The story goes like this — the year was , the King Umberto I and his beautiful wife Queen Margherita of Savoy were on a visit to Naples, the former capital of the southern kingdom.
Historians believe that the Queen grew tired of the gourmet French cuisine that was popular among royals across Europe at the time and summoned the most famous pizza-maker in Naples, Raffaele Esposito who she commissioned to create 3 different pizzas. The Queen did not like the first 2 pizzas Esposito presented, pizza marinara garlic and pizza Napoli anchovy ; however on his 3rd attempt he unveiled a pizza which Queen Margherita approved.
The pizza consisted of tomato sauce, mozzarella and a sprig of basil. Immediately after this Raffaele Esposito named his pizza the margherita and asked the Queen for a Royal Seal. A few days later a chamberlain sent Esposito a thank you note, one which still hangs on the walls of his descendants pizzeria. Now here is the mystery. So who forged the letter? The History and Mystery of the Margherita Pizza.
The most popular account of the invention of the margherita pizza starts in , which was the year Italy unified. In , King Umberto I and Queen Margherita visited Naples, which had formerly been the capital of the southern kingdom. Supposedly, Queen Margherita was bored of the gourmet French food that was, at the time, very popular with European royalty.
As such, she summoned Raffaele Esposito, who was the most famous pizza-maker in Naples at the time. Queen Margherita commissioned Esposito to make three different pizzas for her.
These included pizza marinara, which featured garlic, and pizza Napoli, which featured anchovy. The third pizza—inspired by the colours of the Italian flag—the Queen approved.
Esposito immediately named the pizza after Queen Margherita and asked her for a Royal Seal. The note which a chamberlain sent to Esposito still hangs in the pizzeria he worked at, Pizzeria Brandi. However, the veracity of this note has been contended amongst historians for several reasons. Historians have questioned: the disparities between the royal stamp and other royal stamps of the time, as well as its placement; the stationary used to write the note on; and the discrepancy in the handwriting, which was supposedly written by the chamberlain Camillo Galli.
Is this fable regarding the Queen of Margherita even true to begin with? Or, was just a fabrication to sell pizzas during a hard time? Nonetheless, the popularity of the margherita pizza is undeniable. Its deliciousness has stood the test of time. Pizza made its way outside the walls of Naples with the immigration of Italians to the United States around the late 19 th century. To complete the subscription process, kindly open your inbox and click on the confirmation link which has been emailed to you.
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