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As warm springtime weather melts away memories of a harsh winter, Undici Restaurant, home of the best pizza in New Jersey, invites you to enjoy its authentic Italian cuisine in its outdoor courtyard seating.

Already known for inviting ambiance, with its brick and plaster walls reminiscent of an Italian farmhouse, Undici adds a new element to the dining experience for Red Bank and Jersey Shore patrons.

Come taste the pizza in NJ that critics and customers raving about. The NY Times said the pizza is “terrific,” while The Asbury Park Press raved that Undici’s Pizza Napoletana “can satisfy even the harshest pizza critics of NJ.”

Fresh and authentic ingredients are what make it possible. The Bufala Mozzarella, Caputo “00″ Flour, Ligurian Olive Oil, and San Marzano Tomato sauce are all imported from Italy, which all come together on Undici’s handmade pizzas before they slide into an 800-degree, wood-burning brick oven to be cooked to perfection.  On Wednesdays, half-priced bottles are available from Undici’s seasonal wine list, complementing the meal with another taste of Italy.

Undici has the best pizza New Jersey restaurant goers have ever tasted, but that’s not all. Undici’s menu includes delicious appetizers, salads, house-made pasta, ravioli and gnocchi dishes and mouth-watering entrees.

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About Undici Taverna Rustica

Undici Restaurant is an authentic Tuscan style Italian restaurant in Rumson NJ, designed with ancient stone, wood, tile and plaster. The restaurant features Tuscan cuisine in an intimate and classic setting. The restaurant is located at 11 West River Road.

For more information or to make reservations, visit: http://www.undicirestaurant.com/

There is no pizza restaurant in NJ as dedicated to creating and serving the best pizza in New Jersey like Undici. Undici’s owner Victor Rallo travels to Napoli, Italy to bring the tastes of the best pizza in the world back to America and into his restaurant. The key to the perfect pizza is great dough, sauce, cheese and extra virgin olive oil.

Undici imports all of their ingredients from Italy using San Marzano tomatoes, Bufala cheese, Caputo “00″ Flour and Ligurian Olive Oil. Undici makes all of their pizzas by hand and cooks them in a wood burning oven at 800 degrees!

Making the best pizza in NJ hasn’t been easy, but Victor Rallo has dedicated himself to comparing and contrasting the pizza’s of Italy. By doing this he has been able to find the ingredients and techniques used by Italian chefs.

If you love pizza, Undici wants you to try the best pizza in NJ. Undici is located at 11 West River Rd. Rumson, NJ just minutes away from Red Bank and the beach. Undici serves more than just pizza, of course. They offer home made pasta, delicious appetizers and entrees. Some examples of their NJ pizza menu are:

• Originale Pizza: San Marzano tomato sauce, bufala mozzarella, fresh basil, Pecorino-Romano and extra virgin olive oil
• Filetti Pizza: San Marzano tomato sauce, fresh tomato, shaved onion, fresh basil, peperoncini and extra virgin olive oil
• Misto: Culatello, Prosciutto di Parma, Genoa salami, soppressata, dried hot Italian sausage, bresaola, capicolla, finocchiona, olives, fresh mozzarella, Parmigiano Reggiano, roasted almonds, crostini.
• Calamari Griglia: grilled fresh calamari, house roasted peppers, fresh arugula, toasted ciabatta and spicy ceci bean puree
• Barbabietole: fresh roasted red and golden beets, arugula, red onion, red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and Coach Farms goat cheese
• Papalina: house made “chitarra” guitar string pasta, Prosciutto di Parma, cremini mushroom, fresh peas, light cream and Parmigiano sauce
• Costata di Maiale Agro Dolce: grilled 14oz. center cut Hatfield pork chop, sweet peppers, cherry peppers, fingerling potato, olive oil, garlic and red wine vinegar
• Spigola al Forno: fresh whole sea bass, baked in the oven with fresh lemon served with spaghetti pomodoro

Come on in, try our delicious pizzas, appetizers, salads, entrees and homemade pastas!

Two months after reinventing their entire pizza menu, Undici Restaurant in Rumson is winning over the hearts and stomachs of pizza lovers throughout NJ.  Undici set out to make the Best Pizza in NJ, and now customers and food critics say they have done just that. 

Undici’s new pizza is true, authentic Pizza Napoletana, a rarity in most parts of NJ.  According to Undici’s owner, Victor Rallo, it’s what goes into the pizza that really counts.  While most Pizzeria’s in NJ use canned tomato sauce and shredded mozzarella, Undici’s Pizza Napoletana strictly uses ingredients imported directly from Italy.  Those ingredients are: 

• Bufala Mozzarella
• Caputo “00” Flour
• Ligurian Olive Oil
• San Marzano Tomatoes

“Bufala Mozzarella has ‘the magic’ other mozzarella cheeses don’t,” says Rallo.  While regular mozzarella is made with cow’s milk, Bufala or Buffalo, Mozzarella is made with milk from Italian water buffalo.  “The milk from water buffalo is creamier, and melts in your mouth,” explains Rallo. 

Another distinguishing ingredient in Undici’s Pizza Napoletana are the San Marzano tomatoes.  Used by tops chefs around the world for their thicker flesh, fewer seeds, and stronger taste, San Marzano tomatoes are widely considered to make the best sauce in the world.  Pizza lovers can learn more about the ingredients used in New Jersey’s Best Pizza by visiting: http://www.pizzanj.net/ingredients/san-marzano-tomatoes/

Customers and members of the press agree; this is the Best Pizza in NJ.  The NY Times said the pizza is “terrific” and “you can hardly go wrong with combinations like arugula, grape tomatoes, mozzarella, and more of that prosciutto.”  The Asbury Park Press raved that Undici’s Pizza Napoletana “can satisfy even the harshest pizza critics of NJ.”

New Jersey’s best pizza is made unlike any other pizza.  The oven is heated with wood only, no gas or coal.  Different types of wood are used for their varying burning properties, which can withstand heats of 700 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature used to cook Pizza Napoletana. 

Margherita Pizza

Famed Pizza Guru, Anthony Mangieri served as Undici’s exclusive Pizza Consultant and helped the staff adjust to making pizza in the extreme temperature of the wood burning oven.   “You can’t make, in my opinion, the same flavor with coal or with gas,” says Mangieri. “There’s nothing beautiful about it. The heat from a coal oven is not gentle. It’s very dry, it’s very overpowering. With wood, the oven reaches temperatures of 700 degrees Fahrenheit.”

According to Rallo, it was no small change fine tuning the formula for his new pizza.  “We started on a Monday and it was almost a disaster, but we quickly learned from our mistakes and were back at it on Tuesday.  After about two weeks and 500 pizzas, we were ready to make the change and were confident everyone would appreciate our new authentic Pizza Napoletana.”

Undici’s new pizza menu now consists of five Naples style pizza choices; Originale, Bianco, Margherita, Filetti and Arugula e Prosciutto.  More information about each pizza is available at http://www.pizzanj.net/

About Undici Taverna Rustica

Undici Restaurant is an authentic Tuscan style Italian restaurant in Rumson NJ, designed with ancient stone, wood, tile and plaster.  The restaurant features Tuscan cuisine in an intimate and classic setting.  The restaurant is located on West River Road. 

http://www.undicirestaurant.com