Fugazza

Fugazzeta
Fugazza con queso
TypeFlatbread
Place of originArgentina
Region or stateBuenos Aires
Serving temperatureHot or warm
Main ingredientsDough, onions, cheese
Fugazzeta

Fugazza con queso (from Genoese dialect: fugassa), or simply fugazza, is a common type of Argentine pizza, originating in Buenos Aires, that consists of a thick pizza crust topped with onions, cheese, and sometimes olives.[1] It is derived from a combination of Neapolitan pizza with Italian focaccia bread.

Fugazza and its variations are believed to have been invented by a Genoese-Argentine pizza maker named Juan Banchero sometime between 1893 and 1932, who served it out of a pizza shop bearing his name. Banchero's pizza shop continues to sell fugazza to this day in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca, which historically served as a home to Genovese immigrants to Argentina.[2]

  1. ^ "PIZZA FUGAZZA CON QUESO – PIZZA ARGENTINA". Cómeme la pizza. 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Los inventores de la fugazza con queso". Clarín. 12 February 2006.