'Figazza' Recipes and Food  

Figazza

Recipes and Food from Uruguay.
Recipes and Food, Uruguay

Lee from Pocitos -

I stepped out for a quick bite to each and decided to order a Pizza with Onions and Olives. Now, in Uruguay a Pizza usually refers to what we would think of as a pizza, but without the cheese.

If you want the cheese, you need to order a "Muzzarella". The pizza without Muzzarella is quite good.

After I placed my order the waiter said something about something with a little bit of red pepper too. I agreed, really having not the slightest idea of what I was getting myself into!

The only reason I know I got a "Figazza" is because it was clearly printed on the check.

Now I found this recipe for "Figazza" on an Uruguay site via Google. It seems to have a recipe for both Pizza and Figazza.

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FIGAZZA

Ingredientes:

2 cebollas, Aceite, orégano, sal

Preparación:

Poner las cebollas en juliana en agua hirviendo por 5´, mezclar con lo demás y poner sobre la masa.

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Google's delightful translation from English to Spanish comes up with: "FIGAZZA Ingredients: 2 onions, Oil, oregano, salt Preparation: To put the onions in Julian in boiling water by 5´, to mix with the others and to put on the mass." And I believe them to mean to put the boiled onions on the pizza recipe they give (which is just a bread recipe).

What I got was pizza dough cover with a thick layer of onions (probably preboiled) about 2 olives and a hint of red pepper.

The cost 34 pesos about US$1.42. The Pizza would have been about 20 pesos more and had some tomato sauce and a thick layer of olives to go with the thick layer of onions... a dash of tabasco (often hard to find here) and you have a delightful snack.

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Comment #1 TexasGal from Dallas, Texas -

Thank you for the translation. I was a little lost. That sounds delicious.

There's this restaurant in California I used to go to that took pizza dough and I don't know what they did, but it was deep friend with garlic and some sort of garlic sauce and was to die for.

Comment #2 Sweetness from MAIN STREAM, UNIVERSE -

OMG that would burn my mouth off.. with hot peppers, onions etc. and it would probably burn coming out the other end as well.

Do they make all their pizzas spicy like that or is it just this special one?

You mentione mozarella ... is that not just added to the pizza automatically? You have to order it special? Does this increase the price of it?

Comment #3 Lee from Pocitos -

Well, generally "pizza" doesn't have cheese and "Muzzarella" is a pizza with cheese. There can be exceptions so its best to ask when you order to make sure you do/do not get cheese.

And, of course with cheese it is more expensive. A plain pizza at Old Maz is 50 pesos. A plain pizza with cheese is 65 pesos. Both a bit boring.

If you want an interesting experience (and to sweat a lot and maybe cry a bit) try the "Diabola Picante": Salsa Tomate, Muzzarella de Bola, Longaniza, Peperonchino y Albahaca. Which will set you back 95 pesos and fulfill any desire you have for spicy (hot) food.

Comment #4 Lee from Pocitos - Sun Jun 15 07:35:43 2008

Here is a link to a blog post showing how pizza is cooked over a wood fire... common in Uruguay...

• Pizza on a wood fire...

Comment #5 Tim (63.176.159.131) - Sun Sep 28 08:35:47 2008

Not quite delicious... but you need to try new things when your in a new culture.

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