Thursday, September 17, 2009

Do You Know The Story Of Pepperoni Pizza?


Also known as "pizza pie" in America, pizza is a very popular dish world wide. It's commonly made of ingredients such as yeast, salt, sugar, pepper and basil. For its toppings, often used are herbs, various types of vegetables, tomato sauce, garlic paste, cheese and so on. There are different types of pizzas such as sausage pizza, New York-style, Chicago-style and pepperoni just to name a few.
One of the most popular and famous types of pizzas is Pepperoni pizza. In this type, pepperoni is used as topping and hence the name. Pepperoni pizza is made of dry salami prepared with the help of goat, pork, beef and fish. Compared to other types, it's highly preferred and eaten by many in America.
Ingredients mostly used in making the pepperoni pizza normally differ and depend on the person doing it. Nevertheless, the commonly used ingredients are spaghetti or tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, olive oil, gravy which makes it tastier, Minced garlic, salt, pepper and oregano which adds a good taste. Pepperoni is also used and mostly preferred when spicy. It is also used as topping for the American-style pizzerias and for preparing sandwiches.
Pepperoni pizza is a descendant of Italian spicy type of Salami, though it's basically an Italian-American dish that is usually made up of the various types of dry salami prepared with the help of different types of meat such as pork, beef e.t.c. The name of Pepperoni pizza comes from 'Peperone' which is an Italian plural referring to bell pepper. It was basically evolved in Italian-American cuisine.
Written by Peter Gitundu, who loves writing about Pizza.
Gitundu.com/home-family/pizza/

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