If you ever had to make a list of food items that you will never grow tired of eating, pizzas would definitely feature in the catalogue. Among the variety of mouth-watering pizzas that you savour, the simplest yet tastiest would be Margherita pizza. For those who still get confused between Margherita pizza and its counterparts, this form of pizza is a typical Neapolitan dish, made with tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil, salt and extra-virgin oil. As simple and commonplace as the pizza might seem to be, you will be surprised to know that Margherita pizza actually has royal connections. A widespread belief attributes the name of the pizza to the Queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy. Margherita of Savoy. Picture courtesy: Pinterest Legend has it that the queen grew tired of the gourmet French food that was being served on her trip to Naples, with her husband King Umberto I, in 1889. Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi, who w...
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