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The history of the MARGHERITA PIZZA

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The History of the Pizza Margherita

According to popular tradition, in 1889, during a visit to Naples of Queen Margherita of Savoy, chef Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi and his wife created  a resembling the colors of the Italian , red (tomato), (mozzarella) and green ( ). They named it after the Queen - Pizza . Descriptions of such a pizza recipe, however, can be traced back to at least 1866 in Francesco DeBouchard's book “Customs and Traditions of Naples”.
Whatever the real origins of this recipe are, all we know for sure is that Raffaele Esposito's version for Margherita was the one that made it popular. Since then, it has grown into one of the most recognisable symbol of food culture in the world.
The top quality of the and the traditional preparation and method are at the basis of a Pizza.
You need to have a 3 mm thick disk of dough with a 1-2 cm high crust. No other working tools other than the of the pizza chef are allowed, no rolling pin or mechanical press machine, and it needs to be in a wood- brick oven at 485°C for about 90 seconds.

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