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Famous pizzerias of the world. The best pizza in the world: varieties and places to try. Pizza in France

09.04.2016

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Pizza is one of the most loved treats for millions of people. This is the most popular dish in all countries. Now you can not find a person who would not know what pizza is. Did you know that her path to world fame began with the tables of poor peasants who laid everything that was at hand on a dough cake. Over time, the dish was improved and reached the royal feasts. Italy is considered the birthplace of pizza, this country holds the primacy in the variety of recipes and in the skill of cooking. Sauces, seasonings, all kinds of filling ingredients will please the most fastidious taster. Among all the existing recipes, one can single out the most popular pizzas in the world.

TOP 5 most popular pizzas:

1. Classic "Margarita"

In Italy, Margherita is considered a national treasure. It cannot be otherwise, because it is she who is the progenitor of all modern species. Notice that the main ingredients that make up its composition are the same color as the Italian flag:
Basil - green;
Cheese "Mozzarella" - white;
Tomatoes are red.
"Margherita" is the most popular and widespread pizza variant all over the world.


2. Traditional "Neapolitan"

The rightful second place in the species list of pizzas is occupied by Neapolitan. She gained such popularity thanks to her simple and refined taste. The highest quality olive oil must be used in the preparation process. The ingredients are pretty simple:
Tomatoes without peel;
"Parmesan" and "Mozzarella";
Anchovies;
Basil.
This recipe has its origins in the distant past. An interesting fact is that the famous Alexandre Dumas himself mentioned this delicious dish, which was indispensable on the menu of the Neapolitan poor, admiring the resourcefulness of ordinary people.


3. Four Cheese Pizza

The Four Cheese Pizza includes:
Semi-soft cheese "Skamortsa";
White cheese "Mozzarella";
Whey cheese "Ricotta";
Blue cheese "Gorgonzola"
The fact that four types of cheese are used in the preparation of this delicious pizza can be guessed when you hear its name. With such an abundance of cheese products, Italian chefs have diversified the classic recipe.


4. The original Four Seasons

The popularity of the "Four Seasons" is due to an interesting combination of ingredients:
Champignons - winter;
Sausage products - summer;
Seafood - spring;
Tomatoes - autumn.
As you can see, each component of the dish symbolizes a certain season. Of course, Mozzarella and greens remain indispensable in the recipe.


5. American version of "Hawaiian"

This option is especially liked by those who love exotic tastes. The original combination of ingredients has brought "Hawaiian" pizza to the fifth place among the most popular pizzas in the world:
"Mozzarella";
A pineapple;
Ham.
This American recipe is considered the most bought in pizzerias.
The choice of all kinds of pizzas is huge. In the cooking process, it becomes possible to use different combinations of ingredients in one dish. Only cheese is an indispensable product that occupies the main place, not a single recipe can do without cheese.

The widespread opinion among modern society that pizza appeared and came to us from Italy is a big misconception. In fact, pizza was invented in ancient Greece, and it originally looked like a flat cake with various fillings and greased with oils. However, it was the Italians who gave worldwide fame to pizza.

Around 1889, King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy wanted to diversify their diet with something new and delicious. The Neapolitan Rafaele Esposito, who was the owner of the pizzeria di Pietro e Basta Cosi, prepared for them an unusual pizza of mozzarella, tomatoes and basil pasta. The queen liked the pizza so much that it was called "Margherita". Under this name, the dish has survived to this day.

In 1830, the world's first pizzeria was opened, which was called "Port 'Alba". For a long time, the most famous pizzas were created in this pizzeria: Margherita, Pepperoni, Carbonara, Capricciosa and many other types of pizzas. By the way, it is believed that real Neapolitan pizza is only three varieties:

  • A classic Margherita with San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil.
  • "Margarita-Extra", which includes cherry tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, but not ordinary, but from buffalo milk.
  • Pizza "Marinara", which consists of tomatoes, garlic, oregano and olive oil. Black olives, anchovies and capers are sometimes added to this dish.

However, there is also Pizza Neapolitano - a classic Neapolitan pizza made from mozzarella, tomatoes, parmesan, anchovies and oregano; Pizza aglio-e-olio with oregano and garlic sautéed in olive oil; pizza "Four Seasons", which symbolizes the four seasons; calzone - a closed pizza made from ricotta, mushrooms, mozzarella, ham and oregano. These types of pizzas are among the most famous ones created in Italy.

Pizzeria "Port 'Alba" successfully operates in our time and is located at Via Port Alba, 18, so it is quite possible to try real Neapolitan pizza according to recipes from the 19th century.

Delicious pizza from all over the world

At the end of the century, an Italian immigrant named Gennaro Lombardi founded the first American pizzeria in New York. Impressed by the delicious pizza, the Americans quickly spread the dish throughout America, and in 1940 the first "American" pizza appeared with high edges and a very large amount of toppings. In American pizzerias, they began to experiment with the dish, adding chicken or bacon there, replacing olive oil with sunflower oil, and tomato paste with tomato sauce. By adding all sorts of ingredients, the Americans created the famous "Hawaiian" pizza with pineapples, which was then very fond of the inhabitants of Sweden, Canada, Australia and Europe.

