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pizza (alla) siciliana

/PEETS-tsah ahl-lah see-cheel-YAH-nah/
[Italian]

"Pizza in the style of Sicily". A pizza or flatbread spread with tomato sauce with anchovy fillets and grated pecorino cheese.

pizza (alla) toscana

/PEETS-tsah ahl-lah tohs-KAH-nah/
[Italian]

"Tuscan pie." A cake from Tuscany made with chestnut flour, pine nuts, sultanas, fennel and candied fruits.

pizzella

/peets-TSEH-lah/peets-TSEH-leh/
[Italian] plural pizzelle

Small pizzas from Tuscany, either sweet or savoury, but usually aniseed-flavoured and mostly fried. May have a topping of tomatoes and basil with Parmesan cheese or simply Parmesan and Ricotta, perhaps with fried greens, or dipped in sugar.

pizzelle alla barese

/peets-TSEH-leh ahl-lah bah-REH-seh/
[Italian]

Small potato pastries from Bari in Puglia with tomatoes and cheese.

pizzella casalinga

/peets-TSEH-leh kah-sah-LEEN-gheh/
[Italian] plural pizzelle casalinghe

Little pastry turnovers stuffed with endive (US: chicory), capers, anchovies, olives and sultanas and fried.

pizzeria

/peets-TSEH-ryah/
[Italian] plural pizzerie

A simple establishment making and selling pizzas. They may sell other dishes that can be cooked in a wood-burning oven, and which can be cooked in advance so that they do not interfere with the serious business of cooking pizzas.

pizzetta

/peets-TSEH-teh/
[Italian] plural pizzette

Small pizzas with a thin crust.

pizzette al basilico

/peets-TSEHT-teh ahl bah-SEE-lee-koh/
[Italian]

Slices of bread topped with a slice of mozzarella cheese, tomato and basil and baked until the cheese has melted.

pizzicati

[Italian]

Honey fritters, like little doughnuts dipped in honey.

pizzicheria

/peets-tsee-KEH-ryah/
[Italian] plural pizzicherie

In southern Italy this refers to a grocery shop or delicatessen where you can "pick" the items from the shelves.