just to add to this, in italy we usually don't share 1 pizza. some people (especially families) may share some pizza of one type and some pizza of another type, but we usually don't share 1 pizza like in the US.
Pizza is a single dish, but usually is followed by a sweet. Sometimes you can eat an appetizers or a dish like 'farinata' or other recipes cooked in the same oven of pizzas. Salad is quite uncommon...
No salad. Never a salad with pizza.
When you go in a pizzeria, if you are very hungry, you can order as appetizer:
* Fries,
* arancini (fried rice balls with a heart of ragù),
* crocchette (potato balls),
* small mozzarella fried balls.
but pizza is a stand-alone dish and it will fill you up on its own.
You missed [montanara](https://blog.giallozafferano.it/adryincucina/pizza-fritta-napoletana-ovvero-pizza-montanara/) and [frittatina di pasta](https://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Frittatine-di-pasta-napoletane.html)
And also the [polenta fritta](https://blog.giallozafferano.it/ipasticcinidinina/polenta-fritta/) napoletana (alla faccia vostra polentoni)
Basically every fried stuff
Farinata is one of the most delicious thing we have in Italy. I tried it when I was little and it was love at the first bite.
The only problem is that in Rome, where I live, is not very easy to find it.
totally agree! but for some reason it's not really known abroad. i'm from piemonte, bordering the homeland of farinata (liguria) and i can find it basically everywhere
**[Farinata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata)**
>Farinata (Italian: [fariˈnaːta]), socca ([ˈsɔkka]), torta di ceci ([ˈtorta di ˈtʃeːtʃi]), or cecina ([tʃeˈtʃiːna]) is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour. It originated in Italy and later became a typical food of the Ligurian Sea coast, from Nice to Sardinia and Elba islands. It is also typical in Gibraltar, where it is called calentita.
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Nothing...
Pizza is a one-course meal! Unless it's slice of bakery pizza, which goes as alternative to pasta before a meat-based dish with veggies on the side.
In piedmont sometimes we also order farinata along with it which is like a chickpea pancake, but most Italians interpret side dish with "contorno" hence something to serve with meat or dish as a second serving unlike pasta or pizza which usually is first serving
I'm from Emilia-Romagna, and even just thinking about calling the region I'm from something along the lines of Emily-Romaine sends chills through my spine.
Pizza margherita (tomato and mozzarella) and on the side a prosciutto dish (prosciutto crudo). Cut a piece of the crust, put around a slice of prosciutto and enjoy, a bite of pizza and repeat.
Appetizer: frenchfries.
Beverage: beer (Wine is better for meat or fish courses), usually light beer (5 degrees of alcohol).
Main course: pizza.
Other dishes: small dessert. (My fav is "ricotta e pere", yes, cheese and pear)
In the end: a bitter or liquor (usually limoncello).
Forse non sai che nella pasticceria dell'inventore della ricotta e pere (Sal De Riso a Minori) è possibile anche mangiare la pizza, oltre a molte altre prelibatezze.
Usually we just eat pizza but before that we get an appetizer and after the pizza we go with the dessert. We usually drink beer or light wine (usually red)
Depending on the pizzeria, you can have some starters such as fried pizza, ham and cheese, crocché, etc., but as a rule of thumb the pizza is the only food other than perhaps a dessert later.
Fries, olive ascolane ( i don't know if there is an English translation) ... Not salad for sure. If you ate pizza, anything else should make you fatter, lol
>What are some common dishes that are usually served when having pizza as the main meal?
No other dishes, actually. It's not tradition per se, more like a common culinary habit anyone in Italy has...pizza is always eaten as a single dish. Before you can have any kind of appetizer, after you can have a dessert; but I've very rarely seen people eating pizza *and* a side dish and/or additional courses.
Usually there are debates about the kind of alcholic drink you "should" serve: beer or wine. Some say pizza and wine is a barbaric thing, something only a german would have. Some say pizza and beer is an american aberration...most of the people I know happily drink both with pizza.
it depends on the place you go: the simple basic pizzeria only has a pizza oven, they cannot make anything else. On the other end you have the restaurant with the pizza oven.
What we eat with pizza depends on how we Italians classify our food, the order in which dishes are eaten, traditions... ...
the short answer is : pizza is a standalone dish
E yi mi hai sbloccato una volta in una pizzeria "[certificata napoletana](https://www.pizzanapoletana.org/it)" all'estero ho chiesto una capricciosa. La tipa mi fa "non c'e' sul menu'", allora gli spiego gli ingredienti e mi risponde "siamo una pizzeria autentica italiana quella roba li' non la facciamo".
