Pinza® (from latin “Pinsere” –roll out, grind) is innovative product, created by Valentino Bontempi. Studing the story and traditions of Italy and Roman Impire, Valentino has noticed that romans loved a lot an anusual kind of crispy bread. Unfortunately, there is no receipt or name of that tasty bread, we know only that Roman peasants used special pastry made of grinded grain, salt and aromatic herbs and spices and baked it on hot coals. The result was a kind of crunchy tortilla. Initially, the mixture consisted of barley, oats and millet. Later have added wild wheat. It was offered to priests and monks: on the delicate crunchy pastry laid out all products on peasant`s disposal: vegetables, fruits, meat, and gets a great God pleasing light lunch. References about it we can find in different historical testimonies of the epoch: for example, Virgilio mentions an oval soft cake, which gives the army forces and does not cause drowsiness to the soldiers.
