Pizza toppings

[ouchfeelsgood]

Around here, a very popular style is the stuffed pizza, in which the usual toppings are placed between the crust and the tomato sauce.

This sounds similar to Chicago deep dish pizza, which is very good -- unfortunately not readily available in New York. The thick layer of toppings requires a longer baking time, which could burn cheese or other toppings if they were used as the top layer of the pizza. Because of this, the toppings are assembled "upside-down" from their usual order on a pizza. The crust is covered with cheese, followed often by pepperoni or sausage. Other toppings such as mushrooms and bell peppers could then also be used, with tomato sauce added as the finishing layer.

 

[Primalex]

My pizza in the cooking thread was:
garlic oil, sujuk, onions and hot peppers.

 

[midwestyankee]

This sounds similar to Chicago deep dish pizza, which is very good -- unfortunately not readily available in New York. The thick layer of toppings requires a longer baking time, which could burn cheese or other toppings if they were used as the top layer of the pizza. Because of this, the toppings are assembled "upside-down" from their usual order on a pizza. The crust is covered with cheese, followed often by pepperoni or sausage. Other toppings such as mushrooms and bell peppers could then also be used, with tomato sauce added as the finishing layer.

In my case, "around here" means Chicago. The picture I shared is a stuffed pizza, which is a variant on traditional deep-dish.

 

[RubenesqueAphrodite]

I like pepperoncini, roasted red peppers, spinach, mushrooms, Italian sausage and cheese.

 

[desertslave]

In my case, "around here" means Chicago. The picture I shared is a stuffed pizza, which is a variant on traditional deep-dish.

We're supposed to be getting our very own Lou Malnati's some time soon. I cannot wait!

 

[Hypoxia]

I remember the hippie pizzas from the old commune.

Brown rice in the crust, of course, and ingredients from the garden, whatever was fresh that day, and cheese from our goats, and cannabis sauteed with the garlic and capers, topped with magic mushrooms, baked in the oak-fired stove.

A treat for body and mind. Ommmm...

 

[MistressMaggie]

Feta, spinach and tomato

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I'm so late to the pizza party...

If I am making my own, I like a chewy crust with pesto, fresh tomato slices very thin (no red sauce), green and black olives, red bell pepper, mozzarella, parmesan and a splash of good olive oil on top. A few bites of feta. Maybe a sliver or two of red onion.

If I am buying one I like thin, crispy pizza with pepperoni and jalapeno. And an ice cold Dos Equis

 

[ouchfeelsgood]

I'm so late to the pizza party...

If I am making my own, I like a chewy crust with pesto, fresh tomato slices very thin (no red sauce), green and black olives, red bell pepper, mozzarella, parmesan and a splash of good olive oil on top. A few bites of feta. Maybe a sliver or two of red onion.

If I am buying one I like thin, crispy pizza with pepperoni and jalapeno. And an ice cold Dos Equis

Your home made pizza sounds delicious! (even though I'm a pizza traditionalist). And one can't go wrong with the side of Don Equis.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Your home made pizza sounds delicious! (even though I'm a pizza traditionalist). And one can't go wrong with the side of Don Equis.

I love pesto pizza... better than red sauce in my opinion! I wouldn't give up the traditional stuff though, I like it as well. I don't think I would like the deep dish or stuffed pizza. I love cracker crisp crust, or a nice chewy crust with crunchy spots here and there. Nom nom! I can't imagine too much crunch on the stuffed or deep pan pizza.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'm so late to the pizza party...

If I am making my own, I like a chewy crust with pesto, fresh tomato slices very thin (no red sauce), green and black olives, red bell pepper, mozzarella, parmesan and a splash of good olive oil on top. A few bites of feta. Maybe a sliver or two of red onion.

If I am buying one I like thin, crispy pizza with pepperoni and jalapeno. And an ice cold Dos Equis

Pizza is neither green nor crispy. Surely even in Texas they know better than this.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Thin crust, red sauce, cheese, red onion, peppers, green olives.

Occasionally, I like pepperoni and sausage. One local place has the best sausage!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Pizza is neither green nor crispy. Surely even in Texas they know better than this.

The state where hot sauce is green, and tacos are generally not crispy?
No. We know no such thing

 

[midwestyankee]

The state where hot sauce is green, and tacos are generally not crispy?
No. We know no such thing

As Donald Trump would say, sad.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

As Donald Trump would say, sad.

In that case I will have to reconsider, given how highly influential I find him

 

[Etoile]

Chicago-style is a casserole. New York style is pizza.

As for toppings: Green pepper or jalapeno, depending on mood, and pineapple. The pineapple is required. If I only get one topping, it's pineapple. (Vegetarian, so no ham.)

 

[midwestyankee]

Chicago-style is a casserole. New York style is pizza.

As for toppings: Green pepper or jalapeno, depending on mood, and pineapple. The pineapple is required. If I only get one topping, it's pineapple. (Vegetarian, so no ham.)

Jon Stewart is a good man but his understanding of pizza is geographically challenged.

 

[Etoile]

I did not know that was a Jon Stewart quote!

It's not that I won't eat Chicago-style, it's just a different dish, to me. Kind of like how vegetarian "bacon" is a perfectly fine dish, if you don't expect it to be real bacon.

 

[midwestyankee]

I did not know that was a Jon Stewart quote!

It's not that I won't eat Chicago-style, it's just a different dish, to me. Kind of like how vegetarian "bacon" is a perfectly fine dish, if you don't expect it to be real bacon.

I prefer to think of the difference another way. Chicago deep dish pizza is Eggs Benedict. New York style is an Egg McMuffin.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Do Chicago pizzas have bottomings instead of toppings?

 

[midwestyankee]

Do Chicago pizzas have bottomings instead of toppings?

Yes. One of the classic deep dish places does its own version of gluten free. The entire bottom of the pizza is a single, half-inch thick slab of sausage.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Yes. One of the classic deep dish places does its own version of gluten free. The entire bottom of the pizza is a single, half-inch thick slab of sausage.

One would think that should please Endless, but something tells me that "pleased" won't quite describe it

 

[desertslave]

I prefer to think of the difference another way. Chicago deep dish pizza is Eggs Benedict. New York style is an Egg McMuffin.

Whoaaaaa, those are fighting words!

 

[midwestyankee]

Whoaaaaa, those are fighting words!

This is putting it kindly. Back when I was into snark, I used to describe NY pizza as resembling ketchup laid over a soggy Saltine. My friends from the Home of the Evil Empire* never let me down when they saw that. They always got riled up and snorted illiterate derision in my general direction.





*The New York Yankees

 

[Etoile]

OOOOOH now we're getting into baseball, MWY?

BACK OFF MY YANKEES!!