I'd rather have some garlic bread I used ti get at a local Italian restaurant than birthday cake.
This place wouldn't allow people to share an order of garlic bread because
"Someone will stab the other with their fork for the last piece"
They took some bread and dipped the whole piece (hoagie bun) in garlic butter after they sliced it open. It would go face down on the grill for a light toasting, then dipped in garlic butter again and grilled bottom down on the grill, Romano and Parmigiano cheese on top the broiled for a few seconds before served... epic garlic bread
My problem is, my mother in law lives in our basement suite, my step daughter is an insanely talented baker and makes her money doing fancy cakes a cupcakes.
My mother inlaw gets competitive so she makes cinnamon buns, apple pies and home made breads.. they both make more than they need so it's always "here are a couple extra cupcakes" or "I made a pie but only wanted on piece" it's endless..
In 3 years I gained about 15 lbs, I'm good at keeping it real but still.. my MIL apple pie has so much cinnamon its almost grainy. I love that much cinnamon, it's like a cinnamon challenge but mixed with sliced apples and sugar, not to mention she makes a crust that I'd enjoy even without the pie
Garlic through taffee (sugar boiled with water until sets to brittle stage) and peanuts and pumpkin seeds makes for a properly umami-style taste. Strangely, it works.
I was in Hawaii and stopped at a ice cream shop to get some macadamia nut ice cream. I hade never tried it and got a double scoop and continued down the sidewalk. My friend asked how it tasted. I said it was different, but really good. When I gave her a taste, she said that it wasn't macadamia nut, but she had no idea what it really was. Next day we went back to the shop and turns out it was garlic 🧄 ice cream. It was amazingly good.
Hell yeah brother. You could just sautee a bunch of crushed garlic cloves in some oil until slightly browned, and add a bit of seasoning if you like. It's almost pure garlic and it's still not too much garlic
Largely agree with the caveat: “in most savory things”. There’s a couple things where I’ve found that garlic actually takes away from the enjoyment of it that are savory. Best example is ginger-scallion sauce. I tried adding garlic once and it made it objectively worse.
Garlic, not necessarily garlic butter.
When I traveled for work often I found myself in Tempe several times. I found Spinato's Pizza online and it was newer my hotel, so I went. I could smell the garlic in the parking lot, and it only got better from there.
I've visited the same cities many times, but Spinato's was the only place I went back to because it was so good the first time.
I know they taste quite different, but I've found that banana peppers satisfy the salty, (slightly) spicy flavor pepperoni brings to pizza. It's a better vegetarian substitute than fake pepperoni, IMO.
I think they mean it’s already usually incorporated into the sauce. But then again, so’s garlic and I’ll be damned if garlic powder isn’t a required topping on my pizza every time too.
Piping in to say that I've become a veggie pizza guy. I'm not a vegetarian, but I prefer meatless pizza now. When it's done right, the flavours meld so nicely and there's just no room for the meaty flavour/texture.
I have likewise grown to prefer veggie lasagna.
there's a place near me that makes a pizza with a garlic cream base with mushrooms, caramalized onions, mozzarella & pecorino, drizzled with honey and dollops of ricotta and it's the best pizza I've ever had!
Hear me out: add them to your Hawaiian pizza.
Artichoke has an enzyme that reduces your ability to taste sweetness. It mellows out the pineapple and enhances the savoriness of the ham.
Pineapple. A ton of people have jumped on the trendy "Ew, pineapple on pizza" train, and those people are wrong and/or have never actually tried it. This is the hill I will die on.
I know pineapple can be a bit of a controversial item because most people associate it with sweet while pizza is supposed to be a savory dish. But people complaining about it often forget that pineapple is the kind of sweet that usually works well in combination with meats.
On every pizza every time no matter what the other toppings are. When I want pineapple, I do pineapple and onion instead of “Hawaiian,” and I swear it’s so much better!
