Hey @Bruce, since you said you havenât had a pizza for a long time and you now have the urge to eat one, please, please, please find a good pizza place that serves you a real traditional pizza (wood - oven baked, if possible), you wonât regret it!
They are prepared that way at several places locally, I think the last one I had like that was at the local Leagues Club. Donât forget Australia has a large Italian population (something like 5% of the population)
Yes, I know that Australia has a large Italian population, thatâs why it must be relatively easy to try a real pizza, no offense to others of course, but I think you can understand how âoverly protectiveâ I feel about our Pizza, defending original, genuine ingredients
Soz all you pineapple lovers (English really hit the ropes with that name - no-one else uses a name for it other than ananas). Sweet fruit has no place on a savoury dish.
Grown up and experienced palates prefer savoury. Perhaps foods such as olives need a bit of practise and trying before you like them. They are lovely once you get into the taste. So for me a pizza is best with strong cheese, anchovies and olives. And a bottle of Barolo.
I love olives, eaten on their own, as part of a tray of nibbles or a cheeseboard or in a Greek-style salad, but I would not choose to have them on top of melted cheese as a pizza topping.
Pineapple is OK on pizzas, though - in small pieces so it doesnât make the pizza base go soggy.
I usually go for a thin-crust pizza with just the traditional tomato and cheese topping.
I donât eat meat, so I wouldnât order the Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple and donât usually find that restaurants add pineapple to any of the veggie toppings on the standard menu.
There is a restaurant near my favourite theatre and they make a lovely thin crust pizza and you can specify exactly what toppings you wish to add to the basic topping.
I have occasionally gone mad and asked for sliced mushrooms, peppers and pineapple - I think it tastes lovely!
Pizza made and Was chosen as a new gadget in play now
⌠needed an Easy Meal to practice on!
I use my Bread Maker to form the Pizza Base then add a tomato paste to it and then go with my fancyâŚthis one was grated cheddar cheese then onion chopped oregano chopped ham and tomatoes on top. Took 15mins to cook in the Ninja combi so timewise similar to a conventional Oven but with the Ninja the cost would be the deal breakerâŚ
True you cannot beat the taste when cooked traditionally but seeing I do not have a Pizza Oven then this is the next best thing for meâŚI am not a great fan of Pizzaâs but do enjoy the occasional oneâŚWe had a few chips with it, also cooked in the Ninja but should have had Salad with it really
âŚPineapple tasty with sweet and sour Pork or ChickenâŚPizza noway taâŚolives yuk!
I could bore yaâll to death with my homemade pizzas
I donât like too much cheese but the photos thus donât look as pizzare as they might with more cheese
I cook them on upside down grill pan (Americans call it a broiler I think?).