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Little Napoli serves the real Neopolitan pizza. They are the entire opposite to the American pizza, which most of us are brought up on. So do come here with an open mind as it is a different dish altogether and not to be compared. The Little Napoli pizzas are excellent. I try to eat it on the small dining table up front, just as it comes out of the oven, not sliced, not shared, with a knife and a fork. When I had my first pizza in Naples nearly 40 years ago, I was shocked. How can this city clai
The Little Napoli pizzas are excellent. I try to eat it on the small dining table up front, just as it comes out of the oven, not sliced, not shared, with a knife and a fork.
When I had my first pizza in Naples nearly 40 years ago, I was shocked. How can this city claim to be the inventor of the pizza, and yet almost everything about this pizza is wrong in some ways compared to the pizzas I know?
The truth is, the Neopolitan pizza is an entirely different dish. It is fine dining with the best ingredients. Not intended for munching in a hurry. Of course I also enjoy the American pizzas and Roman pizzas. They are just entirely different.
These fine ingredients are some of the best local produce in and around Naples. Such as -
Mozzarella Bufula DOP (from water buffaloes, government certified as being of protected origin)
Fior di latte (fine cheese from other cow species)
Tomato from the Vesuvius volano region.
Basil from Campana.
Many more. Many conform to the modern Italian concept of "slow food", of sustainable origin and to be carefully cooked.
Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (VPN Association) prescribed the standards that must be observed before a pizza can be called Neopolitan pizza.
These excellent ingredients are not spoiled by being baked hard into the pizza dough and are somewhat soupy. They are kept fresh, not browned.
The pizza has a soft bottom crust but a puffy, lightly charred crust on the border. So you can choose to eat with the thin or the thick.
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