Thin crust, soft winter wheat flour and 1/4 to 1/2 semolina.
Sauce made with chopped San Marzano tomatoes, EVOO, fresh garlic, oregano, and basil.
Fresh mozzarella cheese slices and a sprinkling of grated parmesan
A sprinkle of oregano, basil over the top.
Pepperoni only
or:
Mushrooms, onions, and anchovies
Cooked in my own brick oven at 900F+
Tranq’s pizza doesn’t sound much to my taste, mainly because I’m not a fan of olives. I generally like very meaty pizzas, with just enough peppers and onions to keep things juicy.
However, when I’m in the mood for something a little off the beaten path, I like this one:
Thin crust
Spicy red sauce
Italian sausage
Gorgonzola, with enough mozzarella to blend everything together (I normally avoid blue cheeses, but the extra kick is good in this pizza.)
Red grapes, halved lengthways
Rosemary
I like to put a large half inch thick ring of red onion onto each quadrant, and crack an egg into each of those suckers. Baking time is enough to set the whites but leave the yolks runny. Other toppings vary.
I used to work in a pizzaria. I can still spin & toss a pizza skin. It’s an entertaining skill. Mostly pointless and unnecessary if your dough is prepped correctly, but still fun.
I occasionally like to do a puttanesca: hot pepper flakes and/or jalapenos, capers, black olives, garlic, anchovy. And, minus the capers, most pizza places have those ingredients on hand.
Huh. I’ve never tried this with chicken–I’ll have to keep that in mind. I quite like the regular potato & rosemary pizza (which sometimes doesn’t even have cheese on it), but I usually end up grating some parmesan or pecorino over it. Another nice variation is to add bacon. I’m actually not a fan of putting bacon on everything, but this is one place where it works especially well.
There’s a local place that has something called a “Melvin” which is very similar: spinach, feta, jalapenos, pepperoni, and pineapple. It’s one of my favorites.
Current faves are:
-narrow slices of prosciutto and grilled onions on a VERY thin crust.
-thick crust, canned tomatoes(finely ground), olive oil.
-medium crust, chunks of boneless chicken, sweet peppers, onions, mushrooms, no sauce, little bit of shredded mozzy. They call it Pizza Caruso. I know, I know, not a chicken liver in sight.
-Buffalo Chicken: chunked chicken breast, hot sauce AND blue cheese dressing, thin crust.
And remember folks, there’s no such thing as HALF an anchovy pizza.