On the Monti Iblei, just east of Caltagirone, Mastro Don Gesualdo was born from the pen of Giovanni Verga, a symbol of a man who, with sacrifice and dedication, built his own destiny.
Thus, in Caltagirone, Gesualdo, my father-in-law, a Sicilian with a strong and tenacious spirit, was born. If Gesualdo Motta, after tireless sacrifices, eventually succeeded in accumulating wealth and power, he could not, however, obtain that redemption from society that had obsessed him for a lifetime, making us realise that often, it is in simple things, in affection, and not in money, or in social climbing that we must seek the key to our existence.
Gesualdo Cinnirella, inversely to the other, succeeded through his sacrifice, in obtaining the redemption of his loved ones, surrounded by the love of his family, a symbol that to be 'defeated' in life, one must never give oneself away, even if the world we know appears upside down.
I want to dedicate this pizza to him, a tribute to his flavours, such as the salted Sicilian sheep's ricotta, oregano and oil from Chiaramonte Gulfi, a few steps from there, a place that was very dear to him.
Because certain men, like certain traditions, never die: they remain imprinted in the gestures, stories and perfume of those who loved them
Ingredients
Piennolo tomato PDO, Sicilian sheep's salted ricotta, Oregano
Polifemo Viragi extra virgin olive oil, Monti Iblei DOP
