wise. is characterized by a coarser pains and an unrestrainable urge to from the grinding of wheat is Wholemeal flour, compared to refined granulometry and a greater presence drink. called semolina. Apart from the type of one, contains more starch, fibres, of fibres and germs. wheat, semolina differs from flour for proteins, vitamins, fatty acids and Unfortunately, in these circumstances, its granulometry (the grain size); the ashes (mineral salts). Besides, if it’s To make pizza at home we suggest that former is coarser than the latter. stone ground, the flour is even better. you don’t use Tipo 00 flour. Choose the pleasure of eating a good pizza Stone-milling is a low intensity process instead Tipo 0 flour for its minimum cooked in an honest-to-goodness Nowadays, there are many types of that mills grain coldly so the flour is not protein content. wood-fired oven may be quickly flour coming from cereals, legumes, heated up and keeps its organoleptic replaced by a feeling of discomfort that dried fruits etc. We have spelt, and nutraceutical properties. extends beyond the end of the meal. barley, rye, flax, chickpea, chestnut, But why does all this happen? The wholemeal, white flours, you name it. But the transition from Tipo 00 flour answer is simple: the problem is due to to wholemeal flour is not immediate. poor leavening or maturation. This post wants to shed some light on Depending on the ash content, we wheat flours by analysing the different have different intermediate stages types. corresponding to flours with different properties: Tipo 0 flour, Tipo 1 flour or First of all, let’s solve a fundamental Tipo 2 flour. dilemma: what is the difference between refined flour and wholemeal Tipo 0 flour is less refined than Tipo 00 flour? flour but is largely devoid of nutritional principles. Find out more on The Tipo 00 flour (soft flour) is the most refined and free of bran and wheat Tipo 1 flour: it contains more bran and AlfaForni.com

22 - NOP NOP - 23 Smoke from the oven: everything you need to know DOLCE VITA OVEN If you are thinking about buying an the fuel to get a good, hot fire going. The We always recommend that you refer to outdoor oven but you live in an apartment presence of humidity inside the firewood the building regulations in this regard The essential device for your outdoor kitchen. you must consider the impact of smoking produces a white and intense smoke due and that you take all reasonable measures nuisance to your neighbourhood. So, to the evaporation of water. If the air to avoid nuisances for your neighbours. you’d better know the applicable laws supply is not enough, the combustion is altri condomini, se non superano i limiti A classic, timeless design for the wood fire oven Dolce and the different types of ovens. incomplete and the resulting smoke is della normale tollerabilità. Noi di Alfa vi Vita Top. With its clean lines, it fits harmoniously in any darker. On the contrary, smoke from gas– consigliamo sempre di fare riferimento outdoor kitchen. Extremely light in spite of the solid The killer question: fired ovens is invisible and odourless, al regolamento condominiale in tema di much the same as a water heater, so its emissioni di gas e di usare accorgimenti stainless steel, this wood fired pizza oven is suitable do ovens smoke? use is recommended in residential areas idonei sistemando il forno in una zona for various cooking needs. or when neighbours are too near. che non permetta ai fumi di entrare nelle This is the question that customers abitazioni, tenendo sempre conto della Excellent for cooking round and fragrant pizzas, pan frequently ask before buying an oven, Emissions of smoke from direzione del vento. focaccia or even roasting meat and fish enriching thus we owe them an honest and comprehensive answer. The answer the oven; what’s up? them with an incomparable aroma. These dishes depends on some factors. Firstly, we will delight your outdoor relaxing moments. The must distinguish between two types of In the UK, under the Clear Air Act, local refractory cotto floor guarantees high performance Alfa ovens: wood-fired and gas-fired onesauthorities can designate some areas in baking, with very high temperatures that preserve (natural gas or LPG). Wood-fired ovens,of their region to be a smoke control the organoleptic characteristics of the food. in normal circumstances, smoke a little. area. In these regions, it is an offence To do that, you need a quality, clean, dry to emit smoke unless you are burning and well–seasoned firewood; then push an authorised fuel or using exempt Find out more on the wood to the bottom of the oven, make appliances. Find out more on AlfaForni.com sure to supply an adequate intake of air to AlfaForni.com

24 - NOP NOP - 25 What is the best wood to burn and how to choose it?

