Fugazza

Fugazza (from Genoese: fugassa) is a common type of Argentine pizza, originating in Buenos Aires,^[1] that consists of a thick pizza crust topped with onions and sometimes olives. A similar variant known as fugazza con queso or americana includes mozzarella cheese along with the aforementioned ingredients. It is derived from a combination of Neapolitan pizza with Italian focaccia bread.

Fugazzeta

Fugazza con queso
Type	Flatbread
Place of origin	Argentina
Region or state	Buenos Aires
Serving temperature	Hot or warm
Main ingredients	Dough, onions, cheese

Fugazzeta

Fugazza and its variations are believed to have been invented sometime between 1893 and 1932 by pizza maker named Juan Banchero, who served it out of a pizza shop bearing his name..^[2]

Characteristics and varieties

Fugazza is typically prepared with the following ingredients:^[3]

• Argentine pizza dough ("masa"—meaning at least three focaccia-like centimetres when served, or the more moderate "half-dough"—"media masa"), characterized by a spongy consistency, and far more water and leavening than a Neapolitan pizza crust
• low-moisture cow's milk mozzarella
• White onions
• green onion
• sweet onions
• oregano
• Parmesan cheese
• olive oil

Fugazzetta is a variation on fugazza in which the cheese is baked in between two pizza crusts (usually media masa), and the onions are placed on top.^[4]

Figazza is a version of fugazza from Uruguay, where the main difference is the lack of cheese or any middle filling, also the portions are cut to the style of Uruguayan pizza, which is in rectangular pieces, and it can have additional topping of olives and bell peppers, a less common version of Uruguayan figazza is figazza con muzzarella, where mozzarella cheese is put on top of the onions, almost same ingredients of Argentinian fugazza but backwards order.^[5][6]

See also

• Argentina portal
• Food portal