The Club Night
A 1" Apulian focaccia square with burrata, sun-dried tomato & basil oil — the room he built so the cool kids had to come in
He had not found a way to be admitted to the social order. He built the thing the social order had to come to.
Why this bite? At fourteen he built the room the social order had to come to. This square of Apulia is where it all started.
The Story
At fourteen, in a small town in the heel of Italy, the introverted boy the cool kids would not stand near rented a venue, hired a DJ, and opened the doors. They came inside because he had decided where it would be and when it would start. This single inch of Apulian focaccia — burrata for the softness he never lost, sun-dried tomato for the heat of the south, basil oil for the place that made him — is that first gathering, the night he learned the only thing about commerce he would ever really need to know.
Ingredients
- Focaccia (cut into 1" squares)
- Burrata
- Sun-dried tomato
- Fresh basil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Flaky salt
Preparation
- 1.Cut focaccia into 1" squares and toast lightly.
- 2.Top each with a small spoon of burrata.
- 3.Add a sliver of sun-dried tomato.
- 4.Finish with basil oil and flaky salt.
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