Not going to lie – when it comes to pizza, I’m not too picky. Thin crust, thick crust, white sauce, red sauce – it all tastes good to me. But I will say, there is something special about a great old fashion Neapolitan-style pizza. It’s all too easy to fold it and eat about 3 slices in 5 minutes. Or maybe that’s just me?

And now, fortunately for America (and Boston) MarketWatch.com has released an easy-to-use map indicating all 76 pizza shops certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. The association’s mission is to ensure that true Neapolitan pizza is made “according to the ‘traditional methods’ and conforms to an exacting series of standards.”

According to the guidelines, a true Neapolitan pizza must have a dough that is kneaded by hand and baked in a wood fire oven for 60-90 seconds at 905°F.

The map points out 76 “true” Neapolitan pizzerias in America, including one in Boston. However, it missed the recently-opened Pastoral restaurant in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood.

Somerville’s Posto pizzeria made the map. The restaurant uses an Italian wood burning oven to cook its pizza to the perfection. Pastoral in Fort Point also uses a wood-fired oven – one that is 6000 pounds and imported from Naples, Italy. Oh, and we should also mention that’s made from the stone and sand of famed Mt. Vesuvius.

Pastoral’s Chef and Owner Todd Winer told BostInno earlier this year that he is indeed a certified AVPN Pizzaiolo.

Winer told us, “I decided to become a certified pizzaiolo because Pastoral is about honoring culinary traditions.  It was important to me to keep the true tradition of Neapolitan pizza alive.”

Guess that makes two true certified Neapolitan pizzerias in Massachusetts. Check out the rest of the certified restaurants in America, here.

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