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1989 commemorative plaque in Naples marking the 100th anniversary celebration of the creation of pizza Margherita Uncooked pizza Margherita on a pizza peel. Pizza Margherita, also known as Margherita pizza, [1] is a typical Neapolitan pizza, roundish in shape with a raised edge (the cornicione) and garnished with hand-crushed peeled tomatoes, mozzarella (buffalo mozzarella or fior di latte ...
An often recounted story holds that on June 11, 1889, to honour the queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, the Neapolitan pizza maker Raffaele Esposito created the "pizza Margherita", a pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, to represent the national colors of Italy as on the flag of Italy.
The legend of pizza Margherita is considered a false history, as a pizza made with the same toppings was already present in Naples between 1796 and 1810. [10] It is widely reported that this event caused pizza to become a fad, [2] [5] from which it retained enduring popularity. Because of Esposito's experiments with ingredients and presentation ...
Tomatoes originated in the West but didn’t make their way to Europe until around the 1500s (they weren’t initially embraced because they were thought to be poisonous), so pizza couldn’t have ...
It's easy-to-make, colorful and mouthwatering pizza that's ready to eat from start to finish in about 20 minutes.
Thus, around the same time that the iconic pizza Margherita [74] was being invented in Italy, pizza were already being cooked in the Argentine capital. [75] The impoverished Italian immigrants that arrived to the city transformed the originally modest dish into a much more hefty meal, motivated by the abundance of food in Argentina.
Pizza napoletana (in Italian), pizza napulitana (in Neapolitan) Type: Pizza: Place of origin: Italy: Region or state: Naples, Campania: Main ingredients: Although in the strictest tradition of Neapolitan cuisine there are only two variations (pizza Margherita and pizza marinara), a great number of Neapolitan pizza varieties exist, defined by ...
Learn to make pizza like the pros! Pizza expert Nino Coniglio shows off his dough tossing skills and gives a tutorial on how to make the perfect slice at home