Search locations or food
OR
Sign up

28 Traditional Italian Pizza Varieties Ranked From the Best To the Worst

Last update: Thu Mar 27 2025
28 Traditional Italian Pizza Varieties Ranked From the Best To the Worst
01
Pizza alla diavola
Pizza alla diavola infographic
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Diavola is a variety of Italian pizza that is traditionally topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy salami, and hot chili peppers. Black olives are optional and can be added for extra flavor.

MOST ICONIC Pizza alla diavola

View more
1
2
4
5
02
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes, and buffalo mozzarella are the standard toppings for pizza bufalina. Mozzarella di bufala, as they call it in Italy, is a type of mozzarella prepared with the milk of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo. Renowned for its rich flavor and tender texture, buffalo mozzarella gives this traditional pizza variety its distinctive, one-of-a-kind flavor.


Pizza bufalina is typically finished off with a drizzle of olive oil and a handful of fresh basil leaves before serving.

MOST ICONIC Pizza bufalina

View more
03
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

This is a variety of Italian pizza that is traditionally topped with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella di bufala, olive oil, and fresh basil leaves. It provides a great way to use up leftover tomatoes, and some cooks like to finish it off with a drizzle of balsamic reduction on top.

MOST ICONIC Caprese Pizza

View more
1
2
3
4
5
04
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Quattro formaggi is a variety of Italian pizza topped with a combination of four kinds of cheese, as the name suggests. Traditionally, the cheeses should be mozzarella and three other, local cheeses, depending on the region, such as Gorgonzola, Fontina, and Parmigiano-Reggiano.


Optionally, the pizza can be further enriched with the addition of basil and tomato. The combination of cheeses gives the pizza an unusual, unique flavor that is loved by cheese-aficionados all over the world.

MOST ICONIC Pizza quattro formaggi

View more
1
2
3
4
5
05
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

The name of this pizza literally translates to capricious, and seems quite appropriate, considering that the toppings tend to vary from one region to another. Capricciosa is made with an ever-changing combination of ingredients which most often include tomatoes, mozzarella, mushrooms, artichokes, ham, olives, and a sliced hard-boiled egg, whereas in central and northern Italy, it is not uncommon to add capers, sausages, and sometimes even anchovies.


One of Italy's favorite pizza varieties of the 1980s, capricciosa still sells well and is once again becoming increasingly popular.

MOST ICONIC Pizza capricciosa

View more
06
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Prosciutto e funghi is a pizza variety that is topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, thin slices of prosciutto cotto, and mushrooms. Some varieties can be topped with olives or served drizzled with olive oil.

MOST ICONIC Prosciutto e funghi pizza

07
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Funghi is a variety of Italian pizza that is traditionally topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, oil, and parsley.

MOST ICONIC Pizza ai funghi

View more
1
4
5
08

Pizza

LAZIO, Italy
4.3
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

The main thing about pizza Romana is its crust: thin, extremely crunchy, and almost cracker-like, which is why it is also known under the name scrocchiarella, meaning the crunchy one. There are a few things that make this pizza so light and crispy: olive oil - added to the basic dough - and less water in the mixture - the maximum hydration of the dough is up to 55 %.


Due to a harder consistency, this dough must be stretched with a rolling pin, unlike the softer Neapolitan variety that is shaped by hand with almost acrobatic moves while being tossed in the air. Once shaped, the dough is covered with a sparse layer of tomato sauce and chosen toppings – they can vary, but the most traditional combination would include mozzarella, anchovies, capers, chopped basil, and pecorino. 

MOST ICONIC Pizza Romana

View more
1
3
4
5
09
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Thin slices of salty prosciutto cotto or cooked ham, creamy mozzarella cheese, and a robust tomato sauce spread over a basic pizza dough make the pizza variety known as pizza prosciutto. This traditional pizza is usually drizzled with olive oil, seasoned with oregano, and garnished with fresh basil leaves.


Pizza prosciutto can be enriched with the addition of other ingredients such as artichoke hearts, mushrooms, or olives.

MOST ICONIC Pizza prosciutto

View more
1
2
3
4
5
10
Ate it? Rate it
Wanna try?
Add to list

Inspired by another Italian dish - the traditional Southern Italian specialty, known as parmigiana di melanzane or eggplant parmesan - pizza parmigiana is a tasty twist on this dish that uses the dish's main ingredients as toppings.


This pizza variety is traditionally topped with tomato sauce, eggplant slices (which are usually fried), mozzarella cheese, and plenty of grated Grana Padano cheese. The tomato sauce is usually enriched with garlic, onions, oregano, and basil. Once baked, the pizza is typically drizzled with olive oil and garnished with fresh basil leaves on top.

MOST ICONIC Pizza parmigiana

View more
1
2
4
5
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Pizza
NAPLES, Italy
3.3
28

TasteAtlas food rankings are based on the ratings of the TasteAtlas audience, with a series of mechanisms that recognize real users and that ignore bot, nationalist or local patriotic ratings, and give additional value to the ratings of users that the system recognizes as knowledgeable. For the “28 Traditional Italian Pizza Varieties Ranked From the Best To the Worst” list until March 27, 2025, 627,384 ratings were recorded, of which 404,417 were recognized by the system as legitimate. TasteAtlas Rankings should not be seen as the final global conclusion about food. Their purpose is to promote excellent local foods, instill pride in traditional dishes, and arouse curiosity about dishes you haven’t tried.