The pizza (pronounced "pietsa, and not as' piedza or piesa) is an Italian dish. It consists of a layer of dough, the pizza crust, which foods such as cheese or analogue cheese, tomatoes, olives, mushrooms, vegetables and meat to be done, that is usually baked in an oven.
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The origins of the pizza is in the Mediterranean. In many countries around the Mediterranean for thousands of years round loaves baked, served as plates.
According to legend, the Trojan hero Aeneas had a city (Lavinium) found at the spot where he hunger of even the emptied plates [ie: bread boards] to eat, "- line 125, Book VII of the Aeneid. Round Turkish breads can today serve as a makeshift pizza crusts. Also the shape of matzos is round or oval-shaped.
Archaeological finds show that the Vikings in the ninth century AD already flat, round pastry soils containing different ingredients ate, which were baked in ovens that look similar and modern pizza ovens. This was one eight hundred years before the first mention of pizza in Italy.
Only in the 17th century mention of pizza in Naples, where people go to the poorer parts of the city attracted to this peasant dish to eat. The people who made them were called pizzaioli.
In 1889, Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizzaiolo (= pizza maker) of Naples, invited by the then King of Italy Umberto I and his wife Margaret, his specialties at the palace to prepare. Especially for this occasion he invented include a pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil, the colors that correspond with the flag of the Kingdom of Italy founded in 1861. This pizza was the queen the most flavor, and he was therefore by the author therefore christened Margherita pizza. This pizza set the standard for all pizzas.
After the emigration of Italians to the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century in the United States a unique form of pizza creation, characterized mainly by the much thicker soil and the exuberant use of multiple ingredients. The continuing contacts back and forth since then, there may be contributed to the originating summarily convened, Italian pizza was always exuberant, although they never show the extreme forms and combinations as pizzas from the United States.
Until the 60 years of the twentieth century was the pizza in Italy is often just a large rectangular piece of dough with usually only some tomato sauce and sometimes a bit of cheese or anchovies out on street corners in stalls fresh baked on large plates and one being rectangular piece was cut off to be sold to passers-by.
In many shops in the Netherlands at the desk points pizza called pizza slices sold. A pizza slice is a quarter or an eighth of a (round) pizza. An opportunity that specializes in the sale of pizzas called a pizzeria. People who bring pizzas around, mostly young people on a moped, the pizza couriers.
Some pizzas with their basic ingredients:
Neapolitan pizzas
Pizza Napoletana (tomato and mozzarella) "
Pizza Marinara (tomato, garlic, olive oil and oregano) "
Pizza Margherita (tomato, mozzarella and basil) Named after Queen Margaret of Italy
Pizzas from Lazio
Pizza Napoletana / Romana (tomato, mozzarella, anchovies and capers)
The pizza Napoletana (with anchovies so) as in Rome / Lazio Italy and outside knowledge, no original Neapolitan Pizza, a pizza but the region Lazio. In Rome / Lazio called the Pizza Napoletana pizza, but Naples is the pizza Romana.
Viennese pizza (tomato, mozzarella cheese, German sausage, oregano, olive oil)
Pizza Cappriciosa (usually tomato, mozzarella, ham, olives, mushrooms, artichokes but the name indicates that whatever the cook may be found, may be used)
Pizza Quattro Formaggi (gorgonzola, mozzarella, pecorino and taleggio) (often outside Italy: gorgonzola, mozzarella, Gouda and Roquefort cheese or parmesan / Bel Paese)
Pizza Quattro Stagioni (literally: four seasons) (Tomato, mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, olives, artichokes: usually equal to the Capricciosa but here are the ingredients separately held)
Pizza Bianca (olive oil, sea salt, rosemary)
Pizza alla Casalinga (in square pan fried in olive oil, topping consists of mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, garlic and olive oil.
Other Italian pizzas
Pizza Caprese (Roma tomato paste, old buffalo mozzarella, basil)
Pizza ai Funghi (tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms)
Pizza con Funghi e Olive (tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms and black olives)
Prosciutto Pizza (tomato, mozzarella, ham, onion)
Pizza con Prosciutto Crudo (tomato, mozzarella and dried ham)
Cipolle pizza (tomato, mozzarella, onion)
Salami pizza (tomato, mozzarella, salami)
Pizza alla Diavola Pizza Salami or Piccante (tomato, mozzarella, salami Piccante, peppers) [U.S. / NL often Pepperoni Pizza]
Pizza Calabrese (tomato, mozzarella, salami, olives, chilli, oregano)
Pepperoni pizza (tomato, mozzarella, peppers)
Melanzane all Pizza (tomato, mozzarella, eggplant, Parmesan cheese, basil, black pepper)
Pizza al Tonno (tomato, mozzarella, tuna, onion)
Pizza Frutti di Mare (tomato, mozzarella, various seafood)
Folded and Rolled Pizzas
Calzone (folded pizza filled with tomato, mozzarella and various other ingredients)
Cuddiruni (Sicilian rolled and folded pizza with onion, mozzarella, mortadella, anchovies, olives)
Stromboli (rolled pizza, mozzarella, salami / capicola / bresaola and sometimes vegetables)
Non-Italian variants
Pizza Bolognese / Barbaresca / Americana (tomato, cheese, meat, sometimes onion and / or mushrooms)
Pizza Carbonara (tomato, mozzarella, bacon and egg)
Caponne pizza (tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms, onion)
Pizza Verdura / Vegetariana (tomato, cheese, mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, asparagus, artichokes, peppers and / or olives)
Pizza Parma (tomato, mozzarella, Parma ham and rocket salad)
Hawaiian pizza (tomato, cheese, pineapple and possibly ham) (named after the island of Hawaii where pineapple is a specialty) [U.S.]
