One of the best parts about traveling the world is getting to try different culinary specialties, and it seems like nearly every country has their own version of pizza.
However, it might not be the typical tomato sauce, cheese, and bread combo you recognize.
From traditional Margarita pizza from Naples to a sweet and spicy banana curry pizza in Sweden, here are 21 types of pizza you can find around the world.
Pizza is taken so seriously in Naples, Italy, that there is an organization called that Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana that's devoted to upholding its authenticity. Rules specify that pizza should be no more than 2 millimeters thick and baked for 60-90 seconds in a a 485 °C stone oven with an oak-wood fire. Classic Neapolitan pies have a chewy crust and are usually topped with fresh artisanal ingredients, like tomato mozzarella, fresh basil, and garlic.
In Brazil, common pizza toppings include ham, cheese, corn, green peas, and hearts of palm.
In New Haven, Connecticut, pizza, or apizza, is cooked in an intensely hot brick oven to produce a more charred and crispy thin crust. These pizzas tend to include less cheese, and the “white clam pie” invented by Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana, has become a staple with little neck clams smothered in olive oil, oregano, grated cheese, and chopped garlic.
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