The Hut, the world's largest chain of pizzeria restaurants, was opened in 1958 in Kansas, in the Wichita area, on the territory of a small wooden house. The Carney brothers founded the pizzeria, they themselves prepared pizza. Nowadays, Pizza Hut is one of the most famous American pizzerias, and the special dough of this restaurant is famous all over the world.

Types of pizza in America

In modern America, there is a real confrontation between the two options for preparing this dish. In Chicago, pizza dough is made with very high sides, and the ingredients are put in reverse order, starting with the cheese. Tomato sauce pours all over the pizza on top. Rick Riccardo and Ike Sewell came up with this cooking option. The first Chicago pizza was made at Uno's Pizza in 1943.

The pizza that is prepared in New York is more like a real Italian one. It is made on a thin dough and the filling is added in the normal order. Most often, this pizza is very large. The comic struggle “whose pizza is better” has been going on for a long time, even the wife of the President of America, Michelle Obama, once spoke about this. She publicly declared that the New York-style pizza was better.

In addition to Chicago and New York pizza, there are several other types of pizza. Other types of American pizza:

  • Grandma's pizza. This dish has not the usual round shape, but a rectangular one. It is made on a thin dough and has a delicious crispy crust. There is a little less cheese in this pizza than in others. Sometimes the dough is kneaded with the addition of spices. This pizza is most popular in Long Island, Manhattan and Queens.
  • Greek pizza. Appeared in pizzerias owned by Greek immigrants. This version of the dish is very common in New England. Pizza is cooked on a thick crust and in a pan, and not just on stones. It has a crispy crust, sometimes contains Kalamata olives, Feta cheese and oregano in the filling.
  • Pizza New Haven. You can meet her in Southern Connecticut. Prepared on a very thin dough, it is a "white" pizza, since the filling usually contains only hard cheese and garlic. This pizza has a very crispy and dark crust with a bitter taste.
  • Chicago thin crust pizza. Although this dish has the same name as the usual Chicago pizza, it is very different from the first one both in the thickness of the crust and in the way the toppings are laid. This pizza is baked on a thin dough, the filling is laid in layers - first the tomato layer, then the filling, and the cheese layer on top. The pizza is cut into square pieces. It is distributed throughout the Midwestern United States.
  • Saint Louis pizza. Popular in Southern Illinois and Missouri. Instead of mozzarella, spent cheese is used in this pizza, and the filling is cut into cubes. The dough is thin and very crunchy, it is even compared to a cracker. Pizza, just like Chicago thin-crust pizza, is cut into square pieces.
  • Hawaiian pizza. In cooking, I use special Canadian bacon or ham, and the peculiarity of this pizza is the pineapple contained in the composition. Hawaiian pizza is popular not only in the USA, but also in other countries.
  • California pizza. Refers to very unusual pizzas, her recipe was invented in Breckley, California, at the Chez Panisse restaurant. The pizza is made with non-traditional ingredients such as peanut sauce, bean sprouts and carrots.
  • Canadian pizza. Very popular in Ontario. The dough is thick, there is a lot of cheese and cheese mixtures from the filling, a lot of meat: bacon, pepperoni.
  • Grill pizza. It was invented in Rhode Island. Thin pizza dough is grilled on both sides, which is why the filling is also grilled. Served baked stuffing down.
  • Taco pizza. This pizza got its name because of the similarity with the usual tacos. Shredded beef, ham, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, corn chips, taco sauce and sour cream are added to the pizza.
  • Pizza Nick-O-Pain. We know this pizza under the name "Calzone". The ingredients contained in this pizza are characteristic of Stromboli (a type of food in America).
  • American analogues of pizza are French bread, English hash browns and bagels, common homemade pizzas. For cooking, cheese, sauce and pepperoni are used, and they are cooked in conventional ovens or toasters.

Pizza in Russia

Pizza came to Russia only in the mid-1990s. She came along with the first fast food: hot dogs, shawarma and McDonald's, which is why pizza has long been considered a "quick snack", inexpensive and tasty.

There are two types of pizza in Russia. The first one is the Russian pizza “pizzabrod”, and the second one is the classic Italian pizza. The "pizzabrod" has a very thick flatbread base, and the pizza is made from all the ingredients available to the chef.

Types of pizza in Australia

This dish is quite popular among Australians. The classic Australian pizza contains a traditional Australian breakfast - eggs and bacon. Sometimes shrimp are added to the filling.

Since the 1980s, pizzerias in Australia have been preparing premium pizzas with a variety of toppings: salmon, tiger prawns, chickpeas, and non-traditional ingredients such as emu, kangaroo and crocodile meat.

Pizza cooked over an open fire is very popular in Australia. It is cooked in a ceramic oven on real wood. Such pizza is considered the most useful.

Pizza in Brazil

Brazilians love pizza. In the city of São Paulo, there are more than 6 thousand pizzerias alone, and the consumption of pizza is about 1.4 million pieces every day. The first Brazilian pizza was made at the beginning of the 20th century, traditional old pizzerias still exist in the Bela Vista/Bexiga quarters. Recipes for Brazilian pizza are almost identical to Neapolitan ones, but there are also original ones containing products such as beans, chocolate, mustard and peas, bananas.