Pizza Tutti Frutti / Tropical (Tomatoes, mozzarella, banana, pears, peaches and / or pineapple)
Pizza Kebab / Shoarma (tomato, cheese, kebab / shawarma [Sweden, of Turkish origin, also popular in the Netherlands]
Slovenska pizza (tomato, mozzarella, salami Piccante, peppers, green peppers, red onion, mushrooms)
Canadiana pizza (tomato, mozzarella, bacon, ham, salami, sausage, mushrooms) [Canada / U.S.]
Montreal Smoked Meat Pizza (mozzarella, spicy smoked beef or pastrami, mustard, onion, chili peppers) [Canada, Quebec]
BBQ Chicken Pizza (mozzarella, BBQ sauce, chicken, onion) [U.S.]
Thai Chicken Pizza (mozzarella, peanut sauce, soy sauce, honey, ginger, sesame oil, chicken, chiles, onion, carrot) [USA, California]
Cajun Pizza (mozzarella, romano cheese, shrimp, red and green onions, cajun spices) [USA, Louisiana]
Chicken Pesto Pizza (mozzarella, pesto, chicken) [U.S.]
Greek Pizza (feta, olives, onion, sliced tomato, peppers, gyros, spinach) [USA, New England]
Pizza Tandoori Chicken (Tandoori masala, yogurt, chicken, red onion, cheese, cilantro) [India]
Pizza Paneer (paneer, yoghurt, Tandoori masala, garlic, onion, green and red peppers, cheese) [India]
Brazilian Pizza (with banana, pineapple and chocolate) [Brazil, Sao Paolo]
Israeli Pizza (only Kosher ingredients such as mushrooms, onion, corn, yogurt and various spices from the Middle East) [Israel]
Plakous / Pita, Classical Greek, Byzantine, bread with olive oil, herbs (basil, oregano, bay leaves and / or garlic), cheese and / or onion.
Placenta, Classical Roman, bread with honey, cheese and bay.
Farinata / Cecina, Ligurian and Tuscan dish made with ground chickpeas, topped with olive oil, rosemary, salt and pepper.
Pissaladière, eaten in southern France and Liguria. Thick bread with caramelized onions, olives, garlic and anchovies as a topping.
Tarte flambée or flammekueche, [8] from Alsace. Thin pizza bread with sour cream, onion and bacon.
Lahmacun, Turkey and Armenia, often referred to as Turkish pizza. This may be in the form of a wrap, but also in the form of a pizza to be served. Lahmacun contains lamb or beef, lemon, tomato, lettuce, peppers, onion, parsley and coriander, and sometimes pickles.
Durum Pizza, Turkey kitchen, wrap or a rolled pizza with döner kebab and salad and / or feta cheese.
Manakish, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan. The Manakish is a baked flat bread drizzled with olive oil, which resembles a pizza. The topping usually consists of cheese, thyme or Za'atar (spice mix of thyme, oregano, basil, savory, sumac and sesame) and meat (chicken, lamb or beef), sometimes also yogurt, spinach, beets and / or chili peppers was added.
Garlic Fingers, from Atlantic Canada, thin pizza crust with garlic butter, cheese and parsley, and sometimes bacon.
In Iran since July 2006 from the perspective taalpuristisch forbidden to loan words. A pizza then also called (translated) 'elastic loaf ".
The integration of the Italian community in the United States is so successful that the majority of the population today certainly understands that a pizza is an American invention. American tourists than Italians like no other insult to the question "What is the Italian word for pizza."
Turkish Pizza Recipe:
Have you always wanted Turkish pizza?
See below for the Turkish pizza recipe.
In the Turkish aka Lahmacun.
Number of persons:
6
Preparation time:
90 min
Ingredients for the dough:
500 gram flour
half tablespoon margarine
half block yeast
2 teaspoons salt
fourth coffee cup warm water
quarter cup of milk coffee
1 teaspoon sugar
Ingredients for the meat:
100 grams minced lamb
1 tomato
1 onion
Half bunch parsley
2 peppers
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
half a tea glass of water
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons red pepper
Preparation of the meat:
Slice the onion, pepper, parsley and tomato into small pieces. Do this in the blender.
Add the vegetable mixture to the mince.
Add to this the tomato and sunflower oil.
Sprinkle the salt and red pepper over the meat.
Pour the water into the bowl with the mince.
Mix everything together in the bowl by kneading.
Preparation of the dough:
Put the flour, margarine, yeast, salt, water, milk and sugar in a bowl.
Mix all the ingredients to knead until the dough has received a nice round shape.
Cover the dough (with a bag or cloth) and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preparation of lahmacun:
Take balls of dough and roll it out with a rolling pin.
Put some of the meat on the dough around.
Let the Lahmacun in a pizza pan or grill to be ready. This takes about 5 minutes.
