Pepperoni Pizza is an American pizza variety which
includes one of the country's most beloved toppings. Pepperoni is actually
a corrupted form of pepperoni (one “p”), which denotes a
large pepper in
Italian, but nowadays it denotes a spicy salami, usually made with a
mixture of beef, pork, and spices. The popularity of pepperoni pizza had
only started to rise in the 1950s. Nowadays, beef pepperoni pizza is the
most popular pizza variety, but there are also versions such as fish
pepperoni pizza and port pepperoni pizza. The preparation varies from one
state to another, but the popularity of this pizza has made it a staple
across the United States, and it’s usually prepared simply with
mozzarella, tomato sauce, and pepperoni.