In each country, along with traditional national dishes, there is its own variation of classic Italian pizza, which, in turn, is a sign of its recognition throughout the world. What guides cooks when they review and complement the classic recipe for Italian pizza Margherita. Most likely, the fact is that each country has its own national characteristics and products that are characteristic of a particular area. Today we have prepared for you an overview of the most delicious pizza in the world, in addition, we will present you recipes for the most popular options.
It is interesting
Pizza is a favorite product of a huge number of people. Its versatility lies in the diversity of species and forms. Pizza can be rectangular and round, closed and open, have different calories. This dish is suitable for various food systems.
It is noteworthy that each nationality contributes something to its pizza recipe, for example, Costa Ricans - coconuts, Brazilians - green peas, Ukrainians - thinly sliced brisket, Japanese - eels, squid. Inhabitants of India add lamb mince, bean curd and pickled ginger to it. The French are most distinguished by their exquisite ingredients: they use various types of cheese in preparation: Roquefort, Gouda, Parmesan, Brie, Chevre.
Rating of the most delicious pizzas
Today we have prepared for you a rating of pizzas that occupy the top ten positions. They are all made from various ingredients, and not one repeats the other. What is the most delicious pizza in the world? You will find the answer to this question in our article. We will start our list with pizza in the last position.
10th place: Quatro Staggioni pizza
Another name for this dish is “Four Seasons”. Pizza consists of 4 parts, each of them symbolizes one of the seasons. It is believed that the canonical recipe for this dish was born at the end of the 19th century. To prepare pizza, you need to make an elastic dough from this calculation: per kilogram of flour - 600 ml of water (necessarily warm), 25 g of brewer's yeast, 4 tbsp. l olive oil. According to the classic recipe, pizza should be baked in a special Pompeian oven, which is heated by wood and has a vault in the form of a hemisphere. In a furnace preheated to 450 ° C, the dish will be ready after 90 seconds.
At home, one of the most delicious pizzas in the world is baked this way: roll out the dough in a circle, spread it on an oiled baking sheet. The basis of the future pizza is greased with a special sauce intended for this dish, and they begin to spread the filling. For the part that personifies spring - artichokes and olives, summer - salami and black pepper, symbols of autumn - tomatoes and mozzarella, winter - mushrooms. After you distribute the whole filling, it must be sprinkled with olive oil (1-2 tsp) and set to bake for 10-15 minutes. The oven temperature must be 230 ° C. When serving, it is recommended to serve basil.
9th place: Hawaiian pizza
We will tell you where the most delicious pizza in the world (of this type) gained the greatest popularity. This dish is best known in Canada, Australia, the western United States, and Europe. The filling for it is performed in a wide variety of variations: green pepper or jalapenos, red onions are added to it, but the main ingredients are ham and a slice of fresh pineapple.
What does it take to make Hawaiian pizza? We spread the dough in a greased form, evenly apply the sauce on top, sprinkle with grated cheese, spread the bacon, onion and pineapple slices, bake at 250 ° C until golden.
8th place: "Capricciosa"
Speaking about the tastiest pizza in the world, one cannot but say about Capricciosa pizza. This dish is prepared quite simply: we roll out the dough, grease it with sauce, put champignons, pickled cherry, chopped garlic, canned olives, ham, cheese - parmesan and ricotta on top. Season all the ingredients with pepper, salt, and sprinkle with olive oil. We put in the oven preheated to 250 ° C for twenty minutes. Sprinkle the finished dish with chopped herbs. Pizza capricciosa has many options: you can meet fish, meat, mushrooms, all kinds of vegetables - corn, artichokes, etc.
7th place: Calzone
Calzone, or in other words a “stuffing envelope”, is one of the varieties of pizza that is baked folded in half. According to tradition, the filling consists of parmesan, ricotta, mushrooms, ham, oregano, mozzarella. Initially, this dish was baked directly on the stove in a pan. Very often it is used as a snack in the southern and central regions of Italy.
How to cook one of the most delicious pizzas in the world on your own? Cut ham, mozzarella, a slice of red pepper (to taste), fresh herbs, parmesan coarsely rub and mix with ricotta. Roll out the dough with a thickness of 5-7 mm, spread the filling on one edge, send a spoonful of pizza sauce to it. Cover with the second half of the dough and pinch the edges. Put the pre-prepared in this way on a hot sheet, sprinkle with water, olive oil and send to bake in an oven at 250 ° C for 10 minutes.
