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Pizza, a dish of Italian origin consisting of a flattened disk
of bread dough topped with some combination of olive oil, oregano, tomato,
olives, mozzarella or other cheese, and many other ingredients, baked
quickly—usually, in a commercial setting, using a wood-fired oven heated to a
very high temperature—and served hot.
One of the simplest and most traditional pizzas is the
Margherita, which is topped with tomatoes, tomato sauce, mozzarella, and basil.
Popular legend relates that it was named for queen Margherita, wife of Umberto I,
who was said to have liked its mild fresh flavor have also noted that its
topping cocolorsreen, white, and red—were those of the Italian flag.
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