The winner of the Signature Recipe Contest is 28-year-old Giovanni Orellana, who currently works at the Barcode restaurant, bar and lounge in Washington, D.C. Born in the Republic of El Salvador in 1984, Orellana immigrated to the United States in 2003, gradually working his way up from cook to substitute chef to executive chef in the D.C. area. His specialty and passion: Modern American cuisine mixed with a twist of Latin, Italian, and French flavor.

Ingredients

1 thin crust pizza dough
1 tablespoon hazelnut oil
Nutella
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
1/4 cup crumbled walnuts
3 to 4 sliced strawberries
Mint

Directions

Spread your pizza dough like any other pizza. With a pastry brush, add the hazelnut oil then bake until golden brown. Remove from the oven and spread the nutella all over, as like with tomato sauce. Top it with mascarpone cheese, sprinkle the walnuts, add the strawberries and garnish with mint on the center.


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