Created in Napoli (Naples) the year 1889 by Raffaele Esposito on occasion of the visit of Queen Margherita who was accompanying her husband King Umberto I. Esposito created for the event three pizza, but Queen Margherita liked particularly that with mozzarella and tomato, which from this time on is called in her honor Pizza Margherita.
Margherita is the simplest and most appreciated among all pizza types, specially children like it. Tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella, olive oil and basil leaves, just as simple as that, but it can satisfy even the most demanding palate, as long as the ingredients are of good quality.
