007 inspired `Royale` pizza becomes world`s most expensive

A chef has flown more than 1,000 miles to make a £2,150 pizza topped with gold from the Queen's jeweller - reports Sky.

The world's most expensive pizza - named after James Bond - is being created as a St Valentine's Day treat for an Italian lawyer.

As well as edible gold, award-winning Glasgow restaurateur Domenico Crolla's creation will also contain champagne-soaked caviar and lobster marinated in the finest cognac.

The antipasto-style feast was sold during a charity auction on eBay in November to Maurizio Morelli, a gastro-expert from Rome.

Mr Crolla has flown to the Italian capital to prepare the 12in pizza as a Valentine's surprise for Mr Morelli's wife, Sabrina, at the couple's local restaurant.

The story stirred up some controversy among Italians unhappy at the modern twist on a national classic.

But Mr Crolla said: "This is the perfect romantic Valentine's gift.

"We Italians are experts at 'amore' and I think this pizza will show that the way to a woman's heart is definitely through her stomach."

His luxury treat has been named the Pizza Royale 007 after the expensive tastes of suave super spy James Bond.

Other toppings on the organic base, spread with a sunblush tomato sauce, include Scottish smoked salmon and medallions of venison.

The meal is finished off with edible 24-carat gold shavings from the Queen's jeweller, Mappin & Webb.

The pizza was created to raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation, which aims to prevent curable blindness in developing countries.

The title for world's most expensive pizza was previously held by a £100 white truffle, mushroom and fontina cheese pizza at Gordon Ramsay's Maze restaurant in London.

The full list of toppings on the Pizza Royale 007:
Beluga caviar
Scottish smoked wild salmon
Prosciutto drizzled with vintage balsamic vinegar
Lobster marinated in £1,300 Louis XIII Cognac
Grilled venison and Aberdeen Angus fillet
Corn-fed chicken
White truffle
Gold shavings

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