PIZZA! (An om-nom-nom thread!)

[SimuLord]

I'm a purist. New York style, with thin crust, no more than one topping, preferably pepperoni or sausage.

Anybody who says different is saying something wrong. And you should hit that person. With a stick.

I pretty much repeat this every time a pizza thread comes up. Pretty much all national retailers are garbage and make their dough too much like bread. I prefer pepperoni as a topping.

"Too much like bread" is a bit misleading, since only the strongest high-protein bread flour is suitable for pizza crust formation because the gluten matrix allows it to be stretched thin enough to qualify as pizza (rather than a loaf of bread) without falling apart---imagine trying to stretch a cake.

In point of fact, a pizza crust is bread. But it's the KIND of bread that a pizza crust is that makes all the difference. Alton Brown explained it better than I could have in the Good Eats pizza episode "Flat Is Beautiful".

 

[Guffe]

Pizza...
Make my own dough with water, yeast and wheat-flour.
Then put that on an "oven plate" (sry can't find the English word)
I put on it: meat and ham which is roasted, salami, pineapple, pepperoni, paprika/chili, tuna, ketchup, cheese and some other random stuff.
Put it in the oven and the whole thing from nothing takes about an hour and then...
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!!

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Mmm... I could so go for a Pizza right now. I've been quite sick over the past couple of days so I basically haven't eaten anything (though I spent that time in bed) besides a bowl of soup.

My favourite pizza is a "Mixed Grill" Pizza from my local Indian Takeaway. It's got chicken, lamb, spices, pepperoni, cheese, tomato, onions, and is extra tasty. Plus not too pricey compared to other places. Good thing is you can order online as well, but there is a minimum order amount that is just too much for me to eat on my own.

 

[wulfy42]

The best pizza for me has a very very thin crust, and is not too crunchy either. Of course NY is the place to get that, and about the only place in the world I have found who can actually pull off putting toppings on such a pizza without bad results.

I found a local place in Gilroy (Pinnochio's pizza) that can pull off the thin crust thing (I just order it with an extra thin crust so they use a medium pizza to make a large). Sadly adding any toppings at all causes them to use make the crust too thick for me so I have to get it with just cheese.

I like just cheese pizza's, Pepporoni, Supremes and everything in between.

Not a fan of green peppers though and I usually will pick them off.

Mushrooms, onions, salami, sausage etc are all yummy though.

I avoid anchovies like the plague though. Won't even eat a pizza that has a bit of anchovie oil on it from someone elses pizza. YUCK!!!

I so miss NY pizza though. I found a semi-substitute but it's still not the same. On the positive side I have to eat less pizza now adays for my health so I guess it's a good thing.

Getting old blows.

 

[Dags90]

"Too much like bread" is a bit misleading, since only the strongest high-protein bread flour is suitable for pizza crust formation because the gluten matrix allows it to be stretched thin enough to qualify as pizza (rather than a loaf of bread) without falling apart---imagine trying to stretch a cake.

In point of fact, a pizza crust is bread. But it's the KIND of bread that a pizza crust is that makes all the difference. Alton Brown explained it better than I could have in the Good Eats pizza episode "Flat Is Beautiful".

By "bread" I meant "conventional loaf bread". -_-; I really didn't think anyone would be so silly as to think that when I said bread I had something other than a loaf of bread in mind. I mean, how many people hear bread and think of pita, matzos or whatever else technically counts as a "bread".

 

[SimuLord]

"Too much like bread" is a bit misleading, since only the strongest high-protein bread flour is suitable for pizza crust formation because the gluten matrix allows it to be stretched thin enough to qualify as pizza (rather than a loaf of bread) without falling apart---imagine trying to stretch a cake.

In point of fact, a pizza crust is bread. But it's the KIND of bread that a pizza crust is that makes all the difference. Alton Brown explained it better than I could have in the Good Eats pizza episode "Flat Is Beautiful".

By "bread" I meant "conventional loaf bread". -_-; I really didn't think anyone would be so silly as to think that when I said bread I had something other than a loaf of bread in mind. I mean, how many people hear bread and think of pita, matzos or whatever else technically counts as a "bread".

Granted. But would you really deny me a chance to geek out on culinary scientific minutiae (AND pimp a Good Eats episode?)

 

[TheLiham]

Thin base, stuffed crust, jalapeños, green chillies, red chillies, green peppers, Spicy beef mince, chorizo, mushrooms, BBQ sauce, Chilli oil and Tabasco Sauce *breathes*


Edit- Oh yeah and cheese.

 

[Knusper]

Deep pan all the way.

Either meaty and spicy (i.e. plenty of chillies so that my tongue bursts into flames)

Or anchovies, capers, prawns and possibly an egg cracked on top for aesthetic purposes.

All the best pizzas in the world are made by my Mum... she makes a mean pizza.

 

[Scarim Coral]

As long it got a least one topping then I am content (seriously my ex friends used to have plain pizza, WTH?) but my favourite combo is pretty much the mighty meat (all or most meat toppings on it). Also I don't mind if peppers are on it.

 

[Leadfinger]

Santarpio's pizza from Boston! It's just good.

 

[Rylot]

At a small pizza shop in Nelson British Columbia I had a pizza with bacon and clams, it was the single greatest pizza I've ever had.

 

[Nerf Ninja]

The next time I go to America I'm going to a real pizzeria, any suggestions? Preferably in the New Orleans region (yeah I know, not exactly little Italy is it?)

I usually like a thin crust plain cheese or a thick crust pepperoni with extra pepperoni and cheese with some more pepperoni... and cheese.

Pineapple is not a pizza topping!

 

[PureChaos]

i love pepperoni, the Chicago Town ones are great.