VPN certified Pizza is Verace Pizza Napoletana that translates to True Neapolitan Pizza.

This kind of pizza is certified by the Italian Government to be made a certain way with certified ingredients in a certified oven. The result is an unique smaller pizza that has a puffy crust ends and has a very tender soft crust. These pizzas usually have more sauce than cheese and are usually soft and wet in the middle so they are impossible to eat by the slice and you have to eat them with a knife and fork.

There are three styles of VPN Certified Neapolitan Pizzas.

The Margarita – Tomato, Fresh Sliced Mozzarella, Fresh Basil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

The Marinara – Tomato, Garlic, Oregano, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

The Margarita Extra – Tomato, Mozzarella di Bufala, Fresh Basil, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

The Certified Ingredients are –

Italian Type 0 or 00 Flour, Brewers Yeast, Water,Salt, Raw pureed San Marzano Tomatoes, Mozzarella Cheese made from Cow’s Milk, Mozzarella di Bufala made from Water Buffalo Milk, Fresh Basil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Water and Salt.

The ingredients are hand kneaded or slow mixed.

Baked only 60-90 seconds in a certified stone oven with an oak wood fire at somewhere around 800 degrees F.

There are only a small amount of restaurants that are VPN Certified in the United States. According to www.FornoBravo.com we only have around 15 VPN Certified Pizzerias across this whole big country. I don’t know how old that information is so I don’t know if it is accurate. We have TWO certified VPN Pizzerias in Metro Phoenix and each pizzeria has more than one location so you have many options if you are looking for VPN Certified Pizza.

The first VPN Certified Pizzeria in Metro Phoenix AZ was Pomo Pizzeria.

I find that the crust more crusty and less pillowy and with a less wet middle than the La Piaza Al Forno. Seems like less cheese than La Piazza Al Forno.

La Piazza Al Forno started out serving Neapolitan Style pizzas for many years and only a few years back changed the recipe and oven to become VPN Certified. I know they have always made their mozzarella in-house. I don’t know if Pomo makes their own cheese.

Although both are certified VPN Pizzas the La Piazza Al Forno has different tastes and a different texture. La Piazza also is slightly less consistent with the topping and crust bottom.

For more information on Pomo please visit www.PomoPizzeria.com

For more information on La Piazza Al Forno Please visit www.LaPiazzaAlForno.com

Sources

www.FornoBravo.com

www.Wikipedia.com

www.Pizza.About.com