Pizza Margherita and things you may not know

1. The story behind the name Margherita

Pizza originated in Italy, but there is still much debate about the origin of its name. Some legend has it that the pizza originated from the story of Queen Margherita of Savoy of Italy, who visited Naples with her husband, King Umberto I, in June 1889. The visit took place after the unification of Italy's north and south, and the south was in need of reinforcement. During the trip, the Queen complained about the boring, repetitive French food, especially the prepared food. Upon receiving the request, Raffaele Esposito, the best pizza maker in 19th century Italy, prepared a new dish to welcome Queen Margherita, and that is how pizza Margherita was born, with the Queen's favorite ingredients, including tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil.

Queen Margherita and the cake named after her

Coincidentally, the pizza was created in white, red and green, the colors of the Italian flag. Since then, Esposito named the pizza Margherita and has always called it that, creating a movement for everyone to follow. However, there are also conflicting opinions that Margherita is translated into Italian as “daisy” because the pizza when made resembles a daisy because of the mozzarella cheese and basil leaves. And for whatever reason, pizza Margherita is always considered a delicious, luxurious and easy-to-eat dish by most customers around the world.

2. The World's Longest Margherita Pizza

The world's longest pizza was created in the port city of Salerno, Italy, for $12,000 by chef Renato Viola. The pizza is 20cm in diameter and is made from all-natural dough imported from Arabia, and is covered with pink salt from the Murray River, Australia. It took 72 hours to prepare and required the help of 80 pizza makers from all over the country who gathered in Milan. The toppings include three types of rare caviar, seven types of cheese and Alaskan lobster.

The World's Longest Pizza

It is estimated that one meter of pizza is made in 3 minutes and baked in 5 minutes. This new pizza beats the previous record (1.1415 km) set by Spanish chefs. The fair needed 800 tables to display the pizza before people lined up to cut it. And not only to serve the estimated 30,000 visitors who attended the fair, the organizers also donated 300m of pizza to charities to support those in need.

3. Pizza Margherita

In each region, the ingredients and flavors of pizza are changed to better suit the tastes and cultures of that place. It can be the change in thickness, thinness and crispiness of the crust or the replacement of ingredients for the pizza, and that is what really affects the taste of this pizza, but the common ingredients to make a Margherita include:

• Crust
• Tomato sauce
• Dried oregano
• Mozzarella cheese
• Salt
• Sugar
• Garlic
• Olive oil

Pizza Margherita with extremely eye-catching decoration

The taste of Margherita is truly unique, the aroma is truly impressive due to the perfect combination of fresh ingredients. Margherita is famous and wins the hearts of connoisseurs because of its rich flavor, the freshness of tomatoes and the sweet, fatty taste and chewy texture of mozzarella cheese. Although simple, if you do not use the best ingredients, without the meticulousness and care of the maker, it is impossible to create the taste of a real Margherita.

4. Side dishes for Pizza Margherita

Depending on each person's taste, you can choose the side dishes with Margherita that you like. However, the salad with a combination of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, carrot, corn kernels, black olives, bell peppers, cheese has a light and refreshing flavor.

Pizza salad