The real reason Ledo pizza is square was the relative abundance of rectangular pans in the 1950s, when round pizza pans were new.

Grease medium rectangular baking pan.

Spread one and a half tablespoons of olive oil on a 15-inch round pan or a 9-by-12-inch rectangular pan.

To obtain this shape a special rectangular frying pan is used.

Remove top sheet of wax paper; place dough, wax paper-side up in a 9- x 12-inch rectangular fluted tart pan.

Stretch the dough in a pizza pan or a rectangular 9-by-13-inch pan and cover with the cream mixture.

Unlike the thin-crusted, round, individual pizza served at tables in the evening, street pizza has a thick crust and is baked in a rectangular pan.

A rectangular pan, 12 3/4 by 9 inches, is $40; an 11-inch square is $40, and an 11-inch round pan is $35.

This pizza is cooked in long, rectangular baking pans and relatively thick (1-2 cm).

Unlike many typical models, this drawer easily accepts a rectangular baking pan.