Pizza

Why is it called Pizza?

Pizza in Italian means round point. This is around, flatbread baked on a stone, sprinkled with cheese, ketchup, and other fillings such as sausage, olives, etc.

Origin of Pizza

The origins of pizza continue to be a source of contention to this day. According to some sources, pizza was preceded by a type of bread composed of flour and cooked on flat, hot stones that first emerged and became famous in Naples, Italy, around 1000 years ago and spread throughout the world. Some other documents say that the Romans (ancient Romans) and the Phoenicians of Greece were the first to successfully make pizza because they knew the secret of the recipe for kneading the dough with water and baking. Although there are no firm confirmations where the first Pizza appeared, however, when it comes to pizza today, everyone immediately thinks of the country with the shape of a shoe – Italy, because This is a country with unmatched pizza culinary culture.

The pizzas we see today are not the same as in the olden days. What makes a decisive difference to the characteristics of pizza is the tomato. This fruit is native to Peru and Ecuador. It follows Spanish warriors from the Americas to Europe around the early 15th century. But it wasn't until the late 16th century that Europeans cleared their doubts that this was a poisonous fruit to use. It is a typical food when making pizza. The modern "orthodox" pizza Margherita Pizza was born in 1889 when Queen Margherita Teresa Giovanni, queen of King Umberto I of Italy, visited Naples. To prepare a special dish for the queen's reception, Raffaele Esposito, the proprietor of the Pietro Il Pizzaiolo pub, was contacted. Esposito made a pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella (a cheese made from buffalo milk), and basil, ingredients that make up the red, white and green colors of the Italian flag. He named that pizza Margherita.

After that, Italians in other regions devised different types of fillings and created pizzas with specific characteristics of each region. But this type of cake with the name of a queen is still considered an "authentic" pizza of Italy as well as other countries around the world. Besides Margherita, Italy also has other famous pizzas such as Frosciutto & Funghi including ham and mushrooms, Valsesia (name of a beautiful valley in the Alps) including eggplant and olives; Tonno & Cipolla with tuna in olive oil, and sliced ​​onions; Tropicale with sliced ​​pineapple and ham; Napoli with capers, olives, anchovies in oil; Pepperoni with spiced sausage; Diavola (devil pizza) includes mushrooms, fresh peppers, capers; Calzone is a sandwich stuffed with tomato sauce, cheese, ham slices, and mushrooms.

If you want to eat Parmesan cheese, order Prosciutto di Parma & Parmigiano. This is a cake topped with slices of Parma ham and Parmesan cheese topped with tomato sauce and Mozzarella cheese. If you want to eat more green vegetables, you have pizza Vegetariana, and if you need seafood, choose Marinara. Romana only has bacon, but Pazza is the only one that combines bacon with ham, mushrooms, baby corn, and olives. The best-selling pizza in Italy is 4 Stagioni with ham, mushrooms, olives, baby corn. Another mouthwatering pizza is the 4 Formaggi with tomato sauce and four different slices of cheese. What You Didn't Know About Pizza At the beginning of the 20th century, pizza followed Italian caravans who immigrated to the Americas.

In 1905, an Italian-American named Gennaro Lombardi opened the first American-style pizzeria in New York. It is also in the United States that pizza becomes a fast food delivered to the door. This style quickly became a familiar image around the world especially after 1945. During the Second World War, soldiers from Britain, France, and the United States for different reasons were present in Italy. When they return, they bring with them the local methods of making pizza and often open a home-delivered bakery in the American way. To this day, pizza is available in almost every country in the world.

In each place, people give the cakes their culinary characteristics. When pizza "travels" to other countries, such as Thailand, people have created more pizza tom yum (sour and sour shrimp). Turkish pizza, on the other hand, is cooked with minced meat, red olives, and onions, whilst Indian-style pizza is created with curry chicken. German Pizza is indispensable for sausages as toppings. Spanish pizza has beans and corn... But when it comes to Vietnam, pizza dishes are varied in many styles imported from the West: from ordinary cakes made from the loin, sausage, tuna to scrumptious delicacies are specially prepared from smoked salmon, wild boar… especially the seafood pizza consisting of tomato sauce and grilled with local squid and shrimp.

 Although called by many different names, the government ingredient on the pizza crust is still "under ketchup, on top with a shredded cheese", while the filling (cold meat, sausage, olives, bacon, mushrooms, or ham….) is at the discretion of each diner. The main ingredient that determines the taste of pizza in each country, region, good or bad, is not tomatoes or other fillings, but cheese. Italians have about 1,000 types of cheese, but the most popular one to make pizza is Mozzarella cheese. This type is light in weight, not as strong as other cheeses, so it is easy to eat…

How to making a Pizza?

Talking about the art of pizza making, Italy is always the first country mentioned. The art of making pizza for the Italians is not inferior to the art of pulling noodles of the Chinese. In the pizza restaurants in Italy, the restaurant owner built a toaster oven and the processing place is located next to the door... So visitors have the opportunity to see first-hand how pizza is made. With skillful hands, within 2 minutes, skilled workers mix the dough, knead, juggle, shape cakes, without needing molds or rolling tools. Then he quickly scooped up a spoonful of ketchup and spread it evenly on the surface of the cake. After the tomato sauce is the topping (ham, salami, bacon, olive, mushroom, mackerel, onion, basilikum, orangano, majoran... dried to enhance the flavor of the cake). Finally, sprinkle evenly on the cheesecake and put it in the oven. Cakes baked in wood or electric ovens also need to be rotated and rotated to get the same doneness. In less than 10 minutes, the cake is cooked and fragrant. Pizza is delicious in addition to processing and using typical spices of this boot-shaped country such as basil, thyme, sage, Mediterranean oregano, rosemary, and especially parsley. In addition, the toaster oven must also meet the technical requirements to ensure that the smoke in the oven does not fly at such a low level that it penetrates the cake. If you want a good pizza, you must bake it with wood, in a brick oven, on a stone (or old brick) surface at a temperature of 280 - 300C, need to rotate the cake continuously so that the crust expands slowly, without callousing, burnt or cooked. even. The heat from the brick will absorb all the water in the cake, making the cake spongy and crispy. To do so, the oven must always be red to maintain a constant temperature throughout the day.

