Pizza Pizza

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IntroductionIntroduction

Pizza is the name of an Pizza is the name of an oven-baked, flat, oven-baked, flat, usually round bread usually round bread covered with tomato covered with tomato sauce and often sauce and often cheese, with other cheese, with other toppings left optional. toppings left optional. While originating as a While originating as a part of Neapolitan part of Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has cuisine, the dish has become popular in become popular in many different parts of many different parts of the world.the world.

A shop or A shop or restaurant where restaurant where pizzas are made pizzas are made and sold is called a and sold is called a "pizzeria" (from "pizzeria" (from Italian) although Italian) although the phrase "pizza the phrase "pizza parlor" is also used parlor" is also used in the United in the United States and Canada.States and Canada.

Various toppings may Various toppings may be added, most be added, most typically:typically:

sauce, traditionally sauce, traditionally tomato-based but pesto, tomato-based but pesto, alfredo, barbecue alfredo, barbecue sauce, and occasionally sauce, and occasionally even ketchup are also even ketchup are also common .common .

cheese, traditionally cheese, traditionally mozzarella but often mozzarella but often provolone or a blend of provolone or a blend of other cheeses .other cheeses .

herbs and herbs and seasonings such as seasonings such as basil, oregano, and basil, oregano, and garlic. garlic.

vegetables such as vegetables such as artichoke hearts, artichoke hearts, bell peppers, bell peppers, eggplant, olives, eggplant, olives, onions, spinach, onions, spinach, asparagus, asparagus, broccoli, and broccoli, and sweetcorn.sweetcorn.

meat, such as sausage meat, such as sausage (especially pepperoni (especially pepperoni or salami), ham, or salami), ham, bacon, ground beef, bacon, ground beef, and chicken, or and chicken, or seafood such as seafood such as anchovies, tuna, and anchovies, tuna, and shrimp shrimp

Other common Other common toppings include toppings include mushrooms, tomatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, and pineapple.and pineapple.

Pizza styles Pizza styles Neapolitan pizzaNeapolitan pizza Authentic Neapolitan Authentic Neapolitan pizzas are made with pizzas are made with local ingredients like local ingredients like San Marzano tomatoes, San Marzano tomatoes, which grow on the which grow on the volcanic plains to the volcanic plains to the south of Mount south of Mount Vesuvius and Vesuvius and Mozzarella di Bufala Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, made with Campana, made with the milk from water the milk from water buffalo raised in the buffalo raised in the marshlands of Campana marshlands of Campana and Lazio in a semi-wild and Lazio in a semi-wild state state

Pizza RomanaPizza Romana (in Naples): (in Naples): tomato, mozzarella, tomato, mozzarella, anchovies, oregano, oil; anchovies, oregano, oil;

Pizza ViennesePizza Viennese: tomato, : tomato, mozzarella, German mozzarella, German sausage, oregano, oil; sausage, oregano, oil;

Pizza CapricciosaPizza Capricciosa ("Capricious Pizza"): ("Capricious Pizza"): mozzarella, tomato, mozzarella, tomato, mushrooms, artichokes, mushrooms, artichokes, cooked ham, olives, oil (in cooked ham, olives, oil (in Rome raw ham is used and Rome raw ham is used and half a hard-boiled egg is half a hard-boiled egg is added); added);

Pizza Quattro StagioniPizza Quattro Stagioni ("Four Seasons Pizza"): ("Four Seasons Pizza"): same ingredients for the same ingredients for the Capricciosa, but Capricciosa, but ingredients not mixed; ingredients not mixed; Pizza Quattro Pizza Quattro FormaggiFormaggi ("Four ("Four Cheese Pizza"): Cheese Pizza"): tomatoes, mozzarella, tomatoes, mozzarella, stracchino, fontina, stracchino, fontina, gorgonzola (sometimes gorgonzola (sometimes ricotta can be swapped ricotta can be swapped for one of the last three); for one of the last three);

Records Records

The largest pizza ever The largest pizza ever made was at the Norwood made was at the Norwood Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket in Johannesburg, South in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the Africa. According to the Guinness Book of Records Guinness Book of Records the pizza was 37.4 meters the pizza was 37.4 meters in diameter and was made in diameter and was made using 500 kg of flour, 800 using 500 kg of flour, 800 kg of cheese and 900 kg kg of cheese and 900 kg of tomato puree. This was of tomato puree. This was accomplished on accomplished on December 8, 1990.December 8, 1990.

On 22 March 2001, On 22 March 2001, Bernard Jordaan of Bernard Jordaan of Butler's Pizza, Cape Butler's Pizza, Cape Town, South Africa, Town, South Africa, delivered a pizza 11042 delivered a pizza 11042 km (6861 miles) from km (6861 miles) from Cape Town to Sydney, Cape Town to Sydney, Australia, to set the world Australia, to set the world record for the longest record for the longest pizza delivery. This pizza delivery. This record was acknowledged record was acknowledged in the Guinness Book of in the Guinness Book of Records. Records.

Most expensive pizza Most expensive pizza created was made by the created was made by the restaurateur Domenico restaurateur Domenico Crolla who created a Crolla who created a $2,745.00 priced $2,745.00 priced Valentine pizza which Valentine pizza which included toppings such as included toppings such as sunblush-tomato sauce, sunblush-tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, Scottish smoked salmon, medallions of venison, medallions of venison, edible gold, lobster edible gold, lobster marinated in the finest marinated in the finest cognac and champagne-cognac and champagne-soaked caviar.soaked caviar.

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