The Italian chef cheers how you have cut your pizza incorrectly – and the surprising tool that you should use instead

An Italian pizza master has revealed that you probably cut your pizza completely wrong.

Davide Argentino, who previously won the ‘best pizza dough in the world’ award, says you would not catch anyone in Naples with a pizza cutter.

The renowned chef, who works at Forbici, a new Napolitan pizzeria in Manchester, also says that cutting a pizza in normal slices is not a traditional method.

In fact, he explains to use scissors to cut pizza much more often Italy Then we could think, especially in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and for a good reason.

“In Naples, how to eat pizza is just as important as how it was made,” he said Huppost.

‘Traditionally, pizza is completely served, in four with scissors and folded – never cut with a pizza wheel.

‘The pizza wheel is something that was invented in America – it is not Italian. You would have trouble finding a pizza wheel if you traveled through Naples. ‘

A classic pizza cutter has attached a round knife to a handle, to be pressed into a pizza and to be pushed over the surface to cut through.

Davide Argentino, who previously won the ‘best pizza dough in the world’ award, says you would not catch anyone in Naples with a pizza -movie

However, they tend to drag toppings over the surface and shred the crust if you have to go over a cut several times.

In Forbici – who translates into ‘scissors’ – Davide has forbidden the pizza cutter and each guest offers scissors at the table instead to cut in their own meal.

The method is said to protect the integrity of the pizzadough, which is made using a 12-hour fermentation process that helps to create a spongish structure in the dough.

This light, airy dough results in a soft and tasteful crust once it is baked.

Davide added: ‘Cutting with scissors retains the delicate, airy crust made by a long fermentation process.

“The point is to protect the vessel, respect the dough and invite guests to experience pizza as intended.”

Pizza fans on social media are understood clear, with Reddit Users who praise the virtues from using scissors instead of a cutter.

“Rolling the cutter is messy, usually ends worse for the toppings and is more work than scissors cutting through the crust that you prefer,” said a user in the thread r/impopularopinion.

At Forbici in Manchester, every guest gets scissors at the table to cut his pizza

“If you want a crispy crust, it’s like the pizza cutter is a wrong tool for it.”

Another wrote: ‘As soon as you go scissors, you can never go back. I have a specific pair of pizza scissors. ‘

A third chimed in: ‘I have a pizza scissors !! People are burdening me, but I love them. Much easier than a pizza cutter and you can use them when the pizza comes out of the oven instead of waiting for it to cool down.

“They also cut completely through the crust and cheese, while a pizza cutter sometimes does not do and you eventually pull cheese out of other slices or break the crust in weird spots.”

But many were skeptical about those who used scissors to cut their pizzas.

“It is clear that you either cannot use a pizza cutter, or it is as sharp as a bowling pen,” a person hit.

Others claimed that the author of the post simply did not use ‘pizza cutters’ or that they just needed a new, sharper.

Cutting pizza with scissors – sometimes known as ‘pizza shears’ – may not be so popular outside of Italy, but the method has certainly had its moment in popular culture.

In the 1986 Film CobraWith Sylvester Stallone in the lead role, the actor gets a box of cold pizza from a fridge and sits down at a desk to eat it.

But instead of just grabbing the single slice in the box and eating it, Stallone picks up a few office scissors and goes off a part of the pizza with them.

He then snacks on the smaller slice that he cut off while watching TV and takes care of his gun.

The memorable moment may have fans of the film who scratched their heads at the time – but it turns out that Stallone was always right.