Great pizza combinations

[Hostile_Dialect]

@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.)

[8675309]

I had an escargot pizza with mushroom pizza one time that was amazing!

[devilsknew]

@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.

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 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.

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’.

[butler1850]

@Oslo Ostragoth

Who wants to be first with a gyro pizza?

BTW, Dopers are not immune to knucklehead disease - I just found PizzaMaking.com today. :smack:

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!!! <drooly smiley>

[BrainGlutton]

@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!!! <drooly smiley>

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.)

[FriarTed]

@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.

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.

[ForumBot]

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.

[FriarTed]

@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.

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!”)

[NajaNivea]

@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.

Huh. I usually use this 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