6th place: Neapolitan pizza
The recipe for this dish is not negotiable, because it was officially legalized by Alfonso Pecoraro Scagno, who is the Minister of Agriculture of Italy. In this regard, it is not subject to change. The Neapolitan pizza recipe includes the following components: fresh tomatoes, anchovies, several types of cheese, basil.
5th place: pizza with seafood
According to reviews, the most delicious pizza with seafood is a dish according to the following recipe. Of all types, this pizza is particularly sophisticated, because the components used are the freshest seafood.
Consider how such a pizza can be prepared at home. First, let's make garlic sauce: finely chop the plant, grind it with salt, add olive oil and black pepper to them. We thoroughly wash and sort out seafood. Remove the zest from the lemon, add it and the juice to the seafood, let it brew for a quarter of an hour. After this time, we add chopped garlic, olive oil, thyme leaves and salt to the mass. We cut olives and olives into circles, roll the dough into a layer with a thickness of not more than 5 mm. We spread it on a hot baking sheet, grease it with garlic sauce, evenly distribute seafood and chopped olives and olives on the surface, sprinkle with cheese, bake for no more than 8 minutes at 250 ° C.
4th place: “Four cheeses”
For those who cannot imagine their life without cheese, without a doubt, this is the most delicious pizza. We want to share her recipe. Once, Italian pizza makers thought that for seafood lovers there are wonderful pizzas with these ingredients, mushroom fans are served mushroom, and those who prefer spicy Italian salami - pepperoni pizza. Why is there no pizza for cheese lovers? They decided to fill this gap urgently. This type of pizza belongs to the category of "white pizzas", they do not contain tomato paste. There is only an unusually tender, melting in the mouth taste of a wide variety of cheeses and there is nothing superfluous.
Such pizza can be prepared independently, you should take as the main components cheeses: spicy dorblu (with mold), classic parmesan, fragrant fontin cheese, mozzarella with creamy taste. To prepare the butter, we need half a glass of oregano and basil, put them in a bowl and fill with olive oil and leave for 2 hours. Grease the dough with them, spread the cheeses on top, add spices, for example, a mixture of Italian herbs, and bake for a quarter hour at 230 ° C.
3rd place: “Diablo”
Pizza was created in Calabria, which is located south of Naples. It has a sharp spicy taste, its main ingredient is Italian salami.
In America, this version of the famous pizza is called Pepperoni. By the way, Canadians and Americans per person consume up to 10 kg of pizza, and Pepperoni pizza is considered the most beloved. This word was borrowed from Italians and means the word "pepper", which indicates the piquancy and spiciness of this dish.
To cook the most delicious pizza in the world, we need to take the following components:
- sausage peperoni (salsiccia Napoletana);
- Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses;
- red chili peppers;
- Champignon.
All of the ingredients listed are laid out on the dough, pre-greased with sauce, slightly sprinkled with olive oil. Bake no more than 6 minutes at the same temperature as previous types of pizza.
2nd place: "Sicilian"
According to local residents, this is the most delicious street food available in Palermo year-round. Most of the American emigrants in New Jersey and New York (immigrants from Sicily) make it square. The main components are only three products: Italian pecorino cheese, anchovies, a lot of tomatoes. It happens that olives, onions, mushrooms, salami, cardamom, basil, oregano are added to it. The dough for her is prepared on a lush yeast basis. Bake for half an hour at a temperature of 220 ° C.
1st place: Margarita
The pizza is the leader. For a long time, it was ignored by high society due to the fact that once kneading dough was done with feet. Speaking about which pizza is the most delicious, we can definitely say - Italian Margarita.
We will tell you how to cook it now. We grease the dough with tomato sauce, which is prepared only from tomatoes of the San Marzano variety. We put it in the oven for 10 minutes, then we take out and sprinkle mozzarella di buffalo with young cheese, put the chopped tomatoes. Pizza is poured with olive oil, and of an extra class, sprinkled with sea salt, and on top we lay a few basil leaves. We put it back into the oven until ready.
The secret of thin cakes
To prepare the most delicious pizza dough, you should consider some points. In the preparation of pizza, the dough plays a huge role, just like the quality of the components. It can be done in a yeast and yeast-free way. It should be noted that the dough prepared without yeast is thinner. Today we want to present you a recipe for preparing just such a test. You can watch it on the presented video.
And what about other countries?