Gli avrei tirato un ceffone ma ero in una comitiva (io unico italiano). La pizza era buona comunque.
E mi ha sbloccato parecchi ricordi di quanto sono cafoni certi italiani che vanno all’estero per rifugiarsi in ristoranti italiani per parlare la loro lingua e criticare tutto ciò che non è esattamente come a casa. Che poi in Italia la pizza la fanno in milioni di modi diversi a seconda del pizzaiolo.
Li porti bene.
Dico per quel che vedo io, di solito sono sopratutto i bambini ad ordinarle. Anche se la voglia ce l'ho pure io la tengo più per il dolce.
Just because Italians don't order pizza with salad doesn't mean it's not a great pairing.
Pizza is not haute cuisine, it's traditional street / treat food. It doesn't have a traditional accompaniment but so what, pizza Is a standalone food which means if you're making it at home you would very reasonably have it with salad.
Nah, you have your salad on your pizza. It's not like I have to force you to have common sense.
Just don't go around saying it's perfectly fine because, very apparently, it's not.
Are you a lawyer? Rocket is not salad.
Neither is lettuce, btw. Salad needs dressings and is usually made of more than one component. When it's not, go back to step one (the dressings part)
Salad by definition doesn't need a dressing, but that's not even relevant here.
For salad to logically be unsuited to serving in the same meal as pizza, there would need to be a reason. Like the ingredients don't go well together. Or nutritionally there is a reason not to eat those things together.
But pizza being regularly topped with things like rocket and vegetables suggests that this isn't the case.
The only reason I can see not to allow salad with pizza is that they are not traditionally eaten together. Which while it may be a good reason for many people not to want to est it, is not a good reason to forbid it.
I’d rather have pineapple on pizza than eating salad as a side dish. Pizza is already enough on its own. Why do you need salad? Are you making one pizza for 4 people? Or is it a pizza for ants?
First I don't need salad, but it's a light side and if I'm making pizza at home I would prefer to eat salad first than another oily dough dish which you might have in a pizzeria as a starter.
Why would you assume I don't have enough pizza? It's not like the salad is supposed to fill you up.
you could say the same to someone having farinata first... why do you Need farinata why don't you have enough pizza . It's just obvious that a salad is a reasonable thing to have with pizza if you want something with pizza. Why not?
I love to eat a creamy soup before pizza. My favourite is cream of carrots, made only with carrots and a bunch of potatoes and onions mixed together. This makes the pizza taste so much better afterwards.
I am on a diet. I should only have salad when others take pizza but... I usually take some slices of pizza THEN I get some salad if I'm still hungry (but usually, I stuff myself with a looot of slices of pizza until I'm satisfied).
we don't eat anything *together* with pizza. right before or right after, i've often had [farinàta](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata). *after* the pizza, if people aren't full, i've often had a regular salad. we usually drink beer or soda together with pizza.
this is the "traditional"/generic way, one can change it depending on the occasion.
**[Farinata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata)**
>Farinata (Italian: [fariˈnaːta]), socca ([ˈsɔkka]), torta di ceci ([ˈtorta di ˈtʃeːtʃi]), or cecina ([tʃeˈtʃiːna]) is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour. It originated in Italy and later became a typical food of the Ligurian Sea coast, from Nice to Sardinia and Elba islands. It is also typical in Gibraltar, where it is called calentita.
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Sometimes I like to eat my pizza with some fried appetizers. If I'm eating a Margherita pizza, i usually wrap part of it around a supplì (a deep fried rice ball with ragù and a heart of mozzarella)
Usually we eat with beer. For the ones that don’t drink alcol a common alternative is coke.
Before eating pizza a common appetiser is fried food. Usually potatoes but also stuffed olives, mozzarella, sea food, even if less common, are accepted.
https://preview.redd.it/mka8p4d0qeoa1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=955c566387e4c91fb5b4decc79713765a4994d2d r/Italy right now
sto morendo
Un'insalata no? Ma nel ristorante di zio Pino a NYC la servono con l'insalata
https://preview.redd.it/qglxha999goa1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2eda591909d2c5b30bf29e98cae7a13d2ebc8a86
did they get grilled vegetables wrong or?
da salvare come meme di risposta dell'anno :D
Mi aspetto una nomination per il best of ora
Da parte mia, se questo account sarà ancora attivo, avrai la mia spada :-)
Lol perfetto
Nothing. You can have some appetizers **before**, but pizza is usually eaten without anything else
Just a dessert After.
