"Some, on the other hand, may prefer to look back to the origin of the dish, Neapolitan-style pizza, as the ideal experience. Few, however, are likely to pick Altoona-style pizza as their favorite. While this style of pizza separates itself from the pack in a variety of ways, the heart of the issue people take with the Pennsylvanian delicacy is likely to come down to one unusual component: Altoona pizza replaces the traditional mozzarella cheese with bright yellow, processed American cheese."
"Altoona pizza is unique, and the world of food depends on intrepid chefs trying new and unusual ideas, but swapping out one of the three core pizza ingredients - bread, tomato sauce, and mozzarella - for something sliced and fluorescent is a step to far for some. It was certainly enough to land it at the bottom of our taste tester's ranking of different pizza styles."
Altoona-style pizza substitutes bright yellow processed American cheese for traditional mozzarella. The pie sits on a thick Sicilian-style crust more like focaccia than Neapolitan. Tomato sauce is applied and the pizza is typically topped with salami and sliced green bell peppers placed beneath the American cheese. Pizzas are chopped into squares referred to as "cuts." The American-cheese choice is highly polarizing and offends many pizza purists. The unconventional ingredient swap and presentation push culinary boundaries and contributed to its poor placement in taste-test rankings.
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