{"id":248137,"date":"2021-05-12T23:37:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cooked-at-1000-degrees-celsius-guatemalas-volcanic-pizza\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:37:53","slug":"cooked-at-1000-degrees-celsius-guatemalas-volcanic-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cooked-at-1000-degrees-celsius-guatemalas-volcanic-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cooked at 1,000 degrees Celsius: Guatemala’s volcanic pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cooked at 1,000 degrees Celsius: Guatemala’s volcanic pizza<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano has been erupting since February, keeping local communities and authorities on high alert.<\/p>\n


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But for David Garcia, the streams of molten lava oozing down the mountainside have become his kitchen.<\/p>\n

Garcia, a 34-year-old accountant, serves up “Pacaya Pizza” cooked on the smouldering volcanic rock to awed tourists and locals.<\/p>\n

“Many people today come to enjoy the experience of eating pizza made on volcanic heat,” Garcia told AFP from a rocky area that leads to the Pacaya crater, and which he’s converted into his workplace.<\/p>\n

In his makeshift kitchen, Garcia spreads the dough on a metal platter that can resist temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit), slathers it with tomato sauce, a generous helping of cheese and pieces of meat.<\/p>\n

Wearing protective clothing from head to his military style boots, Garcia places the pizza on the lava.<\/p>\n

“It’s done, just let the cheese melt some more,” he announces 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n

“That pizza looks so good!” exclaims one of the tourists as the cheese bubbles.<\/p>\n

Garcia’s kitchen has become a magnet for tourists that work up a app<\/a>etite climbing the massive volcano\u2014one of three active ones in Guatemala\u2014located just 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of the capital.<\/p>\n