Pizza Topping Combo Suggestions

teamunited33

What are some of your favorite "non-traditional" pizza topping combos? I already have a favorite BBQ chicken - BBQ sauce base, chicken thighs, bacon, pickled red onion, cheddar, and garnished with cilantro.  Looking for other ideas like this, thanks! 

JohnInCarolina

pistachio, mortadella, and garlic - sounds like it shouldn’t all go together, but it’s great, this is a white pie, made without tomato based sauce

ricotta cheese, truffle oil, brie (thinly sliced) and green apples (thinly sliced) - another awesome white pie

blue cheese, hot honey, and nduja, over traditional tomato based sauce - always a crowd pleaser 

tikka masala sauce, diced grilled chicken, red onions, mozzarella cheese, and cilantro - kind of an Indian pizza 

JohnInCarolina

teamunited33

JohnInCarolina said:

pistachio, mortadella, and garlic - sounds like it shouldn’t all go together, but it’s great, this is a white pie, made without tomato based sauce

ricotta cheese, truffle oil, brie (thinly sliced) and green apples (thinly sliced) - another awesome white pie

blue cheese, hot honey, and nduja, over traditional tomato based sauce - always a crowd pleaser 

tikka masala sauce, diced grilled chicken, red onions, mozzarella cheese, and cilantro - kind of an Indian pizza 

Very intrigued by the nduja pie combo, not sure that I'll be able to get that at my local grocery store. Might try it with chorizo 

JohnInCarolina

teamunited33 said:

JohnInCarolina said:

pistachio, mortadella, and garlic - sounds like it shouldn’t all go together, but it’s great, this is a white pie, made without tomato based sauce

ricotta cheese, truffle oil, brie (thinly sliced) and green apples (thinly sliced) - another awesome white pie

blue cheese, hot honey, and nduja, over traditional tomato based sauce - always a crowd pleaser 

tikka masala sauce, diced grilled chicken, red onions, mozzarella cheese, and cilantro - kind of an Indian pizza 

Very intrigued by the nduja pie combo, not sure that I'll be able to get that at my local grocery store. Might try it with chorizo 

I have done it with chorizo when I could not source nduja, and it still works.  Very good.  

Battleborn

Fig spread base, goat cheese and after it is cooked, to with arugula and a balsamic glaze. 

paqman

One of our favorite non-traditional pizza when fresh sweet corn is in season is Elote pizza.  The inspiration came from a Gozney recipe that @JohnInCarolina posted here a couple of years ago.  

Check this thread:  https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1224929/ot-elotes-pizza/p2

I use crème fraîche instead of sour cream and black garlic instead of regular garlic for the sauce. Topped with fresh sweet corn, shallots.  Finished with the lime mayo after the pizza is cooked.  Parmesan only for the cheese, no feta.  🤤

EggNorth

Hot Italian Sausage and Pineapple.   I like the heat and cool of this combination.   Not non-traditional but good.

HeavyG

Peeled asparagus.

shtgunal3

@EggNorth I like the sound of that

northGAcock

My favorite is ARRABBIATA (Spicy marinara / pizza sauce), prosciutto, mushrooms, tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil 

Foghorn

EggNorth said:

Hot Italian Sausage and Pineapple.   I like the heat and cool of this combination.   Not non-traditional but good.

Yes.  This or something like it.  Much better than the traditional "Hawaiian" pizza that uses Canadian bacon.

We actually go with "pineapple and double pepperoni" - that gives the right ratio of salty/spicy and sweet flavors to make it perfect.  The meat to pineapple ratio needs to be relatively high.

theyolksonyou

Had these two at Il Piccolo Almafi

Zucchini blossom

The zucchini were grown in the owners garden.  It did have a meat on it(crudo or Parma, can’t remember). Would have been better without. 

This one was interesting.  

The pie was baked basically as a tomato sauce only.  Then added Parma ham, fresh mozzarella, thin sliced parmigiana and arugula.  

The crust was awesome.  

Canugghead

An old post -

Repurposed some leftover pulled pork...

Korean Kimchi pulled pork pizza
Sauce: canned tomato paste + gochujang + rice vinegar 
Toppings: pulled pork, Kimchi, pineapple, red onion, mozz
Garnish: cilantro, kimchi mayo (also for dipping)

Legume

White sauce, Canadian bacon, smoked Gouda and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Foghorn

Oh yeah, maybe the best pizza I've ever had - definitely the best I've ever made:

Leftover brisket with red onions - and using a 25% BBQ sauce/75% marinara sauce ...

AprèsSki

Thanks all for the inspirations, my contribution 

The Triple O - Onions, oysters and olives

cook 5-6 yellow onions until just barely starting to caramelize and allow to cool.

Spread cooled onions onto dough

Cover with shredded firm mozzarella 

Cover mozzarella with two tins of smoked oysters

Distribute a small can of drained sliced black olives over the pie

Crushed red peppers and oregano to taste

Bake and then enjoy this twist on pissaladiere

alaskanassasin

Legume said:

White sauce, Canadian bacon, smoked Gouda and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Got a like from a Canadian... probably as far as your going to get with that desecration.

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

White sauce, Canadian bacon, smoked Gouda and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Got a like from a Canadian... probably as far as your going to get with that desecration.

It’s supposed to be ham, but I went fishing.

alaskanassasin

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

White sauce, Canadian bacon, smoked Gouda and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Got a like from a Canadian... probably as far as your going to get with that desecration.

It’s supposed to be ham, but I went fishing.

apparently you did not catch anything because you were obviously dying of starvation.

alaskanassasin

Just kidding @Legume you had me until the maple syrup... I would go honey

Ybabpmuts

@alaskanassasin

"It’s supposed to be ham, but I went fishing"

Today was a perfect day to go hamming too. The hams were closer to the surface all day, too , just hamming it up. You probably could have caught your limit with just one small hook and a long hamstring. Heck, if you put some bait on your hammertoes and just dangled them off the side of the boat you'd catch plenty. As long as you don't, get hammered and mistakenly drift off into hammerhead territory because they'd try to hammer on your hammertoe nails, so you'd have to go back to the hamstring hamming method, but by then you're too hammered and all you want is a McDonald's hamburger, but when you get there, you see the menu and grow a hambone for a fish filet so you cancel the hamburger, and order the fish instead. 

I get it now, better to skip the hamming and go right to the fishing, because hamming leads to fishing anyway.

SB

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

White sauce, Canadian bacon, smoked Gouda and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Got a like from a Canadian... probably as far as your going to get with that desecration.

It’s supposed to be ham, but I went fishing.

apparently you did not catch anything because you were obviously dying of starvation.

Fishing for a Canadian, and I did.

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

Just kidding @Legume you had me until the maple syrup... I would go honey

The pie is from a Detroit style pizza place that started in Austin but is now spreading across the US, Via 313.  They use maple on that one.  I think they also quit making that pie a couple of years ago, but it’s really good.

TEXASBGE2018

My favorite non traditional pies are chicken based. One I make a homemade pesto for the sauce then cover with mozzarella and Italian seasoned grilled chicken and roasted garlic. My other favorite is Buffalo chicken pizza. I use franks hot sauce for the base mozzerella
and Jack cheese and then pan fry chicken cube it up and put on top, then drizzle homemade ranch.

paqman

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Legume said:

White sauce, Canadian bacon, smoked Gouda and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Got a like from a Canadian... probably as far as your going to get with that desecration.

It’s supposed to be ham, but I went fishing.

apparently you did not catch anything because you were obviously dying of starvation.

Fishing for a Canadian, and I did.

🖕🤣😂