pizza
Also known as pie, pizza pie
Pizza is an Italian dish typically consisting of a flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients, baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.
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Pizza is an Italian dish made from a flat, leavened wheat dough base topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients, then baked at high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven. It matters because it has become one of the world's most popular and widely consumed foods, appreciated across cultures for its versatility and flavor.
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Pizza
- Food.image
- Pizza-3007395.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 290px
- Food.caption
- A pizza divided into eight slices
- Food.country
- Italy
- Food.region
- Naples, Campania
- Food.course
- One course meal
- Food.type
- Flatbread
- Food.served
- Hot or warm
- Food.main_ingredient
- Dough, sauce (usually tomato sauce), cheese (typically mozzarella)
- Food.similar_dish
- Calzone, panzerotti
- Food.no_recipes
- true
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Preparation
- Baking
- Crust
- Cheese
- Varieties and styles
- Styles
- By region of origin
- Italy
- United States
- Argentina
- Dessert pizza
- Nutrition
- Similar dishes
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pizza is an Italian dish typically consisting of a flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients, baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.
The term pizza was first recorded in AD 997, in a Latin manuscript from the southern Italian town of Gaeta, in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Raffaele Esposito is often credited for creating the modern pizza in Naples. In 2009, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG) dish. In 2017, the art of making Neapolitan pizza was included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.