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Pizza

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Pizza (Italian: [ˈpittsa], Neapolitan: [ˈpittsə]) is a savory dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, pineapple, meat, etc.) which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.^[1] A small pizza is sometimes called a pizzetta. A person who makes pizza is known as a pizzaiolo.

Type	Flatbread
Course	Lunch or dinner
Place of origin	Italy
Region or state	Campania (Naples)
Serving temperature	Hot or warm
Main ingredients	Dough, sauce (usually tomato sauce), cheese
Variations	Calzone, panzerotti, stromboli