Fugazza
Fugazza is a common type of Argentine pizza, originating in Buenos Aires, 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.
Fugazza and its variations are believed to have been invented sometime between 1893 and 1932 by pizza maker Juan Banchero, who served it out of a pizza shop bearing his name.
Characteristics and varieties
Fugazza is typically prepared with the following ingredients:- Argentine pizza dough, 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
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 the same ingredients of the Argentinian fugazza but in backwards order.