Who would have thought possible?
There’s a certain technique David Garcia has mastered in order to make pizza on a volcano without burning himself, too.
The following written content by Adriana Navarro
There’s a certain technique to cooking pizza with a volcano — one that David Garcia has had to master in order to not burn the food or himself.
The first steps are simple — shape the dough, place it on a pan and dress it up with sauce, mozzarella cheese and toppings. Then, donning thick, protective gloves, Garcia places it on the bank of a river of lava that snakes under jagged volcanic rocks of Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano.
Over a river of lava, Garcia has to gauge a few things, one of which is making sure the pizza doesn’t drift away. The second is making sure the lava isn’t too hot.
“It was difficult for me to learn the technique here so the pizza doesn’t [get] burnt. And it is also a risk to be on the shore because it is at a high temperature of 1,500 to 2,000 degrees, so I have to watch the wind direction so it doesn’t affect me,” Garcia told AFP.
But after his first time biting into a magma-made pizza, he found the risk was worth the taste and perhaps an attraction for tourists.
This method of cooking has also been used earlier this year by scientists studying the Geldingadalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, who used the heat to cook some hot dogs for lunch. Garcia’s own inspiration for using the volcano as an oven came from tour guides in the area who would bring groups to the volcano and roast marshmallows.
“I took the idea and I wondered what else could be cooked with the lava,” Garcia told AccuWeather’s Marvin Gomez. “So one day I prepared a pizza, took it to the volcanic rocks and in 14 minutes it was ready. The high temps from the nearby lava gave it an exclusive taste and an amazing crunch. I told myself, ‘This needs to continue.'” Read more from AccuWeather.
