| Across the country of Italy, the homeland of the pizza | | | | authentic Sicilian style pizza is another element of this |
| pie, there are a number of different variations that | | | | type of pie that sets it apart from most other |
| people have come to love. One of these variations is | | | | variations. |
| the Sicilian style pizza. Through this brief article you are | | | | Beginning in the 1990s, a number of pizza restaurants |
| provided a look at the Sicilian style pizza in its most | | | | got onto the proverbial "Sicilian pizza" bandwagon. |
| traditional form. The fact is that through the years, in | | | | However, with that said, while they were making |
| many countries around the world, there have been | | | | delicious pies, and while they were calling them Sicilian, |
| innumerable attempts to refashion Sicilian style pizza. | | | | in fact the pizzas that were crafted really were not |
| However, when all is said and done, purists will tell you | | | | Sicilian in the strictest sense of the world. |
| directly that there is only one way to make true Sicilian | | | | For example, a number of restaurants and bistros |
| style pizza. | | | | around the world (and off the island of Sicily) |
| When it comes to tradition, there probably are very | | | | introduced rectangular shaped pizzas that were |
| few other places in the world that are more | | | | topped with sauce and cheese. Again, authentic Sicilian |
| connected to their history than are the people of Sicily. | | | | pizza has not toppings (everything is baked in the |
| This includes all aspects of life on the island, including | | | | crust) and no cheese. |
| when it comes to food and dining. Therefore, the | | | | What these restaurants and bistros did bake into the |
| manner in which Sicilian style pizza is made is | | | | crust were herbs like basil, oregano and garlic. The end |
| something that has been passed along from | | | | result certainly were delicious pizza pies. But, authentic |
| generation to generation. | | | | Sicilian pizza they were not. |
| The most fundamental difference between Sicilian | | | | The reality is that through the years there have been |
| style pizza and other variations of the pizza pie rests | | | | many variations on some of the more traditional |
| in ths fact that all - all - of the ingredients are backed | | | | pizzas. While a Sicilian pizza purist might balk at some |
| directly into - into - the crust. Everything. | | | | to the transformations given to the delectable offering, |
| An authentic Sicilian pizza recipe utilizes a variety of | | | | the end result has been some tasty hybrids that do |
| different ingredients. However, neither anchovies nor | | | | pay tribute on some level to the magnificent Sicilian |
| cheese are ever used in traditional Sicilian style pizza. | | | | pizza. |
| Indeed, the absence of cheese in traditional and | | | | |