margherita pizza

English

Alternative forms

• Margherita pizza, pizza margherita, pizza Margherita

Etymology

From Italian pizza Margherita, from Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time the pizza pie was renamed/formally named in her honour, with the colours of the Italian flag of reunification, red (tomato), white (mozzarella), green (basil). Pizza topped in this manner was already traditional in Naples before acquiring its current name.

Noun

margherita pizza (countable and uncountable, plural margherita pizzas)

1. The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella

Synonyms

• Margherita, margherita

Coordinate terms

• pizza fritta (the original Naples pizza)

Translations

pizza topped with basil, tomatoes and mozzarella

• French: pizza margherita f
• German: Pizza Margherita f, Margherita f
• Italian: pizza Margherita f, pizza margherita f

See also

• caprese salad (a dish that shares the red-white-and-green trio of tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil)

Further reading

• Pizza Margherita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pizza Margherita, pizza margherita