A diavola pizza, please.
dia-VO-la — three syllables, stress on second.
When you want a spicy pizza — the classic combination of tomato, mozzarella and spicy salami ('salame piccante').
'Diavola' means 'devil' — the name refers to the heat of the spicy salami (usually Calabrian soppressata or salame piccante). It is one of the most popular pizzas in Italy outside Naples.
Una diavola extra piccante.
An extra spicy diavola.
Ask for extra chilli — the pizzaiolo may add fresh peperoncino
Fate la 'nduja in pizza?
Do you make pizza with 'nduja?
'Nduja is a spreadable spicy Calabrian salume — excellent on pizza, increasingly common
Quanto è piccante la diavola?
How spicy is the diavola?
Check the heat level — it varies enormously between pizzerias
The diavola's spiciness comes from the capsaicin in Calabrian salami ('salame piccante'). Calabria is the heartland of Italian chilli culture — the Calabrians consume more chilli per capita than any other Italian region. The diavola is their contribution to the national pizza canon.