Iranian pizza

{{Short description|Style of pizza served in Iran and the Iranian diaspora}}

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{{Infobox prepared food

| name = Iranian pizza

| image = File:Makhsoos (Special) Pizza.jpg

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| caption = An Iranian-style special pizza (Makhsoos)

| alternate_name = Persian pizza

| country = Iran, Iranian diaspora

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| type = Pizza

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| main_ingredient = Pizza dough, cheese, tomato sauce, Persian Spices

| variations = Iranian-style toppings, lacking base sauce.

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File:Makhloot (Mixed) Pizza.jpg

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Iranian pizza (Persian: پیتزای ایرانی) also known as Persian pizza (پیتزای پارسی)[https://web.archive.org/web/20160911194307/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2626450591.html "USPTO IssuesTrademark: Persian Pizza.]" US Fed News Service, Including US State News. 2012. HighBeam Research. August 15, 2016. {{Cite news|date=August 4, 2011|first1= C. Thi |last1=Nguyen|title=Persian pizza and much more at Café Glacé: The Find |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/la-xpm-2011-aug-04-la-fo-find-cafe-glace-20110804-story.html|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|archive-date=2012-03-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308145857/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/04/food/la-fo-find-cafe-glace-20110804|access-date=2021-09-29}} The Find: Café Glacé's Persian Pizza is a Cheesy Delight{{Cite journal|last=Alinejad|first=Donya|date=2013-01-01|title=Locating Home in a "Digital Age": An Ethnographic Case Study of Second-Generation Iranian Americans in LA and their Use of Internet Media|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00210862.2012.743309|journal=Iranian Studies|volume=46|issue=1|pages=95–113|doi=10.1080/00210862.2012.743309|s2cid=143888527|issn=0021-0862|quote=… In 2010, the LA Times' coverage of an innovative, Iranian-run establishment in the “Living” rubric referred to the restaurant “Café Glacé” as making “Persian Pizza.” In a city in which the practice of “eating out” is a regular affair, awareness of LA's abundance of other ethnically …|url-access=subscription}} refers to the various styles of pizza and its preparation rather than its toppings. It is characterized by its thick bread and large amounts of cheese. Iranian pizza is served in Iran and places affected by the Iranian diaspora. It is usually made with minced meat, beef sausage, bell pepper, mushroom, mozzarella cheese, and Persian spices.{{Cite journal|last=Hoffman|first=Diane M.|date=1989|title=Self and Culture Revisited: Culture Acquisition among Iranians in the United States|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/640303|journal=Ethos|volume=17|issue=1|pages=32–49|doi=10.1525/eth.1989.17.1.02a00020|jstor=640303|issn=0091-2131|quote=… Even at the most elemental level of cuisine, stories of "personal success" such as that of the "Iranian Pizza Man" (Iran Times, May 17, 1985) demonstrate the creative possibilities inherent in combining ingredients from the two cultures in a sort of "Iranian Pizza."|url-access=subscription}}