So I’m sitting here, eating reheated leftover pizza topped with eggplant and hamburger, and thinking ye gods but this is delicious! And yet I know a lot of other folks would think “EW!” – at least to the eggplant.
I’ve of course had many other toppings over the years, and oddly enough, pepperoni is way down on the list of what I like.
Got any offbeat preferences for pizza you persist in despite the disgust of family and friends?
Anchovy, pineapple, and jalapeño.
Whoa! That’s … whoa, that’s a helluva combo. I might try it without the jalapeno, given I’m such a wimp about spicy stuff.
If it helps, my favorite trio is anchovy-pineapple-mushroom.
It’s not an everyday go-to, but anchovy and pineapple work really well for me in that sweet and salty way, and then I like heat, so jalapeños for me. It’s almost kind of if you squint not too far off something like a Thai pineapple curry, combining sweet, sour, fishy, and heat.
I’ve had a very good sauerkraut pizza.
Huh. Where did you get that? I can’t recall ever seeing that in the list of toppings at my local pizzerias (north of Boston).
I only recently found a menu listing escargot pizza, which I now kind of want to try…
Small college town in Kansas a few decades back.
I know you’re asking someone else, but I’ve seen it at Happy Joe’s in the Quad Cities, Iowa, and a few places in Wisconsin. I haven’t sought it out here in Chicago, but I bet someone must have it.
I can see escargot working really well if it weren’t overcooked.
ETA: Need garlic too.
Huh. I wonder if sauerkraut topping would be a regional thing, given the ethnic background of a lot of the people who settled that area.
I would absolutely think so!
Yes. I could get bierocks at the grocery store there too.
My favorite pizza is fig, prosciutto, chevre, and balsamic drizzle.
My most memorable “much better than expected” was a shrimp and caper pizza outside Florence.
Wow, they both sound delicious!
I won’t lie, at least 20% of the deliciousness came from sitting at a piazza table in an Italian village.
But still pretty darn good.
Clam pizza is delicious!
Ambiance aside, probably still better than any American standard pizzeria could make, sigh.
I’d expect such a preference from a fisher cat. 