Margherita
~ Blog post #3 ~
April 22, 2015
By Julianna Zukowski
Sitting at the front of the “boot”, Campania is know around
the world for their pizza, home grown vegetables, and fresh farm house cheese.
Pizza a food we all know and love) was first created in Campania made with
fresh mozzarella, sweet tomatoes, and bread. Surprisingly, the introductions to
tomatoes were the start of the true Italian pizza. In the 1500’s, tomatoes were
thought to be poisonous, and only used for decoration. Fortunately, the peasants of Campania started
to use tomatoes and since then, Italian cuisine hasn’t been the same. Italians
traditional pizza is often cooked in a wood oven and is known for its round
shape. Deepening on what region of Italy you are in determines the ingredients
most commonly used.
One of Italy’s most popular types of pizza is margherita. In
1889 Queen Margherita and her husband took an inspection tour of her Italian
Kingdom. During her tour she saw peasants eating large flat bread and wanted to
try it. Though the queen loved the bread, she was looked down upon for eating
the same food as peasants. To solve her problem she hired a Chef Raffael to
make the bread into a pizza. Raffeale created the Italian flag on her pizza
using tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil to represent the colors. This
pizza today is known throughout the world.
Below is the recipe for margherita pizza:
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