562975 Tue Oct 07 09:05:58 -0700 2008 69 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4087801 I feel like this topic has probably been done to death but at the same time I really don't care and I'd rather get input from the Boston portion of the community anyway. I'm obsessed with these new wheat flatbread pizza crusts I found recently. Of course the name escapes me right now, they're like a healthier version of Boboli pizza crusts you see everywhere. I'm really into weird and different pizza toppings and I was wondering if anyone had any cool ideas? These aren't very unique, but these are the pizzas I've made thus far: - Chorizo & Pineapple - Buffalo Chicken - Thai Style Shrimp Any other ideas would be great! The weirder the better. Dessert pizzas are also welcome. Tue Oct 07 09:05:58 -0700 2008 218457 Jonny509 1 4087853 How about crabmeat; gorgonzola and spinach. Tue Oct 07 09:26:55 -0700 2008 4087801 26213 Pegmeister 2 4090251 Love all 3 of those separately but I have angst about combining dairy and seafood. My other spins on these: gorgonzola, balsamic glaze and figs and crabmeat with oyster mushrooms. Wed Oct 08 07:28:34 -0700 2008 4087853 101707 yankeefan 1 4087869 How about bacon, cheddar cheese, mashed potatoes, and scallions (Irish pizza at Common Ground, Allston). Tue Oct 07 09:30:55 -0700 2008 4087801 14771 hiddenboston 2 4088164 Bad Abbotts in Quincy used to have a smashed potato pizza, just as you, describe on their specials list - Delicious!!! Tue Oct 07 11:00:42 -0700 2008 4087869 26213 Pegmeister 1 4087949 all with tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella: roasted red peppers, hot peppers, grilled chicken roasted garlic, sundried tomatoes, fresh rosemary, fresh sage sliced tomatoes, fresh basil, fresh chopped garlic Tue Oct 07 09:54:21 -0700 2008 4087801 136169 carey24 1 4088278 One of my frequently flying topping ingredients for pizza is sauerkraut. I know, I know...but it's really good mingled with any number of other toppings. Really. Cay Tue Oct 07 11:44:50 -0700 2008 4087801 49525 cayjohan 2 4090255 Im interested, perhaps with some good spicy mustard and chanterelles? Wed Oct 08 07:29:18 -0700 2008 4088278 101707 yankeefan 3 4104509 My real preference is Canadian bacon/ham, good black olives, pineapple, onions and sauerkraut. Sauce and cheese as one sees fits. Yum. But the chanterelles sounds really delicious. But with anything pickled? I've always found pickled flavors to kill delicate mushrooms. Do tell if you've found differently. Cay Tue Oct 14 16:36:51 -0700 2008 4090255 49525 cayjohan 2 4095038 some months ago while at costco, i saw a man load his pizza up with all the condiments usually associated with hot dogs including ketchup, mustard, onion, relish, and yes... sauerkraut. At first i thought - eww, gross. Then I realized that except for the cheese, his pepperoni slice wasn't all that different than my polish dog. Fri Oct 10 04:28:51 -0700 2008 4088278 57890 KaimukiMan 1 4088279 - Duck confit, plum sauce, watercress. - Nutella + fruit - Pumpkin and ham - Goat brie, prosciutto, egg, avocado Tue Oct 07 11:45:11 -0700 2008 4087801 137960 link_930 1 4088760 So I'm not from Boston but I did just have a delicious pizza from Go Roma the other day with: sundried tomatoes, goat cheese and whole black olives. It was delicious! It was supposed to have spinach too but I asked for it without. Tue Oct 07 14:12:20 -0700 2008 4087801 112406 Chew on That 1 4088802 Japanese style- Garlic peanuts Kabocha Nori/Furikake Squid or Cuttlefish Jerky Corn Umeboshi Shisho leaves Shiitake Mayo Crab meat Tue Oct 07 14:27:14 -0700 2008 4087801 145820 fmed 2 4090098 I love squid. This may end up in my oven next. Wed Oct 08 06:04:20 -0700 2008 4088802 218457 Jonny509 2 4180398 I've grown accustomed to these; in the Spring, Domino's had a half-demiglace hamburger (whole patties), half-pasta gratin pizza. So absurd, yet so good after a night of drinking. Mon Nov 17 11:24:23 -0800 2008 4088802 202405 tjr 1 4088912 I recently made a cabbage, bacon and mustard pizza. I'd come across the recipe and mentioned it to my husband who was game to try it. It was actually quite tasty. We agreed we needed to try a corned beef and cabbage pizza(or maybe a reuben pizza) based on the success of the bacon and cabbage. Tue Oct 07 15:04:27 -0700 2008 4087801 16406 ziggylu 1 4088939 