Pizza
Pizza
has emerged as the favorite food of all times. It is loved and devoured by
people all over the world. The reason for the popularity of pizza is that it
uses flour with different kinds of toppings that make it more satisfying to
consume. Pizza is the food of the common man, isn’t it? And its good with doses
of vegetables also. You can’t think of having a lobster every time for an
evening meal or on a date. It costs you something, whereas a pizza means a
higher value for the money spent. It is delicious to an unimaginable extent and
that’s pizza. Layered with slices of mozzarella, basil, olive oil, and pesto
and baked in an oven, pizza serves the toughest-to-please guests and relatives.
Pizza can’t be resisted by any one when he thinks of the toppings present on it
from chicken sausages, to lobster and olives.
The
origins of pizza can be traced back to the times of ancient Greeks when they
started garnishing bread with herbs, cheese and oil to please their taste buds.
Romans also experimented with their plain bread and used toppings of honey and
cheese on it. However the pizza that exists today was actually discovered in
Italy as Neapolitan pie with tomato. The original version did not have cheese
which was added in 1889.
The
entry of Pizza into the America, England and France only happened during World
War 2. The taste of this dish was introduced into the mouths of British
soldiers once they occupied regions of Italy during the war
The
dough used in pizza is baked in oven after giving it a round shape. The most
popular toppings may vary according to a certain region. However tomato and
cheese toppings are available in all parts of the world. Ground beef, harm,
bacon, sea food and chicken are the distinct kinds of toppings used in
different regions.
Due to
its mouth watering toppings only, Peter Reinhart who is a famous bread baker
once said that Pizza is the perfect flavor delivery system. We all love our
pizza made with any kind of crust. However, more taste can be added to it with
butter, herbs or garlic or if you want something more pleasant, cheese.
Pizza
has come up with many variants in different parts of the world. The oldest and
perhaps the most authentic version of Pizza, Neapolitan pizza is made with San
Marzano tomatoes, which are grown in Italy and also includes milk of water
buffalo. Grilled pizza, another delicacy that one can be fond of is baked on a
barbecue grill. And we all know the pleasure of eating it, having consumed it
on many occasions of pool side barbecue dinners. Calzone is the newest kind of
pizza making its entry in many restaurants all over the world. It has the shape
of a half moon and is stuffed with mozzarella, salami and ricotta.
Pizza is
baked using the oven with stone bricks placed on top of the source of heat or
an electric deck oven. In homes, use is made of the pizza stone to get the similar
impact like the brick oven.
Pizza,
the word represents the most stunning dish of our times. Be it any time of the
day, a pizza can satiate the hunger of our bellies. The choices of toppings
that can rev up the pizza are salami, beef and pepperoni with a glass of beer.
And one thing that further accentuates the taste of a pizza is the seasoned
tomato sauce prepared with Roma tomatoes freshly picked from one’s own garden.
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