Pizza in Malta

Maltese pizza is made using the traditional type of jbeina cheese. The Maltese add only this cheese to pizza. Otherwise, pizzas in Malta are the same as in Italy, they are prepared in any kind of dough with the addition of olive oil and Italian spices.

Pizza in Spain

Spanish pizza is very different from Italian. The filling for Spanish pizza is taken from gourmet foods, mostly high-calorie ones. The most famous combinations of ingredients in Spanish pizza: eggplant, corn, beans, sweet peppers and mushrooms; gherkins, tomatoes, corn, Dor Blue cheese, spices and herbs; shrimp, red caviar and avocado. Vegetarian pizza lovers add broccoli to it.

Pizza in France

The French have always been famous for their exquisite taste in food. They prefer thin crust pizza. The base is poured with liquor, onions and bacon are added, pizza is prepared with cream and even fried eggs. In France, they like to add a very large number of cheeses of various varieties to pizza: mozzarella, pecorino, feta, gouda, parmesan, roquefort and others.

Pizza in Sweden

The Swedes are masters at creating original recipes. Even in pizza they use unusual and strange combinations of products: chicken meat with bananas, peanuts, pineapples, and other nuts. A lot of curry is always used for pizza in Sweden. Swedes eat pizza not with their hands, as is customary, but with a fork and knife.

Pizza in Japan

The basis for pizza in Japan is not baked, but fried, adding a lot of oil. A lot of various seafood is taken from the filling: eel, squid, shrimp, tuna. Grains and potatoes are also used for cooking. The finished pizza is sprinkled with shavings of dried tuna or other fish. The Japanese do not spare mayonnaise, onions and spices for pizza.

Pizza in India

Thanks to the arrival of the fast food chains and pizzerias Smoking Joe's, Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza in India, pizza has become wildly popular among both young people and older people.

Traditional Indian ingredients are used to make pizza, such as tandoori chicken, salted mushrooms, tofu and lamb. Add ginger and a special cheese product that resembles curd mass - paneer. There are also in India and the usual types of Italian pizza. In the rest of the world, Indian pizza is known as the spiciest of all types of pizza.

Unusual toppings and varieties for pizza

The process of making pizza always starts with the dough. Real Italian pizza can be both on a thick dough and on a thin one. By the way, earlier pizza on a thick dough was more popular in the north of Italy, and thin - in the southern regions of the country. Now these differences are being erased and in any pizzeria you can order pizza on a thin or thick dough.

Pizza filling is very important, and its preparation is the most crucial moment. If you choose the wrong combination of products, the taste of pizza will be spoiled. Usually pizza always uses cheese and tomatoes, these are classic ingredients for the dish. And then various types of toppings are added: meat, salami, ham, chicken, fish and other seafood, anchovies, mushrooms, olives, onions and, of course, sauces. Most often, garlic sauce is added, it makes the taste of pizza richer and brighter, but barbecue sauce, mustard sauce, tomato, mushroom, tarragon and vegetable sauce are also famous.

However, in addition to the pizzas familiar to us, there are completely extraordinary and even crazy combinations of toppings for this dish. We know that pizza can be meat, vegetarian, vegetable, fish. What about sweet pizza? So, what are the most unusual types of pizza:

  • Fruit and berry. Prepare on a regular dough, thin or thick. This dish includes strawberries, bananas, grated apples and sugar. It tastes more like a fruit dessert, but it's still pizza.
  • Kiwi apple pizza. Consists of kiwi, apples, sugar, and, attention: condensed milk and cheese. Unusual combination but delicious.
  • Pizza with chicken and grapefruit. Contains chicken, carrots, zucchini, cheese and grapefruit. There is also chicken with pineapple, so why not try it with grapefruit?
  • With banana and salami. A very unusual combination. The filling includes salami, onions, tomatoes, cheese and bananas.
  • in Belarusian. The pizza consists of garlic, onion, cheese, tomato paste and boiled potatoes.
  • In Chinese. The pizza contains tomato sauce, fried minced meat, cucumbers, gherkins, bell peppers and cheese. Lots of cheese.
  • Shrimp pizza with white sauce. The filling contains onions, cheese, boiled shrimps and a sauce of sour cream, mayonnaise, mustard and pepper.
  • White spinach pizza. Pizza consisting only of green vegetables and herbs. Contains green chili, broccoli and spinach, ricotta, parmesan, mozzarella, garlic, paprika and oregano.
  • Pizza "Taps". The filling includes chorizo, manchego cheese, peppers, onions, parsley and marinara sauce.
  • Mexican pizza. Very unusual and exotic pizza. It contains lime, avocado, spicy cheese, romaine lettuce, chili, beans, cumin and hot salsa sauce.