Chicken breast, feta cheese and spinach, with tomato sauce and mozz. A white pizza with fried chicken and ranch. Tue Oct 07 15:16:00 -0700 2008 4087801 58128 ajs228 1 4089621 I like a layer of pesto on the crust before anything else. I've been wanting to try thinly sliced tiny potatoes. Tue Oct 07 20:22:42 -0700 2008 4087801 12752 MsDiPesto 1 4089701 I peel the butternut squash, then slice it into rounds, layer it on a baking sheet, and bake until almost done. While it's baking, I heat olive oil in a pan, and stirfry it with garlic. I also caramelize the onions separately. At the same time, I heat some butter and sometimes combine with olive oil in a pan and fry the sage strips until crispy. Take pizza dough and spread with garlic olive oil. Layer on gruyere, then caramelized onions, butternut squash rounds, a little more gruyere (can also add mozzarella if you like), then bake til almost done. I mix up regular bread crumbs (or pankos if I've got em) with grated parmesan cheese. Sprinkle the cheesy crumbs and the sage strips on top of the pizza and bake til golden brown. [Personally I can't stand blue cheese, but for my best friend who loves it, I will also add blue cheese crumbles when I add the crumbs and sage.] Also love sundried tomato tapenade, grilled garlic eggplant, ricotta cheese, fontina, mozzarella, and parmesan. For dessert pizza, I've done the following: a little melted butter on the dough; spread mascarpone, top with apricot or peach slices, crumble together brown sugar and cinnamon with butter, then sprinkle on top and bake. [optionally you can add basil or sage if you desire] Tue Oct 07 20:59:43 -0700 2008 4087801 15572 Emme 2 4093753 That. Sounds. Amazing. Leaving work early to try it. Thu Oct 09 12:28:17 -0700 2008 4089701 220645 mjhals 3 4094417 let me know if you like it! Thu Oct 09 17:34:24 -0700 2008 4093753 15572 Emme 4 4114279 Sorry for the late update, but I finally did make it (well, my version, anyway) and it was great! I did sub out the fresh butternut for squash puree I found in the freezer section. Sounds crazy but it actually worked - I used the puree as a kind of light sauce. I have a difficult time slicing butternuts without losing fingers, so it was a nice alternative. Kept the gruyere and onions and added a tiny bit of leftover pancetta. I thought the whole thing was pretty darn good, so thanks for the inspiration! Sun Oct 19 09:56:06 -0700 2008 4094417 220645 mjhals 1 4089832 In Norway, reindeer meat and asparagus. Tue Oct 07 22:48:41 -0700 2008 4087801 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4090008 A friend who owns a restaurant in Northern Ireland has a tuna and banana pepper pizza that he says just flys out the door. Everyone loves it. Of course, corn relish on pizza is also popular. Wed Oct 08 04:52:41 -0700 2008 4087801 26213 Pegmeister 2 4090394 That makes sense. Spicy tuna pasta is a regular on our dinner rotation, and pasta is not so different from pizza in its essentials. Wed Oct 08 08:25:42 -0700 2008 4090008 14386 BobB 3 4090519 That's interesting. I assume this is a dish you make yourself? Tomato based? Wed Oct 08 09:06:42 -0700 2008 4090394 26213 Pegmeister 4 4090801 Yes, tomato based. Depending on the schedule of the day, it can be as simple as adding good Italian canned tuna to a store-bought sauce along with cayenne and jalapeños, or can be made from scratch by adding the same to a homemade sauce. The idea of adding tuna to a tomato-based sauce is something I was introduced to by a neighbor's Italian-born mom when I was a kid. I later spiced it up as an adult. Wed Oct 08 10:48:58 -0700 2008 4090519 14386 BobB 5 4093341 Actually that does sound pretty good. Think I'll have to experiment over the long weekend. Thu Oct 09 10:05:45 -0700 2008 4090801 26213 Pegmeister 5 4746804 I had a pizza in Sardinia, Italy that had tuna, garlic and olives on a lightly tomato sauced crust. There was mozzarella cheese, but not much. It was awesome! Fri Jun 05 16:28:41 -0700 2009 4090801 239809 1sweetpea 1 4090109 We like a layer of grape leaves followed by blanched pea pods, and then all the normal toppings you like on a pizza. Wed Oct 08 06:10:42 -0700 2008 4087801 145651 Goldendog 1 4090230 I'm a traditionalist, but while in Sofia, Bulgaria I had pizzas with a combo of corn, sliced pickles and ham. Also had one with brains and onion. They