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Terms in Italian 8311-8320 of 10470

pizza pasquale

/PEETS-tsah pah-SKWAH-leh/
[Italian]

"Easter tart". There are many such tarts, but those from Lazio are likely to be a sort of cheesecake with honey.

pizza pasqualina

/PEETS-tsah pah-skwah-LEE-nah/
[Italian]

An Easter tart from Rieti in Lazio consisting of a multitude of ingredients, usually including Swiss chard, artichokes and ricotta, spread through 33 layers! May also be sweetened.

pizza (alla) perugina

/PEETS-tsah ahl-lah peh-roo-JEE-nah/
[Italian]

"Pizza in the style of Perugia". A pizza or flatbread spread with tomato sauce with ham and cheese, folded to make a pie.

pizza quattro stagione

/PEETS-tsah KWAHT-troh stah-JYOH-neh/
[Italian] plural pizze quattro stagione

"Four seasons pizza." Pizza made with ingredients in four parts, each part representing a different season; one quarter being with olives, another with prosciutto, one with artichokes and finally one with mushrooms.

pizza ripieno

/PEETS-tsah ree-PYEH-noh/
[Italian] plural pizze ripiene

"Stuffed pizza". Calzone. Pizza dough cut into circles stuffed, and folded over so that they become half moon shaped. Popular in Campania, Puglia and Basilicata. The filling might be ham and cheese, or salami, or onions, olives, anchovies, capers and cheese. In Puglia calzoni are smaller and may be either baked or fried. Efforts are being made to secure DOC status for this type of pizza, protecting and standardising the ingredients.

pizza (alla) romana

/PEETS-tsah ahl-lah roh-MAH-nah/
[Italian]

"Pizza in the style of Rome". A pizza or flatbread with no tomato sauce, but with anchovy fillets and mozzarella with basil, or with onions.

pizza rustica

/PEETS-tsah ROO-stee-kah/
[Italian]

"Rustic pizza." More of a pie, with a top and bottom short crust pastry crust, which may be sweetened, with "rustic" fillings such as local cheeses, ham and salami, peppers (US: bell peppers), eggs or spinach.

pizza sardenara

/PEETS-tsah (ahl-lah) sahr-deh-NAH-rah/
[Italian]

Pizza spread with tomato sauce and topped with olives, anchovies and onions.

pizza sardenaria

/PEETS-tsah sahr-deh-nah-REE-ah/
[Italian]

"Pizza with sardines". Pizza spread with tomato sauce and topped with sardines.

pizza sette occhi

/PEETS-tsah SEHT-teh OHK-kee/
[Italian]

"Pizza of seven eyes". A pizza from Abruzzo with thin strips of pizza dough laid across the top so that the holes resemble seven eyes.