History Prototypes pizza existed among the ancient Greeks and Romans, as the filing of certain foods on the table for a loaf of bread. In connection with the importation of tomatoes to Europe in 1522 in Naples, the prototype of Italian pizza. In the XVII century, there were special people («pizzaiolo», pizza maker), finished the pizza to the Italian peasants. Pizza loved wife of King Ferdinand IV of Naples Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine ( ), and later - Italian King Umberto I and his wife Margaret of Savoy, in whose honor and was named one of the recipes. In the U.S., the pizza came at the end of the second half of the XIX century and first appeared apparently in Chicago. In 1957, there were pizza-semis.

Preparation The classic pizza dough is made from special flour (a mixture of flour and flour durum), yeast, olive oil, salt and water. The dough is kneaded by hand and then proving rolled thin layer (usually up to polusantimetrovoy thickness). Dough covered with tomato sauce. After this you can add almost any toppings. The classic pizza is baked in special wood-fired oven, which is called Pompeii and has the shape of the arch form of a hemisphere. Fire divorced from one side, rising up, the heat of it falls into the scope and focus is reflected in the center of the oven in the middle of the hearth, warming his. Therefore, the pizza in this oven is preparing about 90 seconds, and at home - in a preheated 200 ° C oven for about 10 minutes.

Eating Pizza Most traditional pizza before eating a special knife cut into 4, 6, 8, etc. pieces and eaten with the fingers.

Distribution of pizza in the world Pizza spread mainly in the U.S. and Europe, where there developed a network of pizzerias, most of which offer free pizza to the customer's address. In Russia there was a simplified version of pizza - a hot sandwich, where the test is used instead of a slice of bread. Japanese version of pizza ("okonomiyaki") is a fried pancake with seafood and vegetables, well-oiled special sauce and sprinkle the dried tuna. When submitting a pizza is divided into a flat spatula "kote".

Interesting facts about pizza Haute cuisine did not pass his attention pizza. Renowned chefs prepare pizzas with dandelions, oysters, crayfish and caviar. There is a pizza that is used as a dessert - impregnated with jam, fruit, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.

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