were actually pretty good. Thankfully they know how to make a good thin crust in Sofia. Here in Pittsburgh, there are a few places that do a pierogi pizza (potato & sauerkraut) and one place that offers something called "the Turbo" that has buffalo chicken, fries and ranch dressing. My favorites at the moment are a simple sauteed eggplant and mushroom on a standard red sauce/mozz pie or baby arugula and prosciutto and fresh Roma tomatoes. Used to live in Quincy and an Alumni pan pizza would hit the spot right now. Wed Oct 08 07:22:22 -0700 2008 4087801 24421 Panini Guy 1 4090319 I make a white pizza (garlic & oil instead of red sauce) with fresh mozzarella, carmelized onions or shallots, fresh herbs or arugula and hunks of sauteed gypsy bacon. Gypsy bacon is a thick hunk of bacon that is seasoned w/ hungarian paprika and cured. I cube it up, saute it and then sprinkle the bacon and the fat drippings over the pizza. It'll make ya wanna slap yo momma it's so damned good! p.s. I'm not from Boston either, but why do u only want input from Boston folks? They got the monopoly on weird pizza toppings? Wed Oct 08 07:55:37 -0700 2008 4087801 71241 lynnlato 2 4094004 No, we're just smarter and more creative than the rest of the country. I thought this was common knowledge. Thu Oct 09 14:00:26 -0700 2008 4090319 218457 Jonny509 3 4094037 I guess that's why we see that chain "Boston Pizza Kitchen" all over the U.S. signed, Carol from California Thu Oct 09 14:17:28 -0700 2008 4094004 109905 laliz 4 4094383 Right, Carol. Ya know, I always thought Boston Market was crappy. :) Thu Oct 09 17:18:14 -0700 2008 4094037 71241 lynnlato 5 4094527 They sure do know there way around a baked bean. Pizza, not so much. Thu Oct 09 18:28:21 -0700 2008 4094383 139527 GodfatherofLunch 6 4100436 B&M baked beans, Portland, Me. The hero of Boston, "On the 17th of April of '75 and hardly a main is still alive to remember the midnight ride of Paul Revere.' Or his month long walk to Boston after Saltonstall's (another Boston Genius) huge naval defeat the battle of Castine. Who traded Babe Ruth? And make up the name scrod to fool the public? Is there any 'authentic" Boston cooking? It all moved in from Maine, Quebec, Vermont and Old English cookin and ....New Yawk! Gimme mussels on my 'Za! Go Sox! Mon Oct 13 03:42:58 -0700 2008 4094527 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4727901 garlic, olive oil, basil fresh mozz and carmelized onions and fresh mushrooms is amazing. I make a very simple bechemel for a light base with dill, top with fresh arugula, shallots and small shrimp topped with fresh mozz Mushrooms, red peppers, kale with fresh gruyere, no sauce Pesto base with roasted fennel and red peppers topped with mozz I love the Caesar Salad pizza too, garlic, and olive oil, I cook pizz with roasted chicken and mozz and parm and top with arugula dressed with caesar dressing. I love breakfast pizza. A creme fraisch base, scrambled eggs, browned sausage, green peppers and onions and mushrooms or what ever you like. Some shredded mozz or even gruyere. It is a great Weekend alternative to regular eggs. My favorite all time is off course fresh tomatoes, I make a garlic oil with fresh herbs, fresh gouda, smoky bacon, mushrooms and fresh gouda. Squash, eggplant, summer and zuchinni, tomato base for a sauce, onions, olives with fresh romano and some mozz. Sat May 30 10:45:22 -0700 2009 4090319 232829 kchurchill5 3 4728619 I like the breakfast pizza idea - especially with some dippy eggs. Yum! Sat May 30 17:07:02 -0700 2009 4727901 71241 lynnlato 4 4728628 I made it lots of ways. lots of veggies then whole eggs of soft scrambled. Lots of options but it is a lot of fun. The last time I did a large pizza with 6 eggs whole. The base was actually a very light bechemel I had some left over, then added some sauteed onions, mushrooms, peppers, and sausage added a little cheese and then topped with the 6 eggs. Made little indentations in the filling for them to sit. Cooked and served. The eggs were done but still a bit runny. Everyone had a piece. Sort of fun. What is nice is you can use turkey sausage egg substitute, all veggies, you can make it relatively healthy if you want. Spinach eggs, romano and asparagus and mushrooms are great with this. Fresh spinach, whole eggs, some gruyere or swiss, and it is heaven. No meat