Article: Food and Drink: Dear Truffler

Back in the Sixties I used to frequent an Italian delicatessen that sold the most wonderful pizza. At least that's what it was called (this was the days before pizza parlours became ubiquitous). This "pizza" was sold by the slice, cut from a huge cartwheel and eaten cold. The base was very thin pastry (not bread), and had a thin layer of cheese, ham and olives. It seemed to be a cross between a quiche (but less deep) and a pizza. Have you any idea what this could have been, and if so do you have a recipe?

Jane Bamsey, by e-mail

It doesn't sound like pissaladiere, the Nicoise relation of pizza, a tart of shortcrust pastry covered with onions. Could it have been pizza rustica, a pastry case ...

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