The most famous types of pizza

  • Pizza "Aglio" - with garlic, oregano, hot olive oil and tomatoes.
  • Pizza "Margherita" - with mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and olive oil.
  • Pizza "Con Le Cozze" - with parsley, mussels, garlic and olive oil.
  • Pizza "Marinara" - with oregano, tomatoes, garlic and oil. Separately, black olives and anchovies, as well as capers, can go.
  • Pizza "Vongole" - with tomatoes, oregano, parsley, garlic, oil and bivalve mollusks (venerki).
  • Pizza "Regina" - with mushrooms, tomatoes, mozzarella, ham, oregano and black olives.
  • Pizza "Neapolitana" - with parmesan, mozzarella, tomatoes, anchovies, basil, oregano, olive oil. Such pizza should be prepared on an open fire.
  • Pizza "Diabola" - with hot Calabrian peppers and salami.
  • Pizza "Al Tonno" - fish pizza with tuna.
  • Pizza "Quadro formaggi" - otherwise it is called "Four Cheeses", contains 4 types of different cheeses.
  • Pizza "Quadro Stagioni" - or "Four Seasons". Each piece of pizza signifies a specific season. For spring, they take artichokes and olives, for summer, black pepper and salami, for autumn, mozzarella and tomatoes, and for winter, boiled eggs and porcini mushrooms.
  • Pizza "Capricciosa" - with mushrooms, mozzarella, tomatoes, artichokes, black and green olives.
  • Pizza "Bochaiola" or "Fungi" - with sausages, mushrooms, mozzarella, tomatoes.
  • Pizza "Frutti di Mare" - fish pizza with seafood.
  • Pizza "Hawaii" - with chicken or ham and pineapples, first appeared in America.
  • Pizza "Sicily" - with anchovies and cheese, always prepared in a square shape.
  • Pizza "Calzone" - with ham, ricotta, mushrooms, mozzarella, parmesan and oregano. It is made closed and round.

Unusual names and famous pizzas

It would seem that there could be something unusual in the names of pizzas. All the pizzas we know can literally be listed on the fingers: Margherita, Hawaiian, Pepperoni, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Four Seasons, Capricciosa, Diabola, Carbonara and Four Cheeses ". Familiar names, hearing which, we already know what a certain pizza will be like and what it consists of approximately. But there are pizzas that are not in the usual for us. We have collected the most interesting pizzas from around the world to see what they are and what they consist of.

    • Happiness pizza from Cambodia. It looks like a completely ordinary pizza, but with one unusual component. In Cambodia, marijuana is added to pizza at the request of the guest. The amount of this "fun" ingredient depends on the financial capabilities of the gourmet. When ordering "Pizza happiness", the waiter will ask how much happiness you want.
    • Pizzagra from England. It is called the most exciting pizza. For cooking, the creators of pizza are advised to use products such as artichokes, onions, asparagus and garlic, add ginger and pepper. These foods help blood flow and promote "arousal". For lovers of less spicy or sweet, Pizzagra uses oysters, caviar and clams, strawberries, chocolate and bananas.
    • "Liquid pizza" from India. The basis of such a pizza after baking is baked only on one side, and on the other - soft and porous. For the base, a special uttapam batter is used, into which finely chopped and chopped vegetables and onions are thrown. The taste of this pizza is quite specific, as a lot of spices and spices are always used in cooking.
    • "Pizza cone" from Italy. After the invention of the pizza cone, the owners of eateries became worried - after all, this pizza is a dangerous competitor to ordinary sandwiches and hamburgers. The convenient shape of the cone allows you to eat pizza on the go without fear of getting dirty or dropping any of the ingredients.
    • Okonomiyaki pizza from Japan. This pizza does not have a specific recipe. After all, all pizza, except for the dough, is made by the buyer himself. Chefs make only the base, and then only add the ingredients that the client specifies. We have such a function when ordering pizza at home - on the website of pizzerias, you can completely assemble the pizza yourself.
    • "Pizza-braid". Pepperoni is the base of this pizza. The peculiarity of such a pizza is that during cooking it is braided in the form of a braid, leaving the filling half inside and outside. This pizza is quite rare, and you won’t be able to meet it in an ordinary pizzeria.
    • Pizza - rolls. Or pizza "Snail". Again, a completely unformatted kind of pizza. Pizza is made according to the usual recipes, on a very thin dough, and after cooking it is rolled up in the form of rolls or bagels. This type of pizza is convenient to eat on the go.
    • Pizza ring. This pizza is more like a cupcake or round pie. It is baked in the form of a wreath, the filling is inside. Reminiscent of Calzone pizza, but more unusual. To prevent the cheese from flowing out, the ends of the base are gently pushed inward, closing up the holes with pieces of dough.
    • Pizza "Byte". I also call it pizza for one bite. We came up with this type for portion serving. The dish looks like a lot of small baked balls with stuffing inside. Again, this pizza can be called a variety of "Calzone", but the filling in "Byta" can be any, and in "Calzone" mushrooms and ham are required.
    • Pizza "Waffle". A very rare pizza, rather more suitable for home cooking. Prepared in an ordinary waffle iron, the base turns out to be very crispy, and the juicy filling makes such a pizza truly original and appetizing.
    • The biggest pizza ever. One restaurant in Pittsburgh has the largest pizza in the world. Its size is 90 by 135 cm and it is divided into 150 pieces. To prepare such a pizza, chefs spend 9 kg of flour, 7 kg of cheese and 4 kg of sauce. The cost of such a pizza is $99, and anyone can order it.

By the way, in 2013, the largest pizza in the world got into the Guinness Book of Records. Made in Texas, USA. The weight of the pizza was 45 kilograms, the area was 46 square meters, and the diameter was as much as 230 centimeters. A team of 8 chefs worked on the creation of this pizza, and they cooked it for 2.5 hours.