Firewood, the fuel of the then add beech to keep it going before future. cooking. Olive firewood may be another 4 PIZZE OVEN tip-top solution but its price probably The calorific value of wood is farscares higher customers away. All in all, on a than other heat sources used for home value for money basis, the best firewood This wood-fired oven is conceived for gardens or professional cooking. While lighting is the hornbeam or ironwood, belonging and families. Unique design with built-in to the family of Betulaceae subfamily a gas burner is a no-brainer, the choice lateral shelves and peel holder. of firewood with the best bang for your Coryloideae, that occurs in the temperate buck needs some attention. There regions of Northern Hemisphere. are countless wood species selected The large dimensions and mouth are ideal to cook 4 according their calorific value. Firewood you should pizzas in 90 seconds, and 4 kg of bread with every absolutely avoid burning. oven load. Wood-fired garden oven that can even be Best types of firewood for used on balconies or terraces. It features the refractory oven cooking. Not every piece of timber makes good floor of professional ovens. fuel so let’s have a look at some species of wood that you should avoid. First of Usually, the best firewood for cooking The stainless steel dome is studied to rapidly reach in an oven are beech and oak. The smart all, the cherry that sparks more than move is combining the two species to other hardwoods when burning; then operating temperature. Ceramic fibre insulation maximise their qualities. Beech is a the entire family of evergreen plants like maintains long-lasting warmth and cuts down wood hardwood, that is with an average dried the pine that burns fast, makes a lot of consumption to a minimum. It is fitted with extremely weight of 700 kg per cubic meters (43 lb/ smoke and can coat your flue with soot. useful stainless steel lateral shelves to place oven ft3). Its aroma is very intense and when In the end, picking the best firewood trays, ingredients, oven dishes and necessary cooking Find out more on mixed with the oak it provides food with a may seem a daunting task but we at Alfa accessories. With the built-in peel holder, necessary AlfaForni.com special flavour. The best choice is to burn come to your aid. Contact us for more oak to reach the high temperatures and information. utensils for wood-fired cooking are always within hand’s reach. 26 - NOP NOP - 27 SWITZERLAND 4 PIZZE OVEN SOME REVIEWS FROM THE WORLD

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28 - NOP NOP - 29 MADE IN ITALY SINCE 1977

Since 2008, the place to be!

Anagni is a typical Italian “borgo” famous for the “pope slap” in 1303 to Bonifacio VIII. Here we have chosen to stay, under the hills of this wonderful place.

From the Roma – Napoli highway, you can see our headquarters, the biggest in this field. Anagni is where we produce everything, from the bricks to stainless steel components and where we will be based for long time.

The surprising company

Our company surprises everyone: Those who come to see us are amazed at how we manufacture everything ourselves from the raw materials to the finished product. They can’t believe how big our The biggest wood fired Just a special Italian plant is, the largest in this industry. oven hub in the world. company

They are also amazed because the people Alfa 1977 is the biggest wood and gas Alfa è un’azienda a conduzione who started and expanded the business fired ovens hub in the world: 100.000familiare, nata grazie alla passione per are still here, working their materials in a sq ft on a 300.000 sq m field completelyil cotto refrattario da Marcello Ortuso way nobody else can. We’re proud of the dedicated to the production of wood e Rocco Lauro, e portata oggi avanti fact that in our company each employee and gas fired ovens for domesticassieme and ai figli, che unisce tradizione ad knows and feels like an important professional use. innovazione. member of the team. The headquarters is divided in: metal Per soddisfare i gusti di tutti, progettiamo That’s why we are happy to invite all our department with bender, calendar, e realizziamo dei veri e propri gioielli , customers here, in Anagni, not far from soldering stations and laser machine; partendo dalle richieste e dalle esigenze Rome, to see where everything started brick department with over 200.000 del mercato. 40 years ago. We hope to surprise you, bricks produced every month, modular too, as we go on inventing and working ovens department and wood department always with smiles on our faces. for custom works. A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS

Alfa is a company specialized in wood and gas fired ovens, fireplaces and refractory bricks. In recent years we have concentrated on wood and gas fired ovens for domestic and professional use. Alfa headquarters is based in Anagni, between Roma and Napoli, in the birthplace of pizza.

TWO families, ONE passion

“We imagine a world where the wood fired oven becomes an intuitive device for everybody. We’d like to bring people back to their roots and see one of our flame ovens in every home.”

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