What is Pizza

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Pizza (IPA pronunciation: [ˈpiːtsə] listen (help·info)) or pizza pie is the name of an oven-baked, flat, usually round bread covered with tomato sauce and cheese with other toppings left optional. While originating as a part of Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become extremely popular all over the world.

Various toppings may be added, most typically:

• sauce, traditionally tomato-based but pesto and BBQ sauces are also common.
• cheese, traditionally mozzarella but often Provolone or a blend of other cheeses
• herbs and seasonings such as basil, oregano, and garlic
• vegetables such as bell peppers, asparagus, eggplant, broccoli, spinach, olives, onions, and artichoke hearts
• meat or seafood such as sausage (especially pepperoni or salami), ham, bacon, ground beef, anchovies, chicken, tuna, and shrimp
• Other common toppings include mushroom, tomatoes, and pineapple

The crust is traditionally plain, but may also be seasoned with butter, garlic, or herbs, or stuffed with cheese. In some pizza recipes the tomato sauce is omitted (termed "white pizza"), or replaced with another sauce (usually garlic butter but sauces can also be made with spinach or onions). Pizza is normally eaten hot (typically at lunch or dinner), but leftovers are often eaten cold for breakfast or as a snack.

Pissa is late Vulgar Latin (9th century) flat bread, and apparently came to mean a flat bread with a cheese topping by the 14th century in some Italian dialects.^[1] Pizzo, which means "point" in Italian, may have been an influence.^[2] Many languages around the Mediterranean have similar words meaning flat bread or unleavened bread, see pita.

The Italian word for a person with talent for making pizza is pizzaiolo. A restaurant that serves pizza is called a pizzeria (from Italian); the phrase "pizza parlor" is also used in the United States and Canada. Pizza can also be purchased in grocery stores or supermarkets (usually, but not always, frozen); in many countries, pizza can also be ordered by telephone (or, increasingly, via the Web) to be delivered, hot and ready to eat, to almost any address within range of the restaurant.

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How To Make A Pizza?

You can make pizza easily using this step-by-step guide. All you need to know to make pizza in various styles such as thin crust, classic, rustica and deep-dish pizzas is included. Make calzones, focaccias, crostinis, bruschettas, quiche and more.

Make basic pizza doughs and sauces with these easily-to-prepare recipes. Learn how to make pizza using these forming and baking tips for a wide variety of pizzas. Discover methods for forming different pizza styles. These instructions simplify creating many appetizing pizza recipes.

HOW TO MAKE PIZZA
Preparing a Tomato-Based Pizza Sauce
This tomato sauce is lightly herbed with oregano and basil, yet the basic tomato taste is allowed to shine through. Some pizza aficionados prefer an even simpler sauce than this, but, you'll like the colors and bouquet this sauce adds to your own, home-made pizza.

Ingredients (Makes about 2 quarts of sauce.)

3 Tbsp. - Butter
16 Oz. - Can of Tomato Puree
3 Tbsp. - Olive Oil
1 Tsp. - Salt
3 Cloves - Garlic, Minced
1/4 Tsp. - Black Pepper
3 Large - Yellow Onions, Minced
1 Tsp. - Whole Oregano
2 Qts. - Canned Whole Italian Tomatoes
1 Tsp. - Whole Basil

Instructions
In a Dutch oven or large skillet, melt the butter with the olive oil and slowly but completely sauté the garlic and onion.

Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, basil and puree. Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for two hours. Stir occasionally, crushing the tomatoes with a potato masher.

Continue to mash, stir, and simmer partially covered until the sauce reaches the consistency of a rich soup.

If you find you have too many or too large tomato seeds left in the sauce, you may run the sauce through a sieve, (strainer). Set the sauce aside to cool before applying it to your pizza dough, or, or refrigerate it for use in the future.


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