And one pizza from the city of Norwood became famous. Its diameter was as much as 35 meters, thanks to which the pizza also got into the Guinness Book of Records.

longest pizza

In Israel, in November 2003, a team of 25 chefs decided to make the longest pizza in the world. They cooked it for more than a day, and cooked 100 meters of pizza, which they ate the next day in the central park.

And in 2005 in Syria, a chef cooked a very long pizza in honor of some Muslim holiday. This pizza was eaten by 450 people, and it took more than 200 kg of cheese to make.

most expensive pizza

In the city of Agropoli, chef Renato Viola prepares one unusual pizza called "Louis XIII". The dish has a standard size, and its cost is more than 8 thousand euros. This pizza recipe uses home-raised buffalo mozzarella, the very rare Murray River red salt from Austria, and the most expensive lobster, tuna and lobster caviar. The whole filling is poured with expensive cognac.

Another chef named Domenico Corolla came up with the Royale 007 pizza, which he sold at auction for $4.2 thousand. He donated the proceeds from the pizza to charitable organizations. The pizza was 30 cm in diameter and contained very expensive ingredients: Scottish smoked salmon, lobster soaked in expensive cognac, black caviar, venison, balsamic vinegar and tomato sauce. The peculiarity of pizza is decoration in the form of edible thin layers of real 24 carat gold.

In home cooking, you can not limit your imagination and create truly unique types of pizza. For example, many housewives make a fairly well-known “pizza on a stick” for children from an ordinary bun. Many people make pizza cupcakes in a variety of molds. Pizza can be made in any way possible, but the original Italian dish will still be a favorite.

Different forms of pizza and its benefits

In addition to unusual toppings, names and types, there can also be completely different forms of pizza. The most famous is, of course, the round pizza. Round pizza is prepared almost everywhere, and rarely where you will find a delicious pizza of a different shape. But some pizzerias are famous for making pizzas that are not typical and not familiar to us.

If you see a square-shaped pizza, then in front of you, most likely, the Sicilian pizza. "Sicilian" pizza is prepared with anchovies and has long been made necessarily square.

Rectangular-shaped pizza is rare, and most often a dish of this shape is prepared at home, since the baking sheets are rectangular in size and never round. However, you can cook pizza in a pan, and it will be a classic round shape.

Closed pizzas are called "Calzone". They always use ham and mushrooms, as well as a lot of cheese and sauce (or mayonnaise). "Calzone" is in every pizzeria, and is prepared in the form of a crescent, completely covered with dough.

The harm and benefits of pizza

Many argue whether eating pizza is harmful to health? After all, this product is in most cases high-calorie, and even fatty.

The most common pizza ingredient is tomato. According to Italian scientists, tomatoes contain a substance rich in antioxidants - lipoline, thanks to which the frequent use of tomatoes reduces the likelihood of esophageal cancer by 59%. In addition to lipokine, tomatoes also contain a large amount of glucose, fructose and serotonin, which contributes to a good mood. Another main ingredient for pizza is cheese. Cheeses are sources of calcium. Pizza dough is made from flour that contains wheat, bran and endosperm. These components have antioxidant properties and help the body defend itself against bacteria.

But, despite the beneficial properties of the products contained in this dish, the abundant use of pizza is still quite harmful. Pizza is rich in fats, it often contains a lot of smoked meats and hot spices and a fairly high calorie content. The harm to the dish can be significantly reduced if you use low-calorie cheese, sausages and low-fat meat products when cooking, reduce the use of hot spices and add more healthy vegetables and herbs.

By the way, vegetarian pizzas are much lower in calories than meat ones. And in many restaurants there are diet pizzas, in the preparation of which ingredients with a minimum content of fat and low-calorie products are used. And also olive oil, which is included in almost any pizza, is considered an excellent dietary and very healthy product.

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Today I would like to tell you about the most famous types of pizza.

Pizza- a traditional Italian flatbread with various fillings. Pizza has always been and is very popular not only in Italy, but all over the world. This dish can be called international. It is loved and popular in our country.

There are a great many types of this cake, but today I will only talk about the most famous ones.

The most common and traditional Italian pizza "Margarita" (Pizza Margherita.



It consists of:

- tomatoes;

- Italian cheese - mozzarella;

- basil;

- olives.

The history of this pizza is interesting. In 1889, the birthday of the Queen of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, was celebrated.

The table was served (pizza in the colors of the Italian flag: red (tomatoes), white (mozzarella), green (basil).

The queen liked the pizza so much that she ordered to name it in her honor - Margherita.


Second most popular Neapolitan pizza (Pizza Neapolitano)

It consists of:

parmesan;

Tomato;

mozzarella;

basilica,

Anchovies and oregano.

Classic composition and pizza capricciosa (Pizza Capricciosa) - tomatoes, mozzarella, artichokes and green and black olives.

For lovers of cheese, there is a pizza consisting of only one cheese, it is called "Four Cheeses" (Pizza ai quattro formaggi) . For its preparation, four different types of cheese are used.


Most original Pizza quattro stagioni- pizza "Four seasons". It is divided into four parts. And each part symbolizes a certain season: spring, summer, autumn or winter. Spring is artichokes and olives, summer is black pepper and the famous Italian sausage - salami, autumn is tomatoes and mozzarella cheese (like Margherita), and winter - boiled eggs and mushrooms.