In this part of the article we want to talk about equally delicious pizzas cooked in different countries. A wide variety of products are used as components.
Italy, Naples.
In this Italian city, the approach to pizza is so serious that there is an organization that regulates and controls the rules of preparation and their observance. Please note: a real Neapolitan pizza dough can not be thicker than 2 mm, it must be baked for a very short period of 60-90 seconds in a stone oven heated to 485 ° C, which is heated by wood. Pizza filling consists of tomato, fresh basil, mozzarella and garlic.
Brazil
In this country, there are no organizations that monitor compliance with the process. However, even without that, pizza with cheese, ham, green peas, corn and palm core is perfectly prepared here. According to consumer reviews, it turns out to be unusually tasty.
Connecticut, Apizza in New Haven
Pizza in this area is called apizza, the preparation takes place in a very hot brick oven, which turns the dough into a very thin crispy crust. Such pastries have much less cheese than regular pizza, but there are mollusks soaked in olive oil with oregano, garlic and grated cheese.
France: tarte flambe in Alsace
Here it is customary to serve a very thinly rolled dough with a filling, which consists of sour cream, crushed bacon and onions, everything is baked in the oven. This dish could not do without the local name - “tart flambe”.
Finland
It should be noted that one of the most delicious pizzas in the world, which is created in this country, is called "Berlusconi pizza." It got its name in 2008 after the Italian Prime Minister tasted this Finnish dish and gave his comments. It consists of chanterelle mushrooms, cheese, venison, tomatoes, red onions.
Korea, Pulcogi Pizza
The national Korean dish, which is an analogue of our barbecue. This dish consists of grilled beef, cheese, sweet pepper, tomato sauce, mushrooms, and kimchi sauerkraut.
Illinois, Chicago-style "pizza" pizza
In one of the most delicious pizzas in the world, made in Chicago, a huge amount of toppings, which consists of a lot of cheese and tomato paste. Such a dish is baked in a special deep dish so that the pizza does not fall apart.
India
There are many pizza lovers in this exotic country. The stuffing used is lamb minced meat, a lot of pickled ginger. Add to the dish the most popular cheese in India - paneer.
Australia
This amazing country boasts a huge number of exotic (but not for themselves) pizza ingredients. For example, here you can taste pizza with kangaroo, crocodile or emu ostrich meat. Such pizza will surprise you with its unusual, original, but pleasant taste.
Banana Curry Pizza in Sweden
The name of this pizza speaks for itself. She is extremely popular in Sweden. The secret of its preparation is simple: prepare pizza from bananas, curry powder, smoked ham.
Pizza recipes
Today, pizza can be tasted in almost any country in the world, everywhere it has its own specifics. We have prepared for you a couple of recipes for the most delicious pizza in the world.
Royal pizza
A very simple, but at the same time tasty product is obtained using this recipe. For pizza, we need such products:
- dough;
- 200 g of ham;
- 4-5 tomatoes;
- 30 ml of olive oil;
- 100 g of cheese (grated);
- 10-12 pcs. olives;
- salt pepper to taste.
We prepare the yeast dough, let it come, once again we thoroughly knead and spread on a baking sheet sprinkled with oil. We pour tomatoes with boiling water, remove the skin, cut into circles. Cut the ham into thin strips. Alternately lay ham and tomatoes on layers of dough, put olives on top, sprinkle with spices and cheese. Bake for about 35 minutes.
Pizza "Marinara"
Incredibly delicious pizza, which includes a frozen cocktail of seafood, capers, vegetables, cheese and olives. We take products in the following proportions:
- dough;
- tomato sauce;
- 1 tbsp. l capers;
- 200 g of seafood cocktail;
- 1 yellow sweet pepper;
- 1 tbsp. l marjoram (fresh and chopped);
- ½ tbsp l dry oregano;
- 15 g of parmesan;
- 60 g mozzarella;
- 12 pcs olives (black);
- pepper and salt;
- olive oil;
- for decoration - oregano or marjoram.
Roll out the dough to a circle with a diameter of 25 cm, for this, sprinkle the working surface with flour. We put on a leaf, grease the surface with tomato sauce, lay out a seafood-based cocktail, sprinkle with capers and peppers, herbs and cheese. We lay olives on top, sprinkle with oil, season with spices. Bake in the oven at 200 ° C for 18-20 minutes. Decorate the finished dish with herbs. That's all. One of the most delicious pizzas, the photo of which is presented above, is ready!