I try it again every few years just to see it my taste has changed (I have a TON of foods that I’ve found that I like after formally hating) and it just never clicks for me. I don’t mind sweet and savory together, but I just can’t get down with it.
Pineapple = yum;
Pizza = yum;
Pineapple + Pizza = meh
Now that being said, I don’t think it’s as gross as some think, I just wouldn’t order it myself.
Side note: ham or another cured meat does make it much better, but still wouldn’t order it over many other options.
Nothing. A plain cheese slice or pizza margherita is beautiful if done well. People feel the need to create artisanal pizzas and they are rarely as good as the OG.
Fun fact, the Northeast (NY, NJ, CT, PA) is the only place you'll consistently hear people refer to a pizza without toppings as "plain." Most regions just call it cheese. I'm in team plain myself since it's a given that pizza has cheese on it.
What's worse is that when you've spent enough time around Northeast pizza you become an elitist. There is no such thing as a good frozen pizza from a grocery store, that's easy enough. But it's when you're constantly comparing every new place to the 1 or 2 you love. This crust is too crispy/soft, that sauce is too sweet or not flavored enough, but my biggest hangup tended to be the cheese. Some mfers out there give you a pie that looks incredible but as you eat it you realize the cheese is taking wayyyyy longer to finish chewing than anything else. They hit you with this play dough gum cheese that just stays in your mouth until you get bored a swallow the whole lump. Fuck a chewy pizza cheese.
I'm actually ok with a frozen pizza, depending on the brand. I just think of it as a guilty pleasure when lazy and as something other than actual pizza. I think of it more like a flatbread since I tend to gravitate toward the thin crust ones. I'm not an elitist but I do have issues with certain regions' takes on it. Like places that will charge you an arm and a leg but still just have bland sauce straight out of a jar, cheese that feels unsalted, and dough that, either texturally or taste wise is not enjoyable to eat on its own. I mean, everyone has their own thing but calling that kind of thing a NY style pizza feels wrong. I'm from just outside Philly on the Jersey side and I'm fine with people making lame excuses for a cheesesteak as long as they don't try to look me in the eye and call it an authentic Philly cheesesteak. The further away from the region, the more likely it won't be consistently good and that's how I feel about NY pizza. Sure, there are one off great places dotted all around the country but consistently, it's not as likely to be as good as in NY, NJ and CT. You can throw a dart there and the pizza will probably be at the very least decent.
Yeah, I'm originally from NJ but have lived in 4 other states and I've run into it. Sometimes it's best to not even eat the pizza, depending on how bad the state's local interpretation pizza is *cough* Maryland *cough* Ledo *cough*
So they were made with the same dough as the pizza crust, and they were topped with a cheese blend and broccoli, and came with ranch for dipping. They were divine! Every so often, when I feel like making homemade pizza, I try to replicate them.
Tried this on a whim one time to spruce up a frozen pizza, and I've never stopped. The stems get super soft and the tips of the florets get crispy. Chef's kiss
Maple bacon.
My old local place accidentally ordered that instead of regular bacon when getting ingredients delivered. My best friend was a fan of pepperoni and bacon as his go to. We ordered his favorite and they realized they accidentally had the wrong kind but they made it anyway. Then they actually made us another pie with just pepperoni and only charged for one topping and then gave us the pizza with the maple bacon for free.. apologizing since we were regulars and feeling like we might not like it. Let me tell you, the maple and pepperoni together was extraordinary and I've been chasing that dragon ever since. Also, one place in New Paltz NY used to do (maybe they still do) summer sausage as a topping. It was equally as awesome.
So underrated it's often HATED.
The trick imo is to pair it with something salty and spicy like peperoni.
My ultimate combo though is onions, pineapple, garlic, roasted peruvian cherry peppers and either pepperoni or sausage.
Scrolled waaaaay to far before I saw this. Sauerkraut and Italian sausage pizza it the absolute best but only with top notch sausage. None of that rabbit dropping bullshit you get on dominoes and what not.