A lot of types of pizza with seafood and various types of fish: with tuna ( Pizza al tonno), with seafood ( Pizza ai frutti di mare).

Pizza has long become an integral part of international culture - perhaps, it is extremely difficult to find a corner of the Earth where they would not know what it is (unless, of course, go to extremes, citing ancient African tribes as an example). The popularity of the dish in question has led to the fact that surprising someone with names like "Margherita" or "Neapolitana" is almost unrealistic - everyone knows what it is and what it is eaten with.

Nevertheless, let's still briefly, just for a couple of minutes, dwell on the main types of pizza (just refresh our memory), and then move on to the most interesting - the ideas of unusual molding and serving familiar food.

So, types of pizza. By type of dough, classic pizza can be found in two main versions:

  • on thin dough;
  • on a grand test.

In general, everything is clear here and without further ado: the first option is more crispy and flat, it reveals the theme of the filling more clearly, and the second one has a solid fluffy base that pleases lovers of delicious dough. Both types of pizza invariably have many fans, and when they cook (order) this dish for a large company, they try not to forget about one or the other.

Separately, it is worth mentioning such a type of pizza as pizza calzone., are familiar to all of us tomato sauce, cheese, cold cuts and any other ingredients to your taste, which are not baked on an open round base, but “hidden” in a “pocket”. For the preparation of calzone, the same yeast dough is used, which is initially rolled into a round billet. All the necessary filling is laid out on one half, covered with the second half, the edges are pinched. Such a pizza is baked a little longer, but as a result, you get a rather impressive “pie” size, inside of which there is viscous cheese, juicy meat, delicious sauce and a bunch of other amenities.

And yet, the bulk of pizzas that are served in large and small restaurants, cafes and cafes, eateries and catering outlets, in the kitchen at home and in specialized pizzerias, is called, no matter how trite, just pizza - with one or another topping. True, there are standard options that are worth remembering when talking about the classification of this common dish.

Famous types of pizza


Unusual types of pizza

Pizza spit

This appetizing beauty is based on the famous Pepperoni pizza - spicy, burning sausage and viscous cheese, however, the filling, of course, can be changed at your own discretion.

Cooking instructions:

Roll out the pizza dough on a work surface into a rectangle measuring approximately 20x30 cm. Lay the filling in a strip along the long side of the rectangle, leaving about 7 cm wide uncaught dough on both sides. Cut the dough in successive transverse strips on both sides, stopping where the filling begins. Wrap the strips over the filling alternately on one side, then on the other side, repeating until you “braid” the braid along the entire length of the pizza. Sprinkle cheese on top and garnish with pepperoni slices if desired. Bake in the oven like a regular pizza until done.

Pizza croissants or pizza bagels

This is an original way of serving portioned pizza, which can be used as a hot appetizer rather than a main course.

Cooking instructions:

To make pizza this way, roll out your favorite recipe into a small circle, then cut it into triangular segments (usually 16 pieces). On the wide end of each piece (the base of the triangle), spread some toppings of your choice (e.g. tomato sauce, olives, pepperoni, mozzarella), then roll the triangles into bagels, starting at the wide end and working towards a sharp corner. Put the resulting "croissants" on a baking sheet and bake until cooked. If desired, top the bagels can be lightly sprinkled with hard cheese.


pizza rolls

A very fast, convenient and original way to prepare a hot appetizer with little to no effort. This type of pizza molding is often called "snails" - obviously, for the way the dough is rolled. However, regardless of the name, absolutely charming mini-pizzas come out, and it is simply unrealistic to resist the consumption of which in crazy quantities.

Cooking instructions:

Pizza dough, bought at the store or cooked at home according to your favorite recipe, roll out into a rectangular layer. Lubricate it with tomato sauce, sprinkle evenly with finely chopped meat products. You can add a small amount of herbs, olives, mushrooms, sweet corn and any other ingredients to taste. Spread grated cheese on top, then roll the dough into a roll along the long side of the rectangle. Put it in the freezer for half an hour - after that it will be easier for you to cut the roll into pieces. Spread the raw "snails" on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or a silicone mat (the cheese will flow onto the metal sheet and, if you do not cover it with parchment or silicone, the pizza will stick thoroughly). Bake until done.


The famous Pizza Cone or pizza cone

This type is popular, perhaps, in all places where pizza is respected and eaten often and with pleasure. Pizza horns have won special love in crowded places - entertainment centers, amusement parks, stadiums and other events where they usually walk, walk and enjoy street food: it is convenient to hold such a snack in your hands and eat without getting dirty.

They say that the authorship of this invention belongs to the Italian Marco Piva - an artist and architect, he loves pizza and eats it as often as possible. To make it convenient to have a snack on the go, without fear of stains on a business suit or fat on the hands shaking hands with a partner, a pizza fan came up with such an original way of preparing a popular dish.

Cooking instructions:

In the absence of special forms-nozzles for baking, it is necessary to prepare in advance the basis on which the pizza cone will be baked. To do this, cut out circles from cardboard and baking paper (in equal quantities), cut them in half. We put parchment on cardboard and fold each semicircle into a cone, fasten it with a stapler or paper clip (cardboard below, baking paper on top). The base is ready.

