Crust may be thin or thick, with a slight difference in taste but that’s not that relevant. The main ingredients are always the same: flour, water, olive oil, and salt. The toppings as said are many; for example there are anchovies, olives, salami, sausage, chicken, pepper, eggs, eggplant, vegetables, seasonings and more.
However, the original Pizza style is the Italian one, so here we will talk of the classic types of pizza that you will most likely encounter in a genuine Italian pizzeria.
The Neapolitan pizza consists in three different kinds of pizza: the Pizza marinara, with tomato sauce, oil and garlic; the Pizza Margherita, which is also the most consumed one, that is made with tomatoes and mozzarella (an Italian cheese), and the Pizza Margherita of Bufala, same as Pizza Margherita while the cheese used is made with water buffalo milk, that is completely different from other milks.
There are many variants from these “official” few, and the most liked are the Pizza Capricciosa, that is the same as Pizza Margherita with the addition of ham, eggs and mushrooms. The Cheese Pizza is made with four different kinds of cheese, and is also the most caloric one scoring 800 calories as average.
A very important ingredient in all Italian style pizzas is basil, a vegetable that gives the dough a special flavour and is added after the pizza has been cooked. For those who do not like tomato, there is the Italian white pizza, that makes use of anchovies, vegetables, cheese and more toppings, and it’s a pleasant variant of the original pizza with tomato sauce.
