Margherita

The pizza Margherita is one of the symbols of Italian cuisine throughout the world.
Invented in June 1889 by the Neapolitan pizza maker Raffaele Esposito in honor of Queen Margherita of Savoy, the color combination of its ingredients is not accidental: the red tomato, white mozzarella and green basil, represent the Italian flag.

Although the creation of pizza Margherita is relatively recent, the pizza has very ancient origins. Even the ancient Egyptians were making a flat bread baked in the oven that can be considered a sort of ancestor of pizza.

But evidence relating to the preparation of food similar to pizza are present throughout the history of Mediterranean civilization: disks of leavened dough baked or grilled and served as both sweet and savory dishes, were already popular at the time of the Etruscans and continued to be prepared by Europeans until the Middle Ages.
The combination of pizza with tomato sauce was born in Naples in 1730, when for the first time the traditional Neapolitan bread was paired with tomato sauce, which originated in Spain. That fortunate combination became known as pizza, first a symbol of Neapolitan cuisine and later of Italian food in general.