# Great pizza combinations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397 "2008-02-27T17:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/101 "2008-03-07T02:14:40Z")
> [@ForumBot](#): > > Oooh. Hey guys, do you think if I threw in some jalapenos in my marinara it would work pretty well? I’ll keep the heat down (our second biggest seller of it is in a kid’s pasta dish), but I think that might really add something special. Why not a seperate jalapeno marinara? Make the same amount (maybe a tiny bit more), but split some of it off (however much you think would sell) and throw jalapeno juice or diced jalapenos in it. Then put a note on the menu offering jalapeno marinara as a substitution. Just an idea–I’m no chef, and I pretty much make my culinary abortions edible by showering them with jalapeno sauce, so I might not be the one to ask! Pesto with Roma tomatoes and cheese (might even be quattro formaggio, I don’t remember–it’s a frozen one I get from Trader Joe’s) is always good. Spinach also works well in pizza. > [@samm](#): > > Taco meat Ahem–_carne asada_. Properly seasoned, of course, and you should squeeze a lemon wedge’s juice all over it. (Lightly, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/102 "2008-03-07T02:16:16Z")
I had an escargot pizza with mushroom pizza one time that was amazing! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/103 "2008-03-07T03:32:46Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] I substituted the bacon for ham fried in a skillet with a little bacon grease. Yum. I thought it was great, everyone else in the kitchen thought it was great, especially the black guys who grew up eating real southern food like I did. Flavor-wise and ingredient costs considered, this might make it on the menu. I just have to find some way to make it more attractive. Everyone thought it looked gross, though. [/QUOTE] Wow, great to hear that **Forum Bot**! I like the bacon fried Ham, nice touch. Did the green tomatoes look gross… the gravy? I thought maybe the mozz cheese would hide it. Sometimes a sprinkling of parsley can work wonders, but I don’t know if it would work in this case. Did you use straight gravy, or did you hop it up? What was the layering order? Regarding the jalapenos in a pizza sauce: Michael Chiarello has a great, all purpose, spicy [Salsa Rosa](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/michael_chiarello/recipe/0,1974,FOOD_16957_27874,00.html) recipe that I think is just the ticket. He uses serrano peppers which are quite a bit spicier than jalapenos, but I’m sure the jalapenos could substitute. It’s sort of an Italian hot sauce, but I always thought it would make a fantastic pizza sauce. Hopefully, it will give you some ideas. [Here’s the Salsa Rosa Video](http://www.boxxet.com/Michael_Chiarello/Video_Roasting_Peppers_and_Salsa_Rosa.17xopu.d). I’ve always thought that salsa rosa as a base with spicy Italian sausage, green peppers, and onion as a topping would make a great ‘Soprano’s Sausi’ch and Peppers Special’. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/104 "2008-03-07T16:12:37Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] Who wants to be first with a gyro pizza? BTW, Dopers are not immune to knucklehead disease - I just found [PizzaMaking.com](http://www.pizzamaking.com/) today. :smack: [/QUOTE] OH. MY. GOD. What a great idea! Now, if I could find a good gyro place, that makes a proper Italian crust (soft & doughy) rather than the horrible Greek crust (hard, tastes like cardboard, typical of “Xyz House of Pizza” places in the Northeast), it’d be my new favorite!!! \ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/105 "2008-03-07T16:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=butler1850] OH. MY. GOD. What a great idea! Now, if I could find a good gyro place, that makes a proper Italian crust (soft & doughy) rather than the horrible Greek crust (hard, tastes like cardboard, typical of “Xyz House of Pizza” places in the Northeast), it’d be my new favorite!!! \ [/QUOTE] Dissenting voice here: I always order the “thin & crispy” style of pizza when I can get it. (I also like a little less cheese and a little more sauce.) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/106 "2008-03-07T16:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] The ambrosia that fell from the table of the gods, and that they ain’t gonna get back. I like what I call a “Greek” pizza every so often. Grilled chicken, feta, black olives, spinach. I usually get it with a red sauce, but I’m thinking it could go fine with a white sauce too. [/QUOTE] I’ve never tried this but it seems good in theory… Thin-sliced gyro meat, tzaziki, feta cheese, black olives, spinach, feta baked on a pita. I just saw Oslo’s suggestion before I submitted this. If anyone tried it, let me know how it turned out. I have tried this & it actually worked, tho I used a flour tortilla instead of an actual pizza crust: Sliced hot dogs or smoked sausage, a sauce of ketchup & mustard mixed, dill pickle relish, chopped onions, saurkraut baked on a pizza crust. I didn’t think of or have chili con carne at the time, but that would have been great. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/107 "2008-03-07T16:44:25Z")
To get good meat for a gyro, you need one of those big vertical grills with meat rotating on a spit around it. Not exactly a light investment. But I agree, that sounds delicious, and we have an Italian/Greek place that both makes a delicious pizza and a great gyro, exactly what **butler1850** is looking for. I think I have a friend working there now; maybe I could convince him to do some experimenting. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/108 "2008-03-07T16:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I have tried this & it actually worked, tho I used a flour tortilla instead of an actual pizza crust: Sliced hot dogs or smoked sausage, a sauce of ketchup & mustard mixed, dill pickle relish, chopped onions, saurkraut baked on a pizza crust. I didn’t think of or have chili con carne at the time, but that would have been great. [/QUOTE] Btw, I must add that I used quality hot dogs for this… BALL PARK FRANKS! I’m not a Neanderthal. (Stage hand on the side yells- “Hey!”) ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397/109 "2008-03-08T01:20:52Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] The peanut sauce was a little crappy. I’ve never made a peanut sauce before and didn’t expect how easily it would pick up and be drowned out by other flavors. I ran out of peanut butter and so had to just try to salvage it into something usable. All in all, I wasn’t a fan. I thought the peanut butter made it too dry and distracted from the rest of the ingredients. If I can think up a different sauce to put on it, I will, but so far no way Jose. [/QUOTE] Huh. I usually use [this sauce](http://www.worldfood.com/asian/stir_fry_products.asp?prod=bangkok_peanut_sauce). It’s fairly thin and though peanuty, it’s not… peanut buttery, if that makes sense. It certainly shouldn’t be “dry”. Oh well, I’d definitely sign up for a slice of Greekish pizza 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pizza-combinations/439397.md?page=5)