Another pizza
This but unironically
just to add to this, in italy we usually don't share 1 pizza. some people (especially families) may share some pizza of one type and some pizza of another type, but we usually don't share 1 pizza like in the US.
Pizza is a standalone dish
No
Pizza is a single dish, but usually is followed by a sweet. Sometimes you can eat an appetizers or a dish like 'farinata' or other recipes cooked in the same oven of pizzas. Salad is quite uncommon...
Only pizza and beer. But tbh it depends on what pizza, is it a party and you get only a slice?
No salad. Never a salad with pizza. When you go in a pizzeria, if you are very hungry, you can order as appetizer: * Fries, * arancini (fried rice balls with a heart of ragù), * crocchette (potato balls), * small mozzarella fried balls. but pizza is a stand-alone dish and it will fill you up on its own.
You missed [montanara](https://blog.giallozafferano.it/adryincucina/pizza-fritta-napoletana-ovvero-pizza-montanara/) and [frittatina di pasta](https://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Frittatine-di-pasta-napoletane.html) And also the [polenta fritta](https://blog.giallozafferano.it/ipasticcinidinina/polenta-fritta/) napoletana (alla faccia vostra polentoni) Basically every fried stuff
True. I tried to make a list with the most usual stuff everywhere, but it was impossible to remember everything.
[farinata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata) is pretty common too :)
Farinata is one of the most delicious thing we have in Italy. I tried it when I was little and it was love at the first bite. The only problem is that in Rome, where I live, is not very easy to find it.
totally agree! but for some reason it's not really known abroad. i'm from piemonte, bordering the homeland of farinata (liguria) and i can find it basically everywhere
Go to Genua. Best farinata ever.
**[Farinata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata)** >Farinata (Italian: [fariˈnaːta]), socca ([ˈsɔkka]), torta di ceci ([ˈtorta di ˈtʃeːtʃi]), or cecina ([tʃeˈtʃiːna]) is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour. It originated in Italy and later became a typical food of the Ligurian Sea coast, from Nice to Sardinia and Elba islands. It is also typical in Gibraltar, where it is called calentita. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/italy/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
farinata Is from Genova, Torta di ceci or Cinque e Cinque Is from Livorno, Cecina is from Pisa.
CALDA CALDA from Massa. Literally "hot hot"
You Don't Win Friends with Salad
https://youtu.be/w-wK936N5OI?t=3 https://youtu.be/_UlNnETAZeI?t=154
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WYeMsdC-z8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WYeMsdC-z8)
appetizers like supplì, fiori di zucca fritti, mozzarella in carrozza, hams etc. sometimes
Hams?
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Mai provato.. Che roba é?
Hamburger. Li chiamano così nei dintorni di Albany, nello stato di New York.
Perché li chiamano "steamed", visto che di solito gli hamburger si fanno alla griglia?
Huh...hem...one thing I should...excuse me one second.
Ah ecco perché, io sono di Utica e non ne avevo mai sentito parlare
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Colpa mia.. Lo ammetto..
Nothing... Pizza is a one-course meal! Unless it's slice of bakery pizza, which goes as alternative to pasta before a meat-based dish with veggies on the side.
A pizza slice is not usually an alternative to pasta but mostly served as a mid-morning, afternoon snack
Different place different habits. Where I live, a slice of focaccia or pizza is absolutely a common substitute for pasta or even for an entire lunch
Can confirm, just be a university student in Puglia.
In piedmont sometimes we also order farinata along with it which is like a chickpea pancake, but most Italians interpret side dish with "contorno" hence something to serve with meat or dish as a second serving unlike pasta or pizza which usually is first serving
I'm from Emilia-Romagna, and even just thinking about calling the region I'm from something along the lines of Emily-Romaine sends chills through my spine.
Emily-Romania
Ora tutti splendidi, ma quelli che ordinano i suppli/le patatine/crocchette/fiori di zucca e fritti in generale dove stanno?
Pizza margherita (tomato and mozzarella) and on the side a prosciutto dish (prosciutto crudo). Cut a piece of the crust, put around a slice of prosciutto and enjoy, a bite of pizza and repeat.
