Name: Neapolitan Pizza
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes four 8-inch pizzas
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted with 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon active dry yeast; ½ teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon red chili flakes; 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (about 1 pound); ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves; 4 cloves garlic, roasted, peeled and sliced; 2 large tomatoes, peeled and sliced; 1 cup rice or corn flour for dusting; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 1¼ cup warm water

Preparation info

Makes
four
8 inch pizzas

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

About

Pizza is the Italian pronunciation for the word pitta, which the Greeks used to refer to flat bread from the Middle East. The Italians used the term pizza, pitta, petta, pizzela, or pizzeta as early as the tenth century (though not for a dish with tomatoes, which did not arrive from the New World until much later). Today, of course, pizza has attained the status of an international food. It has been said that if Naples could have patented its pizza it would be one of Italy’s wealthiest citi