Pizza The pizza is an Italian dish . It consists of a base of dough , of the pizza crust, when foods such as cheese or analogue cheese , tomatoes , olives , mushrooms , vegetables and meats to be done, which is typically baked in an oven . History The origin of the pizza is in the Mediterranean . In many countries around the Mediterranean are already thousands of years round loaves baked that served as plates. According to tradition, was the Trojan hero Aeneas a city ( Lavinium ) found in the place where he hunger even emptied plates [so: bread plates] is going to eat, - verse 125, Book VII of the Aeneid . Round Turkish bread can today still serve as makeshift pizza crusts. Also the shape of matzes is round or oval . Archaeological finds show that the Vikings in the ninth century AD already flat, circular dough bases showing all ingredients partook, which were baked in ovens that look similar as modern pizza ovens.This was about eight hundred years before the first mention of pizza in Italy . Only in the 17th century mention was made of pizza in Naples , where one went to the poorer parts of the city to eat this peasant dish. The people who made them were pizzaioli mentioned. In 1889 was Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizzaiolo (pizza maker =) of Naples, invited by the then King of Italy Umberto I and his wife Margaret to prepare his specialties at the palace. Especially for this occasion he invented include a pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil : the colors that correspond to the flag in 1861 established kingdom Italy. This pizza was the queen most in the taste, and he was therefore also the creator pizza margherita baptized. This pizza set the standard for all pizzas. After the emigration of Italians to the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century in the United States is a unique form of pizza develop, characterized mainly by the much thicker soil and exuberant use of multiple ingredients. The continuing contacts back and forth since then may have contributed to the originating summarily invested, pizza also became more exuberant, although these never exhibit the extreme forms and combinations such as pizzas from the United States. Until the 60s of the twentieth century the pizza was Italy often just a large rectangular piece of dough with usually only some tomato sauce and sometimes leftover cheese or anchovies out that on street corners in stalls freshly baked on large plates and which one rectangular piece was cut off to be sold to passers-by. In many restaurants in many countries at the counter points pizza, called pizza slices sold. A pizza slice is one quarter or one eighth of a (round) pizza. An opportunity that specializes in selling pizzas is called a pizzeria . People who bring round pizzas, mostly young people on a moped , the pizza couriers . Types of pizza Some pizzas with their basic ingredients: Neapolitan pizza Pizza Napoletana ( tomato and mozzarella ) Pizza marinara (tomato, garlic , olive oil and oregano ) Pizza Margherita (tomato, mozzarella and basil ), according to tradition, made in honor of Queen Margaret of Italy and inspired by the Italian flag: red tomatoes, green basil and white mozzarella. Pizzas from Lazio Pizza Napoletana / Romana (tomato, mozzarella, anchovies and capers ) Pizza Napoletana (ie with Anchovies) as in Rome / Lazio and outside Italy is known not original Neapolitan pizza, but a pizza from the Lazio. Rome / Lazio hot pizza Pizza Napoletana, but Naples is the Romana pizza. Viennese pizza (tomato, mozzarella, German sausage , oregano, olive oil) Pizza Capriciosa (usually tomato, mozzarella, ham , olives , mushrooms , artichokes but the name indicates that whatever the cook will apply must be used) Pizza Quattro Formaggi ( gorgonzola , mozzarella, pecorino and taleggio ) (outside Italy often: gorgonzola, mozzarella, gouda cheese and Roquefort or Parmesan / Bel Paese ) Pizza Quattro Stagioni (literally four seasons ) (tomato, mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, olives, artichokes: usually taken equal to the capricciosa but here the ingredients are separated) Pizza Bianca (olive oil, sea salt , rosemary ) Pizza alla Casalinga (in square pan fried in olive oil, topping consists of mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. Other Italian pizzas Pizza Caprese (tomato paste roma old buffalo mozzarella, basil) Ai Funghi pizza (tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms) Pizza con Funghi e Olive (tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms and black olives) Prosciutto pizza (tomato, mozzarella, ham, onion ) Pizza con Prosciutto Crudo (tomato, mozzarella, dried ham) Cipolle pizza (tomato, mozzarella, onion) Salami pizza (tomato, mozzarella, salami ) Pizza alla Diavola or Pizza Salami Piccante (tomato, mozzarella, salami piccante, peppers ) (in the United States and the Netherlands often Pepperoni Pizza) Calabrese pizza (tomato, mozzarella, salami, olives, red pepper , oregano) Pepperoni pizza (tomato, mozzarella, peppers) All Melanzane pizza (tomato, mozzarella, eggplant , parmesan , basil, black pepper ) Pizza al Tonno (tomato, mozzarella, tuna , onion) Pizza Frutti di Mare (tomato, mozzarella, various seafood ) Folded and Rolled Pizzas Calzone (folded pizza filled with tomato, mozzarella and other ingredients) Cuddiruni (Sicilian rolled and folded pizza with onion, mozzarella, mortadella , anchovies , olives) Stromboli (rolled pizza, mozzarella, salami / capicola / bresaola and sometimes vegetables )
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