needed. Fun Weekend Breakfast! Sat May 30 17:12:07 -0700 2009 4728619 232829 kchurchill5 4 4728644 Thinking about this pizza. I have a breakfast for a friend who I am planning a baby shower for. So it is 4 of us. I make may make this. I probably use use a boboli or premade crust because I will get home very late, a light bechemel with dill, some blanched asparagus, fresh spinach, some sliced mushrooms and I like a little shallot. Top with some grated gruyere then topped with 4 eggs so we each get one. A fresh fruit salad. A non alcoholic Bloody Marys and champagne cocktails with fresh mangos, peaches, raspberries and minted ice cubes. And these amazing grilled sage turkey sausages my friend makes fresh. Ok, I just convinced myself. Now I want to eat this NOW!! Sat May 30 17:21:20 -0700 2009 4728619 232829 kchurchill5 1 4093994 Caesar salad pizza Thu Oct 09 13:54:22 -0700 2008 4087801 109905 laliz 1 4094384 Roasted beets, roasted garlic, blue cheese and caramelized onions. Thu Oct 09 17:18:28 -0700 2008 4087801 173963 Rhizome 1 4096784 Spanish coca is a pizza like dish. http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-coca23jan23,1,2677793.story caramelized onions and bell pepper jam are favorite toppings. There are sweeter versions as well. Fri Oct 10 18:25:10 -0700 2008 4087801 12139 paulj 1 4177090 look at this awesome pizza: http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/search/label/Daring%20Bakers roasted butternut squash, caramelized onions, gorgonzola and crispy fried sage! Sat Nov 15 21:32:23 -0800 2008 4087801 105717 alkapal 2 4179561 wow, that looks and sounds great. Mon Nov 17 06:42:03 -0800 2008 4177090 101707 yankeefan 3 4181235 You just solved my what's for dinner problem: I have dough from yesterday, leftover butternut squash soup, gorgonzola, bacon and onions at home...perfect. Mon Nov 17 15:28:45 -0800 2008 4179561 95577 yamalam 4 4206582 let me know how it turned out. its an all time favorite concoction of mine. Fri Nov 28 08:22:27 -0800 2008 4181235 101707 yankeefan 1 4179599 This has a name, but I forget what. It's basically artichoke, ham and vuffalo mozzeralla. It's fantastic. You know what, I've just read the other posts. For me I'm pretty traditional, and I like my pizzas simple. If I hadn't craved meat so bad, I'd have ordered a margarita on Sat (got meat calzoni instead, and it rocked). I like the flavours to be well balanced, the most important thing is the pizza sauce, and I don't want more than about 4 toppings (including the mozzerella). If I could buy the pizza sauce I hjad on saturday, I'd be a very happy man. Mon Nov 17 06:55:45 -0800 2008 4087801 180623 Soop 1 4180591 Eggs! Serious Pie (a pizza place in Seattle) does my favorite pizza with white sauce, cheese, spicy meat (I forget what kind exactly) and eggs. The eggs end up soft baked wth runny yolks and are EXCELLENT with the pizza crust. They put arugala on top. YUM. Mon Nov 17 12:10:30 -0800 2008 4087801 156153 akq 1 4180883 Are they calleed "Flat Out"? Mon Nov 17 13:39:20 -0800 2008 4087801 116638 southernitalian 1 4727527 Feel free to mix and match: Chopped Clams, chopped hard cooked eggs, sauteed mushrooms, artichoke hearts, (I don't think they eat artichokes or avacados in Mass.) BBQ chicken, fresh spinach leaves, and fresh MoZ. If you make your sauce with 6-1 ground tomatos you cannot go wrong with these ingredients. God, It is great to live in Northern California. (upstate N.Y. native) Sat May 30 07:20:16 -0700 2009 4087801 197825 bushy 2 4727846 "(I don't think they eat artichokes or avacados in Mass.)" Say what? What century are you living in? Sat May 30 10:05:27 -0700 2009 4727527 14386 BobB 3 4727865 Gee, Bob, I wonder if them thar Californicators eat full-bellied clams, crab, scallops, Maine cold water shrimp, and lobster on them thar things they call "peeza". "Scuse me I gotter go use the back house. Sat May 30 10:20:04 -0700 2009 4727846 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4728249 going back about 20 years there was a restaurant in London called the Gourmet Pizza company and they had very strange toppings for those times. The great British Fry Up pizza with egg bacon sausage and chips their 4 cheeses had brie gorgonzola mozzarella and another stinky cheese chicken tikka pizza these were a few I remember. I think Pizza Express UK does a sliced potato