If ever a foodstuff needed no introduction, it would be pizza – and if any pizza can lay claim to being the forebearer of an international obsession, it’s pizza Napoletana (Neapolitan pizza), from Naples in Italy. Made specifically with buffalo mozzarella and either San Marzano or Roma tomatoes, the pizza must be cooked for precisely 60-90 seconds at 485ºC (905ºF) in a wood-fired oven. The result? Pure perfection.

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The world's very best dishes, ranked