Around the world, there is also “Pizza Day” (International Pizza Day) on February 9.

What types of pizza are there?

Neapolitan pizza

Referring to Italy, the most famous is definitely the Neapoli style, this is the name of the city pizza was born. This type of cake is also standard Italian, meaning that there are not many fillings and the filling is quite simple, only tomato sauce, fresh basil leaves, olive oil and cheese.

Since the cake has a thin crust, it can't hold a lot of filling on top. In fact, the cake is so thin that it is often eaten with a fork and knife. To make a "real" Neapoli pizza, the cake must be baked in a wood-burning oven between 400-500 degrees Celsius, similar to the traditional way, it only takes about 70-90 seconds to cook completely.

Particularly for this type of cake, the requirements are relatively sophisticated such as:

The cake must be no more than 35cm in diameter.

The base of the cake should be no thicker than 1/8 inch (about 3.1 millimeters) (the edge of the cake is allowed to be slightly higher).

Must be baked in a brick wood-fired oven.

It is necessary to incubate the dough for at least 6 hours.

Pizza Chicago

Besides Italian pizzas, there are also pizzas adapted in the US, becoming one of the most consumed fast foods globally.

Pizza Chicago, named after the city in which it was invented. In the early 1900s, Italian immigrants in the windswept city were looking for something similar to Pizza Neapoli. Instead of making a technical cake, Ike Sewell came up with a new idea. He created a cake with a thick crust that has raised sides like a well, the arrangement of ingredients is contrary to the original, the mozzarella slices are lined first, then the meat, then the vegetables. then topped with a generous mashed tomato sauce. This innovation led Sewell to create the now-famous chain of restaurants, called Pizzeria Uno.

The toppings for this cake are ground beef, sausage, pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, and green peppers, which are placed underneath a red tomato sauce. Since there are many fillings and dough, it will take about 30-35 minutes longer.

New York style pizza

With large cuts combined with a crispy crust, New York-style Pizza is one of the most popular regional pastries in America. Still a variation on the Neapolitan, of course, it's the large cut that has made it famous, with some saying its unique flavor has something to do with the geographical minerals of New York.

The cake still has tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Unlike other thin crust cakes, New York can contain a variety of toppings from pepperoni (a form of salami) and sausages, mushrooms, anchovies. This is a cake that can be added with any topping, but we often find our favorites will add seasonings like dried oregano leaves, red chili powder, Parmesan cheese, and garlic powder.

The cake is usually baked in a wood-burning or coal-fired oven. However, today many people use ovens because of the convenience that the cakes are still equally delicious and crispy.

Pizza California

California pizza aka gourmet pies is known for its exceptional ingredients. The cake dates back to the late 1970s when chef Ed LaDou experimented with the recipe at the classic Italian restaurant, Prego. He made a Pizza with mustard, ricotta, pate, and red pepper, by accident it was served to Wolfgang Puck. Surprised by this creative idea, Puck invited him to be a chef at his restaurant. It was here that LaDou came up with more than 250 unique cake recipes and even wrote the menu of the California Pizza Kitchen chain of restaurants.

This is a cake that satisfies the imagination of home chefs. You can combine many ingredients as long as you find it delicious.

Pizza Sicilian

The square pizza, Pizza Sicilia, is also known as "sfincione", with a thick crust and thick tomato sauce and cheese often placed underneath the sauce to prevent it from softening. Sicilian pizza was brought to America in the 19th century by Sicilian immigrants and became popular in America after the Second World War.

To bring out the flavor of this cake, try an olive oil baking tray. The temperature of the oven will determine how long you should bake the cake. For example, if the oven is heated to 218 degrees Celsius, it will take about 15-20 minutes to bake.

Interesting things about Pizza

Pizza's First Shape

Pizza was introduced to Italy for the first time in the form of a round and flatbread with a relatively cheap price that was sold a lot on the streets for the poor.

The first pizzas that looked and tasted the way they are today were born in 1889 to serve Queen Margherita Teresa Giovanni when she visited Naples. The ingredients for this cake include mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, and basil leaves representing the colors on the country's flag. Since then, pizza has quickly become a favorite and the first chef to make it named after the queen - pizza Margherita.

In addition to Margherita pizza, there are now many other delicious and equally popular variations such as Extravaganzza pizza, Pepperoni pizza, Bologness pizza...

Italians eat pizza with a cool glass of gelato

Italians will normally enjoy pizza with a cool glass of gelato with the delicious taste of pizza mixed with the sweetness of gelato. In particular, Italians never eat a salad with pizza, but they will combine it with antipasto (an appetizer with bacon, cheese, mushrooms, olives ...).

You can eat Pizza with your hands

You can eat Pizza with your hands without using a knife or fork. Pizza is a dish that you can completely eat with your hands instead of using a knife and fork that no one dares to call you ungrateful even when sitting in a restaurant. Pizza's "followers" recognize ketchup, chili sauce, and chili vinegar sauce as indispensable things when eating this dish.

Each American consumes about 9 kg of Pizza/year

According to statistics, up to 93% of Americans will eat pizza at least once a month. It is estimated that the average American will consume more than 9 kg of Pizza a year and this number is increasing year by year. Pizza shops in the US make up 17% of all restaurants in the country. October is also known as National Pizza Month in the US.

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