Going to a local pizzeria for your favorite house-made pasta dish makes sense when you think about it. The same care and preparation used to make pizza dough goes into each strand and cut of their artisanal pastas.
What kinds of signature pasta dishes can I get at a restaurant in Grosse Pointe Park?
- Long, Tubular Strands: Also called bucatini, this pasta cut features a hollow center like a straw. This hole allows rich, savory sauces to coat the entire noodle from the inside out so every bite delivers a burst of flavor.
- Short, Twisted Cuts. This is called gemelli, which means “twins” in Italian. It looks like two strands of pasta twisted together, but it is actually a single short strand rolled into a spiral.
- Long, Solid Round Strand. These long, thin, solid cylindrical noodles have no holes or ridges. They’re used to make one of America’s favorite Italian-inspired dishes: spaghetti.
- Short, Wide Tubular Cut: These rigatoni noodles are medium-sized, wide tubes. They also feature straight-cut ends and ridges (rigati) running down the outside to catch heavy sauces.
Make your dinner plans at The Bricks Pizzeria to satisfy those cravings for your favorite house-made pasta dish. Make your reservation or place an order online to enjoy the best pasta in The Pointes!
House-Made Pasta Dishes: Discover the Secret of Freshness
Many local restaurants serve pasta, but few take the time to prepare it properly. Our farm-to-table ingredients undergo a unique process where each noodle is milled and crafted directly in our restaurant.
What is the handmade process that creates delicious pasta?
At The Bricks Pizzeria, we refuse to use mass-produced, chemically treated ingredients on our menu. Our dedicated kitchen team honors this raw harvest through this preparation process:
1. In-House Stone Milling
We don’t rely on commercially processed, bagged white flour. Those products are typically stripped of their natural oils and nutrients.
To give you the freshest flavors and highest nutritional value, we mill our organically grown ancient grains each day. We use our specialized Osttiroler grain mill, which transforms raw grains into fresh, aromatic flour.
Our flour retains its natural characteristics and provides a robust, flavorful foundation. It’s perfect for our classic dishes like our Pomodoro spaghetti and our comforting Ragu with rich meat sauce.
2. Natural Cold Fermentation
Once our stone-milled flour is mixed, we put our dough through a cold fermentation period. This process helps build complex flavors.
The yeasts slowly break down the starches, producing a lighter, more digestible noodle. From there, the dough is formed into shapes like our hollow Bucatini, used in our Cacio e Pepe.
3. Farm-to-Table Fresh Ingredients
Fox Hollow Farm is our privately owned, 20-acre cooperative operation in Metamora, Michigan. Here, we produce everything from seasonal produce and greenhouse herbs to fresh eggs.
We transport the food straight to our kitchen to create our vibrant sauces, toppings, and more. You can taste this in our signature Gemelli dish, where our twisted pasta is tossed in a warm, comforting sauce.
The Magic of Our Authentic Wood-Fired Oven
Our signature pizza dough is made with the same care and attention to detail as our house-made pastas. The secret to our unforgettable pizza dough is our wood-fired oven.
How does a wood-fired oven enhance the texture of pizza dough?
When baking a pizza, the heat of our traditional wood-fired oven flash-cooks our naturally fermented dough. This unlocks these qualities, which you can feel and taste:
- A Blistered, Spotted Crust: The wood fire produces immediate, localized bursts of high heat that rapidly caramelize the natural sugars in our long-fermented dough. This creates the characteristic dark, smoky spots that lock in flavor.
- A Light, Tender Interior: Because the high heat bakes the thin pizza in under 90 seconds, the moisture in the dough instantly traps expanding gases, creating an airy, cloud-like crumb that’s soft and chewy on the inside.
- A Subtle Wood-Smoke Flavor: Cooking pizza this way gives the crust a gentle hint of natural wood smoke. This offers complex flavors that no commercial kitchen can match.
By now, you’re ready to dig into a pizza fresh out of our wood-fired oven in Grosse Pointe Park.
Your Ultimate Dining Experience Awaits at The Bricks Pizzeria
Our house-made pasta dishes must be tasted to be appreciated. Right now, you can make tonight’s dinner an amazing, flavorful experience by choosing The Bricks Pizzeria.
Come in and savor the experience your taste buds have been craving. Make your reservation or place your order online tonight!