base instead of a dough base which I had once and was pretty good. Sat May 30 13:42:03 -0700 2009 4087801 22559 smartie 1 4728285 I make a pear, proscuito, gorganzola pizza. And when it comes out of the oven, you sprinkle on chopped walnuts and honey. The sweet and savory is super delicious. yum! Sat May 30 13:59:48 -0700 2009 4087801 15691 mcel215 2 4728527 Excellent, my friend gave me one with peaches, pecans, gorgonzola and something else. Looked good but never made it. Yours sound great! Sat May 30 16:01:20 -0700 2009 4728285 232829 kchurchill5 3 4729432 Here it is kchurchil, this pizza is amazing! Here is what quantities I would use to make for one 12" inch pizza. 4 ounces of crumbled gorgonzola 1/4 lb Parma Prosciutto 1 small red skin pear (not too ripe) 1 lb pizza dough 4 ounces of mozzarella cheese, is equal to ball of it, in my store. 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (toasted on top of the stove) Stretch pizza dough and place on baking sheet with a couple of tablespoons of cornmeal on top. Brush the pizza with olive oil. Lay thin slices of mozzarella and pear, sprinkle with crumbled gorganzola. Place proscuitto down like bicycle spokes. Place in oven preheat 450 oven for 12-18 minutes, depending on your oven. Take pizza out of oven, sprinkle with walnuts, cracked black pepper and drizzle with honey. I used a brush to apply the olive oil to the crust after it was spread out. It doesn't need much at all, maybe a tablespoonful. Sun May 31 05:27:21 -0700 2009 4728527 15691 mcel215 4 4729435 Thank you, that will definitely be on my list. I love making pizzas. I was thinking of pizza tonight due to a slight change of plans and that sounds amazing. Sun May 31 05:33:57 -0700 2009 4729432 232829 kchurchill5 4 4731757 I made it last night. Great pizza ... thx! It was light but still a great flavor. I made a nice arugula salad with just a simple citrus vinaigrette, some honey, balsamic, orange marmalade, and olive oil. Pizza was really good. Mon Jun 01 05:15:52 -0700 2009 4729432 232829 kchurchill5 5 4731796 Your welcome. I was going to say, I don't add more than 1 tablespoon of honey drizzled, because it would then be dessert. ;) Mon Jun 01 05:38:57 -0700 2009 4731757 15691 mcel215 6 4731897 I did just a little, hardly a teaspoon. It was very good. Mon Jun 01 06:33:29 -0700 2009 4731796 232829 kchurchill5 1 4728302 Did not see this posted: Full on Mexican pizza - refrieds, taco meat with olives and tomatoes and cheddar (or mix cheese). When it comes ou of the oven, let cool slightly, and top with crunchy lettuce. Strangely, you can order this in Wyoming, however, I've never found it in Arizona . . . Sat May 30 14:06:30 -0700 2009 4087801 247986 JerryMe 2 4728541 There is a very small percentage of Hispanics in Wyoming. A real Arizonian or New Mexican wouldn't eat it. Growing up in an Italian high density area near NYC, my sphincter is tightening at a lot of these combinations. Kinda like burritos, I wouldn't mind a lot of these "New Age" burritos/pizzas if they were called something other than "burrito" or "pizza". I guess I'm not only a chile purist. Anal-dumkeag Sat May 30 16:12:19 -0700 2009 4728302 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4728884 In Torino I had a "Genovese" pizza with no tomato sauce, lots of white cheese (ricotta and mozzarella), boiled tomatoes, green beans and a pesto drizzle. It was good. Sat May 30 19:15:13 -0700 2009 4087801 131149 Jetgirly 2 4729139 My current favorite that I now order from a local spot here (not a chain) has a very light white sauce, spinach, roasted garlic, very little sun dried tomato, chicken and pine nuts. Sat May 30 21:44:42 -0700 2009 4728884 223367 nvcook 1 4731658 probably not what you mean, but I made one yesterday with gouda (it was all I had cheese-wise). It was ok. Mon Jun 01 02:35:58 -0700 2009 4087801 180623 Soop 1 4741932 Last week I had a Teriyaki Mochi pizza from Strawberry Cones. I need to involve more mochi in my life. http://www.strawberrycones.ca/ Thu Jun 04 08:39:35 -0700 2009 4087801 16363 mogo 1 4745660 I like banana peppers on my pizza! Yum. I'm also dying to try an Italian beef pizza in Chicago. Fri Jun 05 11:07:41 -0700 2009 4087801 282981 foodlover23 2 4746148 "Italian beef pizza " - would this be wet (dipped in the beef juice)? Fri Jun 05 13:12:52 -0700 2009 4745660 12139 paulj