Pizza Napoletana
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Pizza napoletana, the famous Neapolitan pizza, also known
as Naples-style pizza, is a style of pizza made with tomatoes and
mozzarella cheese. The tomatoes must be either San Marzano tomatoes or
Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio, which grow on the volcanic plains to
the south of Mount Vesuvius. The cheese must be Mozzarella di Bufala
Campana, a protected designation of origin cheese made with the milk from
water buffalo raised in the marshlands of Campania and Lazio in a
semi-wild state, or fior di latte, a cow's milk mozzarella created
according to the procedure for which it was registered as a Traditional
Speciality Guaranteed (TSG).
Pizza napoletana is a Traditional
Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) product in the European Union and the United
Kingdom, and the art of its making is included on UNESCO's list of
intangible cultural heritage.