The History of Pizza

The History of True Neapolitan Pizza

The true Neapolitan pizza was born around 1600 from the undeniable Neapolitan culinary genius, in need of making the traditional bread roll more appetizing and tasty; This is bread dough cooked in wood-fired ovens, seasoned with garlic, lard and coarse-grained, or, in the richer version, with caciocavallo and basil. From the Spanish colonizers. But we should wait more than half of 1800 to find the first pizza “pomodoro e mozzarella”. Although there are now many quantities of pizza, we have official approval in 1889, on the occasion of the visit to Naples of the sovereign states of Italy, King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. The story tells us that Raffaele Esposito, the best pizza maker of the time, realized for the sovereigns three pizzas: the pizza alla Mastunicòla (lard, cheese and basil), the pizza alla Marinara (tomato, garlic, oil and oregano) and pizza tomato and mozzarella in which colors deliberately recalled the Italian tricolor (Red, White and Green). The sovereign appreciated so much that she wanted to thank and praise the pizza chef in writing. As for and to reciprocate, shows its name: “Pizza Margherita”. After the boom in Naples the real Neapolitan pizza “expatria” to conquer first all of Italy and then the rest of the world. Now that pizza is so common there is a big risk! That of losing the simplicity and genuineness of a product so widespread. The secret of pizza is an exceptional product, tasty and highly digestible. For this purpose the Academy of the True Neapolitan Pizza protects the original pizza, its ancient rules and its genuineness. This is an advantage for both consumers and consumers its own professionalism with an association like the Academy of the True Neapolitan Pizza that from the Campania region operates all over the world for the protection of the most consumed and well-known Italian product, Pizza.

Best Pizzas in Naples

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The best pizzas in Naples

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