marinara pizza

Red sauce pie

Marinara pizza is a classic Neapolitan pizza topped with tomato sauce, garlic, oregano, and olive oil—notably without cheese.

The name comes from Italian sailors (marinai) who ate this simple, long-lasting combination.

It represents pizza in its most elemental form: A proper marinara pizza needs nothing but great tomatoes and good olive oil.

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red sauce · crust · thin crust · oregano · sauce · pepperoni · oven · slice · cheesy · dough · Italian · Naples · red · saucy · crusty · brick oven · parmesan · olive oil

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Opposites
sauce type

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Tomato-free Italian flatbread

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topping complexity

marinara pizzasupreme pizza

Fully topped pizza variety

pepperoni pizza · Hawaiian pizza

cheese presence

marinara pizzacheese pizza

Untopped tomato-and-mozzarella pie

deep dish pizza · Chicago-style pizza · Chicago deep dish

Family

marinara, pizza, marine, marina, mariner, maritime, submarine, aquamarine, ultramarine

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G