Cut, rub and mix the ingredients for the filling in one bowl. We turn the finished pizza dough into one long and not very thick bundle (for convenience - 2, 3, 5 bundles).

We wrap each base cone with a bundle of dough in one layer, place it on a baking sheet and bake until almost cooked. We remove the horns from the cardboard, put them in glasses. Lubricate each horn from the inside with tomato sauce and fill with stuffing. Top with additional grated cheese if desired. We put the glasses with horns on a baking sheet, hide the baking sheet in a hot oven. We bake pizza at a high temperature (200-220 degrees) for another 5-10 minutes - the cheese should melt, but at the same time make sure that the dough does not burn.

Simple pizza ring

A convenient way to form a ring or a wreath, which is not associated with complex manipulations. Just lay out, just wrap, just serve. And enjoy, of course!

Cooking instructions:

Roll out the finished pizza dough into a rectangular layer and cut into medium-sized squares. Spread the resulting blanks on a sheet of parchment paper in a circle, leaving an empty space in the middle. Lubricate with sauce, spread the filling, sprinkle with cheese. Fold the remaining edges of the dough inward, forming a ring. Bake until cooked, enjoy delicious and beautiful pizza.

Pizza Bite or one bite pizza

This is another very popular type of pizza, designed for portioned and comfortable serving. A hot snack for the whole family, a pleasant treat for friends, a convenient snack in nature.

Cooking instructions:

Divide the finished pizza dough into small balls the size of a walnut. For a more accurate and beautiful performance, use a kitchen scale - they will help divide the dough into pieces of equal size. Roll each of the resulting blanks with a rolling pin into a circle of small diameter, grease with tomato sauce. Put a little filling on the center - mushrooms, ham, olives, onions, herbs, sprinkle with grated cheese. Gather the edges of the round base at one point, pinch thoroughly, forming a ball. Put all the balls in a baking dish tightly to each other and seam down. Top with parmesan or any other hard cheese, if desired. Cook pizza in the oven as usual.

pizza waffles

Strictly speaking, this is no longer pizza at all, however, the idea is so interesting that it is impossible to remain silent. This way of preparing the famous dish will interest the owners of electric waffle irons - thanks to a simple kitchen device, an incredibly appetizing snack is obtained: crispy, juicy, unusual.

Cooking instructions:

Roll out the finished pizza dough into a layer, cut round blanks with a glass. Grease half of them with tomato sauce, put finely chopped stuffing in the center, sprinkle with cheese. Cover with a second circle, slightly squeeze around the edges. Bake pizza in an electric waffle iron, following the instructions for use.

Ideas for unusual pizza preparation are far from being limited to the options described. “Pizza on a stick” (like a lollipop or “chupa-chups”) is very popular among children, many housewives often resort to “quick” pizza prepared on the basis of a ready-made bun. You can cook pizza in the form of puff pastry sticks twisted in spirals, you can “play” with cupcake or muffin molds, calling the resulting dish pizza cupcakes. However, the most important thing to understand and adopt is the courage to realize fantasies. Do not be afraid to come up with something new, do not hesitate, thinking about whether it is possible to take a risk and realize the idea. Thanks to people like you, new and new ideas of the old dish are born.

Last update: 11/24/2018

Obviously, and it is not strange that you can arrange a holiday for one meal. After heading out for lunch at Osteria Francescana or dinner at The French Laundry six months before, taking excursions to Rimini or Napa Valley, not to mention flights and hotel reservations that match the reservation. But when it comes to good pizza, there's no need to be such a passionate beaver.

Where once there was only one true destination for pizza - Naples, the birthplace of this divine food. Now there are decent wood-fired pizzerias in every corner of the planet, thanks to the pizzaioli diaspora, whose knowledge of dough can go back to Princess Margherita. Now dotted everywhere from Melbourne to Madrid, these purists are obsessed with the finest flour, tomatoes and hand-pulled fior di latte (cow's milk mozzarella), which means some of the most lava slices are found nowhere near the slopes of Vesuvius.

And, of course, with this most democratic dining experience, there isn't much difference in price between a typical Main Street franchise where you celebrated your 10th birthday and the very best of them all. The difference is usually the queue. But for the next eight places, where the best pizza in the world lives.

L'antica Pizzeria da Michele, London

Once upon a time in a well laid out copy of “Eat. Pray. Love" featured the only way to eat the planet's most famous pizza is to hop on a flight to Naples (that's all right, or to Rome). Now, for Londoners, it's a relatively easy task to hop on bus 73 to Stoke Newdington, where the Condorro family have opened their fourth outlet from Da Michele. The Neapolitan branch opened in 1870 and, thanks to Julia Roberts, became a kind of tourist destination. The Phlegrean fields, of course, cannot be compared on the fior di latte front. It's purebred, no mods, Naples pizza. Besides, it's in London.

What to order: owner Michel Condurro was reportedly tempted to add a third option to the London restaurant's traditional two-pizza menu, but decided against it. The margarita is obviously excellent, but try the marinara: wood-fired tomato, oregano and garlic.