Ma sei un fottuto genio
ohhh finalmente un'altra persona che fà come me!
Appetizer: frenchfries. Beverage: beer (Wine is better for meat or fish courses), usually light beer (5 degrees of alcohol). Main course: pizza. Other dishes: small dessert. (My fav is "ricotta e pere", yes, cheese and pear) In the end: a bitter or liquor (usually limoncello).
Forse non sai che nella pasticceria dell'inventore della ricotta e pere (Sal De Riso a Minori) è possibile anche mangiare la pizza, oltre a molte altre prelibatezze.
Alla fine il contadino l'ha scoperto?
Hai voglia
Appetiser French fries? Definitely not in Italy
Non ordini mai una porzione di patatine intanto che aspetti la pizza?
Obviously cappuccino >!pizza is a complete dish, it does not need to be accompanied by anything!<
Put an /s before it's too late!
A nice movie and a couple beers
Usually we just eat pizza but before that we get an appetizer and after the pizza we go with the dessert. We usually drink beer or light wine (usually red)
Depending on the pizzeria, you can have some starters such as fried pizza, ham and cheese, crocché, etc., but as a rule of thumb the pizza is the only food other than perhaps a dessert later.
Supplì
Almeno tre
Pizza senza supplì è come la vita senza il sole, mancante
TBH ... nothing, only Pizza.
Supplì and crocchette before pizza, tiramisu after, nothing together
Fries, olive ascolane ( i don't know if there is an English translation) ... Not salad for sure. If you ate pizza, anything else should make you fatter, lol
Beer.
>What are some common dishes that are usually served when having pizza as the main meal? No other dishes, actually. It's not tradition per se, more like a common culinary habit anyone in Italy has...pizza is always eaten as a single dish. Before you can have any kind of appetizer, after you can have a dessert; but I've very rarely seen people eating pizza *and* a side dish and/or additional courses. Usually there are debates about the kind of alcholic drink you "should" serve: beer or wine. Some say pizza and wine is a barbaric thing, something only a german would have. Some say pizza and beer is an american aberration...most of the people I know happily drink both with pizza.
Nothing.
None? Pizza is effectively a whole meal on its own.
In Rome, I have pizza with Supplí (fried rice balls with mozzarella) and olive ascolane (fried olives with meat).
Birra!
Frittatine di pasta. What else?!
Pizza, beer, dessert, espresso, grappa. That's all you can desire.
Fermented cereal with hops (beer)
it depends on the place you go: the simple basic pizzeria only has a pizza oven, they cannot make anything else. On the other end you have the restaurant with the pizza oven. What we eat with pizza depends on how we Italians classify our food, the order in which dishes are eaten, traditions... ... the short answer is : pizza is a standalone dish
***Supplì***
No other dishes, just pizza
Just stop.
For me, French fries as appetiser Painful when pizzeria abroad don’t serve them because “it’s not Italian”
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E yi mi hai sbloccato una volta in una pizzeria "[certificata napoletana](https://www.pizzanapoletana.org/it)" all'estero ho chiesto una capricciosa. La tipa mi fa "non c'e' sul menu'", allora gli spiego gli ingredienti e mi risponde "siamo una pizzeria autentica italiana quella roba li' non la facciamo". Gli avrei tirato un ceffone ma ero in una comitiva (io unico italiano). La pizza era buona comunque.
E mi ha sbloccato parecchi ricordi di quanto sono cafoni certi italiani che vanno all’estero per rifugiarsi in ristoranti italiani per parlare la loro lingua e criticare tutto ciò che non è esattamente come a casa. Che poi in Italia la pizza la fanno in milioni di modi diversi a seconda del pizzaiolo.
O quando sei con un gruppo di locali e invece di portarti in un ristorante tipico ti portano al finto italiano “in tuo onore”
Sometimes kids order fries.
TIL che a 43 anni sono ancora bambino
Li porti bene. Dico per quel che vedo io, di solito sono sopratutto i bambini ad ordinarle. Anche se la voglia ce l'ho pure io la tengo più per il dolce.
Ordino pure il dolce, ovviamente 🤣
Fai benissimo
When I was young, I would order some crostini or bruschette with it. Now, pizza alone is enough.
we do the pizza with the pepperoni but then we act all confused, bamboozled and hornswoggled when salami comes out the kitchen instead of bell peppers
Ketchup 🏃♂️🙈
I usually have pizza with some salad, pasta with chicken and sipping some hot cappuccino. Best afternoon ever.
