Top 10 Best “Classic” Pizza Toppings

9 Pizza ai Quattro Formaggi

• Also known as: Four Cheese Pizza
• Main ingredients: Tomato, mozzarella cheese, pecorino cheese, gorgonzola cheese and groviera
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: foodnetwork.com

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8 Pizza Quattro Stagioni

• Also known as: Four Seasons Pizza
• Main ingredients: Tomato, mozzarella, artichoke hearts, black olives, mushrooms, ham
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: recipe4living.com

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7 Pizza Marinara

• Main ingredients: Tomato, garlic, oregano and extra virgin olive oil
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: epicurious.com

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6 Pizza Prosciutto e Funghi

• Also known as: Ham and Mushroom Pizza
• Main ingredients: Tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms (Champignon), ham
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: foodthinkers.com

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5 Pizza al Prosciutto

• Also known as: Ham Pizza
• Main ingredients: Tomato, mozzarella, ham
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: sofeminine.co.uk

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4 Pizza Margherita

• Main ingredients: Tomato, mozzarella, basil
• First Appearance: 1889
• Origin: Raffaele Esposit made the pizza for Queen Margaretha with ingredients representing the Italian “tricolore” flag colors (green, white, red). This was basically to prevent the queen from eating with the little people, because she discovered and loved the pizza in the streets. Mr. Esposit is also viewed as the first to introduce cheese to the flat bread called “pizza”.
• Easy recipe: bbcgoodfood.com

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3 Pizza Caprese

• Main ingredients: Roma tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, basil
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: bettycrocker.com

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2 Pizza L’Atomica

• Also known as: Hot & Spicy Pizza
• Main ingredients: Tomato, cheese, capers, red pepper (chili)
• Origin: Italy
• Easy recipe: asksarah.com.au

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1 Pepperoni Pizza

• Main ingredients: Tomato, mozzarella, pepperoni sausage (not to be confused with the Italian word for  bell pepper, or capsicum, or paprika)
• Origin: United States, around 1950′s
• Easy recipe: grouprecipes.com

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