So I’m having a pizza craze so I’d thought I’d ask you fellow pizza enjoyers what your preferences are.
For the crust - I prefer this to be deep pan as I find it more filling and a hearty meal. stonebaked and thinner crusts are okay but if it’s too hard and crunchy and in the middle then I’m not a huge fan.
Stuffed crust? That shit is a luxury for me and is my 2nd fave.
Toppings - It’s either the classic reliable pepperoni pizza or you razzle dazzle ham, mushrooms and slice of pepper for me.
Chicken and sweetcorn is nice, but I’d have it with a BBQ base rather than a normal tomato base.
Cheese layer - Don’t really care, just don’t make it cheap wax
Frozen/Fresh - I enjoy Morrisons “Market” range of pizzas, you get a hearty and decent sized pizza for not a bad price.
Frozen? It’s either ALDI, Chicago and Icelands “NY” range for me as it does its job as a cheeky treat.
Fast food - Local pizzeria takeaways tbh, I like our local pizza takeaway who never, NEVER skimps out on the toppings. Absolute chad of a man I assure you.
So what are your preferences in these categories?
Pizza Napoletana (usually margherita DOP or marinara when at home.)
One of my local Neapolitan pizzerias makes a fantastic pizza melanzane too.
High quality ingredients, carefully selected; less is most definitely more!
detroit or new york, toppings negotiable on the day
Local pizza or homemade I get at least half a pie with jalapeno, onion, and anchovies if available, kalamata olives if not.
I do not have the stores you mention, so no recommendations on frozen, Target used to have good ones with buffalo mozzarella but that was years ago, I think they are discontinued. I do think if you can make a frozen pizza homemade is within your skill too. If you love pizza it’s great to learn to make it.
By far the pizza napoletana. Especially the dough is something between pancake and bread, so delicious!
Good question and I have a hard time nailing it down to a single pizza.
For the pizza style it has to be either New York style or Detroit Style.
For toppings, it is either pepperoni and black olives, sliced meatball and banana peppers, or rarely since most places don’t make it this way, a buffalo chicken pizza with blue cheese (NOT ranch) instead of marinara and hot sauce.
Thin base, pistachio, rosemary, and green pesto base (no tomato). For topping honey, thyme, and goats cheese.
Pineapples and anchovies.
“Recently” (a few months ago!..) tasted Tandoori Sauce 'za with Paneer. Loved it.
The rest was… Capsicum, and… Paprika, and… I guess Jalapeños; no Olives, I think - typical Indian vegetarian pizza (I’m Indian).
Deep-pan artichoke pesto feta.
Most of the obvious choices will be posted so I’d like to give a shout-out to tuna and red onion, it sounds wrong but is surprisingly moreish!
Pepperoni, sausage, bacon, ham, marinara sauce, thick, fluffy crust, and NO cheese.
A local place makes a pepperoni pizza with blue cheese and honey added. It’s fucking amazing.
That sounds amazing!
My current fav doesn’t have tomato sauce, so I guess it’s called a “white pizza”: goat cheese, mozzarella, caramelized onions, rosemary, honey, sesame crust (applied with honey)
I’ve had a variation on that with hot honey and coffee grounds. Mm-mm.
I love me some calzone with spaghetti bolognese inside of it. It’s very indulgent but so good.
I recently discovered flammenkuchen, which is a thin crust pizza with creme fraiche instead of red sauce, bacon, caramelized onions, and potato. I can’t get enough!
I just made my first last week. So delicious, onion bacon tart! But didn’t feel like a meal. You put potato on it? Raw?
Yep! Just slice it thin so it cooks in the oven. I do about 2mm thick slices.
Feel free to judge, I’ll own it.
But I like Papa John’s. A stuffed crust with BBQ sauce, bacon, sausage, and pineapple.
My butthole suffers for it, but it’s worth it. Very tasty.