PIZZA NAPOLETANA
Pizza Napoletana or Neapolitan pizza is a type of pizza made from tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. It comes from Naples, as the name suggests, and is made with San Marzano or Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio tomatoes and Mozzarella di Bufala Campana or Fior di Latte cheese.
*San Marzano tomatoes come from a small town near Naples called San Marzano sul Sarno.
*Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio is a tomato that grows south of Mount Vesuvius on the volcanic plains.
*Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a cheese with a protected designation of origin. It is made from buffalo milk from semi-wild buffalo that live in the marshes of Campania and Lazio.
*Fior di Latte is mozzarella made from cow’s milk. Its production is in lines with Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) label.
In the European Union and the United Kingdom, Pizza Napoletana is a product with Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG), and the art of making it is on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.