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EgoSenatus t1_j4r2lff wrote

That’s just a cheese pizza, m’dude

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Naxelminum OP t1_j4uki3d wrote

You're absolutely right! In many places in Germany we call it a Margeritha. I should've called it a cheese pizza in the first place, i'm sorry y'all!! :D

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ScullyBoy69 t1_j4uflip wrote

Which is what most countries in Europe calls a margherita. At least in Finland and the other countries I've visited.

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EgoSenatus t1_j4v1vm0 wrote

Well they’re wrong considering a margarita pizza has basil and if we wanted to get even more uppity, uses a specific type of tomato and mozzarella cheese.

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soer9523 t1_j4xwnu0 wrote

In Denmark we would absolutely consider this a margherita

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bronet t1_j4us9xo wrote

Certainly called a margherita where I'm from. Cheese and tomatoes.

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EgoSenatus t1_j4v24wa wrote

You’re missing a key ingredient- basil.

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bronet t1_j4v6blu wrote

I wouldn't say it's that much of a key ingredient. I know the history of the pizza margherita, but the basil is mainly just garnish, and doesn't add much to the dish itself (which is why it's so sparsely used even at neapolitan pizza places).

It's hardly different at all, which is why the name is often used for a pizza with cheese and tomato. And for what it's worth, it's not unlikely to be a more common name than "cheese pizza"

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EgoSenatus t1_j4vck3q wrote

I’d say it adds gastronomically quite a lot to the dish and would say its sparsely used by places because they don’t want to spend much on fresh basil. I’ve been to Naples, several times, and have yet to encounter a Pizza Margherita that lacks basil (the plain cheese pizzas were usually called something like “pizza al formaggio”).

If you knew the history of the Pizza Margherita, you’d know the basil is an important aspect, particularly to the guy who invented it

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EgoSenatus t1_j4v1z1o wrote

The Italians have basil on their margarita pizzas

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ferevus t1_j4wxre7 wrote

Sometimes. Other times we don’t and we still call it a Margherita.

We don’t have a word for “Cheese Pizza”.

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MishaIsPan t1_j4ukeiv wrote

That's called a pizza margaritha in a lot of countries, m'dude. Even the Italians know a "cheese pizza" as pizza margaritha.

Might come as a shock to you, but not everyone is American...

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