2006-08-23 03:31:41 · 11 answers · asked by vgpatel79 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
In the 1800's, Queen of Italy, Queen Margherita (sp?) visited Naples. A local pizza man was asked to make an assortment of pizza for the queen to choose from. The one she liked best was the one made w/ fresh tomatos, basil, and mozzarella cheese. So anything w/ those 3 ingredients is traiditionally referred to as "Margherita". In pizza's case, ordering a "Pizza Margherita" will get you cheese, basil, and tomatoes only.
The alcoholic beverage has nothing to do w/ the pizza.
2006-08-23 03:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Margharita was the name of the (at the time) the Queen of Italy. Pizza was coming in to its own in regards to being a popular form of cuisine so she commissioned her personal Chef to quell her own curiosity about it. He made her three different kinds of Pizza, one being a Tomato, Cheese and Basil Pizza which was her favorite. So in her honor he named it Pizza Margharita. And no, it has no alcohol as a Margarita containing tequila does.
2006-08-23 03:46:24 · answer #2 · answered by Add Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats funny! No there is nothing concerning a cocktail in this pizza, Its a fresh tomato pizza with the mozzerrela under the sauce. Oh and its named after Queen Margharita.
2006-08-23 03:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ask the Chef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This pizza is dedicated to Queen Margherita. She was interested in the popular dish that her French chefs could not prepare so the famous "pizzaiolo" Raffaele Esposito was invited to court and suggested three pizzas, this one reflecting the colours of the Italian Sabauda flag, the Marinara and a white cheese pizza. Garlic, considered improper for the delicate palate of the Queen was avoided. So on the 11th June 1889 Pizza became a dish fit for Royalty.
For the pizza
700 g flour
40 g baker's yeast (2 cubes)
warm water
salt
For the sauce
300 g diced peeled tomato
1 large mozzarella
basil leaves
Break up the yeast in a cup with a little warm water, add 2 tbsp of flour and knead into a small ball. Leave it to rise for half an hour in a warm draftless place covered with a kitchen cloth. Form a mound with the flour and place the yeast "starter" in the middle. Add warm water, a little at a time, and work with your fingers then with your hands. Knead into a soft dough for about ten minutes. Let is rise for an hour and a half in a warm draftless place covered with a kitchen cloth.
Grease 4 oven sheets with olive oil. Heat the oven to 600° F - 300° C - G12.
Divide the dough into 4 and with well floured hands, slap it onto a hard surface to loosen it up, then flatten the dough out onto the oven sheets or roll it out with a rolling pin. It must be thin but take care not to make holes in it.
Place the seasoning on the dough just before you are ready to bake it, otherwise it goes soggy.
Ladle out the tomato onto the pizza then cut the mozzarella into many thin slices and arrange them on the tomato and drizzle with a little olive oil. Bake for about ten minutes until the edge rises well then decorate with fresh basil leaves and serve.
Pizza should be baked in a wood fired brick bread oven, but as this is almost impossible to find in a home we will have to make do with a gas or electric fired oven.
NB The oven must be really hot or the pizza takes too long to cook and hardens.
Margarita The Drink
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Tequila
1 oz Lemon or lime juice
1/2 oz Triple Sec
Preparation:
Rub rim of cocktail glass with rind of lemon or lime, dip rim in salt. Shake ingredients with ice and strain into the salt-rimmed glass.
Note difference in spelling.
2006-08-23 03:37:31 · answer #4 · answered by newsgirlinos2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, the two recipes came about separately from each other. Margharita pizza comes from Italy and is a longstanding tradition. Margarita the drink is from Mexico and came about when a local bartender created a drink and named it for his girlfriend.
2006-08-23 03:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by yellow_jellybeans_rock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In honor of Queen Margarita's visit they made a pizza for her in the Italian colors. Cheese, tomatoes and basil.
2006-08-23 03:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by CP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so but they call it that cause of the ingredients in them might be the same as in the pizza
2006-08-23 03:36:40 · answer #7 · answered by chnkychocolate20 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pay attention. I'm only going to say this once.
Margharita is a pizza.
Margarita is a cocktail.
See? If you could spell, you wouldn't have to ask.
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2006-08-23 03:36:45 · answer #8 · answered by Jack430 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting thread!
2016-08-14 04:01:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there is tuceala in the pizza
2006-08-23 03:41:40 · answer #10 · answered by pesky 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