Standard, Berlin

"Serious pizza," exclaims the Standard logo, a useful counter to the assumption that Alessandro Leonardi's pizzaiola is a regular "mill," as the name suggests. This pizzeria is located in a bourgeois area on the outskirts of Mitte. Austrian Florian Schramm discovered it three years ago. The pizzas made by Leonardi, a graduate of the official Association of Pizzerias of the Academy of Naples, are already the best in the city. A menu full of classic thick crust opens with the Oasis title "Don't Look in Anger" as an encouragement to not go easy.

What to order: Standard does the Napoli thing. Margherita and marinara dominate the menu, along with imported Italian ingredients such as pecorino and salame napoli. But for a nod to your surroundings, open your gates for Taste of Brandenburg, a white pizza topped with pork sausage, potatoes and fresh rosemary. Das gute Zeug (good stuff).

Roberta's, Brooklyn

Before this place became known as New York's noisiest pizza place, you may have seen Marnie eating there in the second season of Girls. It would be easy to miss Roberta's famous red door. In fact, it is. From the outside, Carlo Mirarca's restaurant looks innocuous enough, but inside it's a sprawling multi-million dollar marvel with a giant Italian imported wood-burning pizza oven (which used to be combined with the restaurant's heating) and a radio station. Mirarki offers a full menu that has grown up around pizza, led by delicately prepared vegetable dishes. Think grilled beetroot and fresh savoy cabbage.

What to order: Roberta's is an all-inclusive restaurant disguised as a mix of beer and pizza. It's very simple. Order a 12-inch margarita and enjoy a product with a moist center Neapolitan pie and a tough New York pizza crust. Match it with one of the 14 orange wines (who knew?). If you can't beat the queue, there's always a takeaway counter.

Pizzeria Popolare, Paris

Paris boasts a lot of good stuff, but it's rarely a cheap place to try good Italian food. Pizzeria Popolare, as the name suggests, heard people sing and offer an authentic Neapolitan pie, authentic Neapolitan prices. Moreover, since this is France, despite the imported Italian ingredients, there is no need to bow down to the Italian dictates of the dough. Based in the second arrondissement, Popolare is one of the many spicy but modestly priced trattorias in the French capital from newcomers The Big Mamma Group.

What to order: try the most expensive item on the pizza menu, the double truffle, which is mixed fior di latte with Parisian mushrooms, parmesan, fresh truffles and truffle cream.

Pepe in Grani, Caiazzo

Va 'fa Napoli! (Go to Naples). Or rather, in Caiazzo, north of the ancient city, where Franco Pepe grows all the ingredients a few kilometers from his restaurant. He ferments the dough for 72-96 hours - much longer than most cooks. And the result is an amazing pie that secured Pepe In Grani the award for the best pizzeria in Italy (and the most popular candidate for Where To Eat Pizza). For these reasons, get there early (think UK time) to beat the lines. Mr. Pepe makes 500 pizzas a day (by hand, no less), and once they're gone, they're gone.

What to order: Pepe is not a fan of cleanliness. Its menu features ingredients ranging from canned food to anchovies. In the spirit of a minor invention, try his margherita sbagliata (margarita done wrong), tomato puree spread and basil regeneration on mozzarella dough.

Pizzeria Beddia, Philadelphia

Pepe can make 500 pizzas a day, but the owner of a pizzeria that has been dubbed the best in the US is far more stingy. Joe Beddia only makes 40 pies a day and has no plans to make more. In 2013, he opened a place for a gym fitown, and since then the noise has not stopped. He takes dough fermented for 36 hours, stretched to about 16 inches, mixes it with canned New Jersey potato sauce, bakes it for 10 minutes (instead of the usual 90-second Neapolitan roast), then tops it with dried oregano and shavings. from goudy cheese made in a south central Pennsylvania dairy farm, plus a drizzle of olive oil.

What to order: Beddia makes her anchovy marinara pizza with Agostino Recca fillets brought from Sicily. They are broken up and added to the pizza after cooking, a little over the cheese.

Braz, Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo takes its pizza just as seriously as outside of Italy, even in New York. Thanks to the huge population of Italian descendants, there are five times more "Italians" in São Paulo than in Naples. The annual Pizza Day celebrated on July 10 gives you an idea of ​​just how popular it is in the city. Sunday is Sao Paulo's big family pizza day, where its 6,000 neighborhood pizzerias are ambushed by hungry Brazilian families hungry for the huge thin pies found in places like Bráz, which will be serving thousands of pizzas from its wooden burners.

What to order: Braz pizza. The Brazilians put their own spin on their adopted dish. Think corn and Catupiry cream cheese. The signature pizza is simple but special. It is topped with sliced ​​zucchini, garlic and olives and topped with mozzarella and parmesan.

You don't need to be fluent in Danish to translate the name of chef Christian Puglisi's stylish Nørrebro restaurant. He can make the best pizza dough in Copenhagen, but at Baest the beast is king. The charcuterie is made in-house from some of Denmark's finest pigs, and served alongside homemade cheese, both of which feature on the short but glorious Baest pizza menu, which features a mix of local and Italian flour.

What to order: Puglisi is an alumnus of Noma, the restaurant that has redefined Danish cuisine. This means that while margaritas are on the menu, you can see the influence of Noma's founder, René Redzepi, in some of the dishes - notably pizza number six, which is made with stracciatella's own soft cheese and topped with oyster mushrooms and nettles.