An impromptu Friday night dinner with neighbors brought the Madison Foodie family to Pizza Brutta on Monroe Street.
The pizzas are true to a Neopolitan original, with a thin but lightly chewy crust, cooked quickly in a wood burning oven, and without lots of heavy toppings or gloppy cheese.
The sauce for the Pizza Rosso with Sopressata is very simple, coming across as no more than a puree of San Marzano tomatoes. It is sweet without being cloying, and it compliments the flavor of the toppings, rather than trying to dominate.
The highlight was the Sopressata sausage, which is an Italian dried salami whose edges crisped up wonderfully in its short time in the wood burning oven.
We also tried the Bergamo pizza, whose Gorgonzola cheese was balanced well to the other flavors, including the sun-dried tomatoes and ham.
Pizza Brutta is at 1805 Monroe Street in Madison and its phone number is (608) 257-2120. At Pizza Brutta, you order at the counter and the tables are seat yourself. It got very busy between the hours of 6:00 and 7:30 on a Friday night, so plan accordingly with larger groups.
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