The day is a real celebration for pie lovers. An opportunity to eat your favorite dish without limits. After all, calories don’t count on this day. And we have good news for fans of this holiday – you can celebrate it several times a year.
Pizza Day 2025. When is it?
As we wrote above, lovers of Italian delicacies can celebrate more than one day a year. World Pizza Day is January 17. In 2025 it is Friday. The next opportunity to overeat with impunity is on Friday, February 9. Then International Pizza Day is celebrated.
The History of Pizza
As with most culinary delights, pizza was born out of poverty. According to historians, this happened in Naples, among others. because in the 16th century the city was the most populous in Europe, and the homeless and unemployed needed a cheap and filling meal to survive. The first pizzeria in this city was established in 1738. The restaurant owner wanted to diversify his business, so he used his oven to bake pizza. This is how the later Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba was created. Alexander Dumas wrote about Neapolitan takeaway pancakes, and the founder of the “Il Matino” newspaper believed that this dish was tasty only for Neapolitans. Only the visit of Margaret of Savoy (the queen in whose honor Margherita was created) made these delicacies famous beyond the city limits.
Neapolitan pizza. What are its characteristics?
According to theory, the diameter of a real Neapolitan pizza should not exceed 35 cm. The edge (corincione) must be browned but not burnt, 1-2 cm thick. Flexible, bending under the finger and returning to its original shape. The center cannot be thicker than 0.5 cm.
Pizza that melts in your mouth. What does pizza fritta taste like?
In addition to the generally known pizza, there is also pizza fritta – fried and fatty, it is a bit like a cloud filled with a delicious filling, e.g. ricotta. Stuffed dough, deep-fried, initially filled the bellies of well-employed people and those without a job but in the comfort of their homes. During World War II, enterprising women decided to make money from this dish. On the streets of Naples, they placed deep and wide frying pans (phocones) in which they fried dumpling-shaped pizzas and French fries. Although it is known that every Italian woman cooks the best, and certainly makes the best pizza, this was not the time for competition. The ladies set days when each of them could sell their products, and customers signed up for these specialties in special notebooks. They could pay for the food after eight days. This is where the Neapolitan tradition comes from – a ogge a otto, or eat today, pay in eight days. Today there are many variations of this dish. One of the most delicious is the version with buffalo milk ricotta (ricotta and mozzarella di Buffala are the pride of Campania). The most traditional is pizza fritta montanara – stuffed with tomatoes and mozzarella. Apparently it was a traditional meal for workers working on the coast. The first mention of it dates back to 1600. Where to eat? In almost every pizzeria, but the verified address is Pizzeria Sorbillo at Dei Tribunali 32. It is also worth visiting Antica Frigattoria La Masardona at via Giulio Cesare Capaccio 27. The pizzeria has been operating since 1945 and serves food from 10 am.
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The best pizzerias in Naples. Verified addresses
Although it is difficult to find a bad pizza in Naples, some of them stand out with their taste. And by the way, some of them have an interesting history. The iconic Pizzeria Sorbillo, whose history dates back to 1935, is a place worth checking out. Gino Sorbillo’s grandparents had 21 children and all of them became pizzaioli. The pizza is as light as a cloud, and the tomatoes and mozzarella wrapped in dough melt in your mouth. Next to the traditional pizzeria, there is also a window selling fritta pizza. Address: Dei Tribunali 32. It is also worth visiting Da Attilo at via Pignasecca 17. It has been operating since 1938. Founded by Attio Bachetti’s grandfather, from whom the current owner inherited the surname, which is a brand among the locals. Also – Da Michele (the one from the movie “Eat, Pray, Love”) at via Cesare Sersale 1/3. Founded in 1870, it serves only two types: margherita and marinara, for which there are long queues like those at Sorbillo. Also try the pizza from Concettina Ai Tre Santi Ciro Oliva, at via Arena Alla Sanita 7 Bis.
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