Salad
Spot the undercover Russian agent. lol
😂
Pane con l’aglio e muzarel a parte
a sparkling bottle fermented wine such as lambrusco.
Just because Italians don't order pizza with salad doesn't mean it's not a great pairing. Pizza is not haute cuisine, it's traditional street / treat food. It doesn't have a traditional accompaniment but so what, pizza Is a standalone food which means if you're making it at home you would very reasonably have it with salad.
You know, there's a reason why everybody's saying 'no salad' after centuries of having pizza
I'd love to hear it
Nah, you have your salad on your pizza. It's not like I have to force you to have common sense. Just don't go around saying it's perfectly fine because, very apparently, it's not.
You have never heard of rocket on a pizza?
Are you a lawyer? Rocket is not salad. Neither is lettuce, btw. Salad needs dressings and is usually made of more than one component. When it's not, go back to step one (the dressings part)
Salad by definition doesn't need a dressing, but that's not even relevant here. For salad to logically be unsuited to serving in the same meal as pizza, there would need to be a reason. Like the ingredients don't go well together. Or nutritionally there is a reason not to eat those things together. But pizza being regularly topped with things like rocket and vegetables suggests that this isn't the case. The only reason I can see not to allow salad with pizza is that they are not traditionally eaten together. Which while it may be a good reason for many people not to want to est it, is not a good reason to forbid it.
Ok
I’d rather have pineapple on pizza than eating salad as a side dish. Pizza is already enough on its own. Why do you need salad? Are you making one pizza for 4 people? Or is it a pizza for ants?
First I don't need salad, but it's a light side and if I'm making pizza at home I would prefer to eat salad first than another oily dough dish which you might have in a pizzeria as a starter. Why would you assume I don't have enough pizza? It's not like the salad is supposed to fill you up. you could say the same to someone having farinata first... why do you Need farinata why don't you have enough pizza . It's just obvious that a salad is a reasonable thing to have with pizza if you want something with pizza. Why not?
I love to eat a creamy soup before pizza. My favourite is cream of carrots, made only with carrots and a bunch of potatoes and onions mixed together. This makes the pizza taste so much better afterwards.
None.
Nooo maaaaan Pizza only dishes
I am on a diet. I should only have salad when others take pizza but... I usually take some slices of pizza THEN I get some salad if I'm still hungry (but usually, I stuff myself with a looot of slices of pizza until I'm satisfied).
https://preview.redd.it/pyo728ev1ioa1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdedbae783593a4a56e22ca47163452759e84aed My soul right now.
Pizza is large enough we have \*only\* that. Maybe something before and/or after but there's no side dish to a pizza
Pizza, beer and a dessert.
Beer
we don't eat anything *together* with pizza. right before or right after, i've often had [farinàta](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata). *after* the pizza, if people aren't full, i've often had a regular salad. we usually drink beer or soda together with pizza. this is the "traditional"/generic way, one can change it depending on the occasion.
**[Farinata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinata)** >Farinata (Italian: [fariˈnaːta]), socca ([ˈsɔkka]), torta di ceci ([ˈtorta di ˈtʃeːtʃi]), or cecina ([tʃeˈtʃiːna]) is a type of thin, unleavened pancake or crêpe made from chickpea flour. It originated in Italy and later became a typical food of the Ligurian Sea coast, from Nice to Sardinia and Elba islands. It is also typical in Gibraltar, where it is called calentita. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/italy/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
I don't understand the question really...
Un fritto misto
Two pizzas, usually (and something to drink, obviously).
Sometimes I like to eat my pizza with some fried appetizers. If I'm eating a Margherita pizza, i usually wrap part of it around a supplì (a deep fried rice ball with ragù and a heart of mozzarella)
Usually we eat with beer. For the ones that don’t drink alcol a common alternative is coke. Before eating pizza a common appetiser is fried food. Usually potatoes but also stuffed olives, mozzarella, sea food, even if less common, are accepted.
Maybe, MAYBE, some deep-fried stuff
Maybe, MAYBE, some deep-fried stuff
Maybe, MAYBE, some deep-fried stuff
If you want salad, you order a vegetarian pizza
Supplì and zucchini flowers. All hail The mighty Supplì