Italian: Pizza bianca is a type of flatbread originating in Rome, Italy. It is a plain yeast flatbread which more closely resembles focaccia than typical cheese-topped pizza.[1] It can be split and filled with ingredients such as prosciutto, Parmesan cheese or rocket[2] and is typically served hot. In 2019 the government of Italy declared Italian: Pizza Bianca Romana alla Pala del Fornaio a traditional agri-food product of Italy.[3]
See main article: Article and History of pizza. The mention of a Italian: pizza bianca mastunicola in 1666 in Italy was reported in a PDO file for the Italian: Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana as a dough base coated with lard complemented with cheese and basil. The Italian: pizza bianca is mentioned again multiple times during the 19th century, along with the Italian: pizza rossa, by comtemporaries from Italy and France. In 1903, Italian workers ate Italian: pizza bianca in the Old Port of Marseille.[4]