If you have been wondering what people in South America eat, take a wild guess. Their primary food is pizza! Pizza forms the base of a South American’s meal. How interesting?! I wonder where they got this habit from. The answer obviously lies in the Italian immigrants to Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo has become the home to largest Italian community in Latin America. The people in this part of the region speak Portuguese with an Italian accent.

So, you can well imagine the influence of Italians. The first pizza restaurants or pizzerias are formed in the industrial district Bras.

Established in the year 1929, Casteloes has become the best brand in the area. It is the gold standard of South American pizza. No other pizza place makes good pizza like these people.

Let’s see what kind of toppings the South Americans eat with their pizza. Here’s a brief glimpse.

The local favorites include spicy sausage toppings. Most people here like the Mozzarella cheese with the spicy toppings. Few other favorites include the all time favorite
Margherita-Mozerella combo topped with basil leaves. Yet another combo is the Parmesan cheese along with fresh garlic and basil leaves.

I think basil leaves adds a pretty good flavor to the pizza. Ham, hard-boiled eggs as well as onion and black olives make interesting toppings.

So, next time you are traveling in this part of the world, try some of the locally prepared pizza. After all that’s the local food staple.

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