Some people live for the last bite of pizza crust and now there is a way to savor that flavor even longer thanks to Bruno Pizza's latest creation. However, this New York City-based pizzeria is not just churning out a new pie with a specialty crust. Instead, the restaurant has debuted a sweet dessert made with doughy and crispy pizza crusts.
Just as the name suggests, Bruno Pizza's new Pizza Dough Ice Cream is a sweet treat made with actual pizza crusts. To create the unusual dessert, owner Demian Repucci starts with organic wheat from a farm in Ithaca, New York. The wheat is then ground down into flour in Bruno’s basement mill to create plain dough, which is then baked in a wood oven, ripped apart, toasted, and charred before it is thrown into ice cream.
While the toasty scoop can be enjoyed in a bowl, customers can also enjoy the ice cream on top of a sweet cinnamon-sugar pizza.
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Sweet Pizza Crust Desserts
- Incorporating pizza crust into desserts presents an opportunity for restaurants and pastry chefs to offer unique and unexpected flavor combinations.
- Organic Local Ingredients
- Using locally sourced organic wheat from a nearby farm presents an opportunity for bakeries and restaurants to promote sustainability and community involvement.
- Basement Milling
- In-house basement milling of flour offers bakeries the opportunity to control the quality, freshness and flavor of their dough and flour.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Ice Cream Industry
- Incorporating unexpected and unique flavors, like pizza crust, into ice cream presents opportunities for innovation and differentiation in the competitive ice cream market.
- Bakery Industry
- Using local, organic ingredients like wheat and in-house flour milling processes can help bakeries stand out in a crowded market by focusing on health, sustainability, and transparency.
- Restaurant Industry
- Incorporating unique and unusual ingredients, like pizza crust, into desserts can help restaurants differentiate themselves and create interest among customers looking for new and unusual menu items.
