Margherita
Italian · pronounced mar-geh-REE-tah
Pizza dressed with tomato, mozzarella and basil. The AVPN disciplinare and the EU TSG registration both name it as one of only two pizzas defined in the protected standard, alongside marinara.
Literal meaning
Daisy; also the given name Margaret
Region
Naples, now international
Also known as
pizza margherita
Common misuse
Repeating the 1889 story — that Raffaele Esposito created it for Queen Margherita of Savoy in the colours of the Italian flag — as settled fact. The commemorative document supporting it has been questioned by historians, and tomato-mozzarella-basil pizza is attested in Naples before the royal visit.
Related
Evidence
Well established- International Regulation for True Neapolitan Pizza (Disciplinare Internazionale) — Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN)
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 97/2010 registering 'Pizza Napoletana' as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) — European Commission