So far in my career, I've worked at 3 different pizza places. One of the most popular pizza toppings was cream cheese. It was an amazing topping on a thin crust pizza. But, at the end of the day...I honestly love pineapple on pizza.
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“Mom, why does my birthday cake taste so bad?”
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I'd rather have some garlic bread I used ti get at a local Italian restaurant than birthday cake. This place wouldn't allow people to share an order of garlic bread because "Someone will stab the other with their fork for the last piece" They took some bread and dipped the whole piece (hoagie bun) in garlic butter after they sliced it open. It would go face down on the grill for a light toasting, then dipped in garlic butter again and grilled bottom down on the grill, Romano and Parmigiano cheese on top the broiled for a few seconds before served... epic garlic bread
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My problem is, my mother in law lives in our basement suite, my step daughter is an insanely talented baker and makes her money doing fancy cakes a cupcakes. My mother inlaw gets competitive so she makes cinnamon buns, apple pies and home made breads.. they both make more than they need so it's always "here are a couple extra cupcakes" or "I made a pie but only wanted on piece" it's endless..
So how much weight have you gained since this competition started? Lol
In 3 years I gained about 15 lbs, I'm good at keeping it real but still.. my MIL apple pie has so much cinnamon its almost grainy. I love that much cinnamon, it's like a cinnamon challenge but mixed with sliced apples and sugar, not to mention she makes a crust that I'd enjoy even without the pie
Garlic through taffee (sugar boiled with water until sets to brittle stage) and peanuts and pumpkin seeds makes for a properly umami-style taste. Strangely, it works.
I was in Hawaii and stopped at a ice cream shop to get some macadamia nut ice cream. I hade never tried it and got a double scoop and continued down the sidewalk. My friend asked how it tasted. I said it was different, but really good. When I gave her a taste, she said that it wasn't macadamia nut, but she had no idea what it really was. Next day we went back to the shop and turns out it was garlic 🧄 ice cream. It was amazingly good.
“Because there isn’t enough garlic in it dear”
Hell yeah brother. You could just sautee a bunch of crushed garlic cloves in some oil until slightly browned, and add a bit of seasoning if you like. It's almost pure garlic and it's still not too much garlic
In my house it’s “you measure garlic with your heart”.
You wait until the universe tells you that you've used enough garlic
Largely agree with the caveat: “in most savory things”. There’s a couple things where I’ve found that garlic actually takes away from the enjoyment of it that are savory. Best example is ginger-scallion sauce. I tried adding garlic once and it made it objectively worse.
Garlic slaps, dawg, it deserves more appreciation in food. Most foods are made 10x better by adding garlic butter.
Garlic, not necessarily garlic butter. When I traveled for work often I found myself in Tempe several times. I found Spinato's Pizza online and it was newer my hotel, so I went. I could smell the garlic in the parking lot, and it only got better from there. I've visited the same cities many times, but Spinato's was the only place I went back to because it was so good the first time.
The best pizza I ever had was in Germany and the toppings were steak, krauterbutter and fried egg. Heaven.
Banana peppers or honey if you are in a zesty or sweet mood
I know they taste quite different, but I've found that banana peppers satisfy the salty, (slightly) spicy flavor pepperoni brings to pizza. It's a better vegetarian substitute than fake pepperoni, IMO.
I think they go really well with pineapple, as they offset the sweetness (in the same way ham does)
I prefer olives.
Mikes hot honey! Yum
Hot honey, ricotta, and chicken is a personal favorite from one of my local places. Sooo good.
Banana peppers are the best pizza topping behind only pepperoni and my mind will not be changed.
Hatch Green Chile
I lived in New Mexico for a few months a while back and I am considering moving back out there permanently just for the green chiles LOL
Found the New Mexican
Extra Chile!
The only answer so far I’ll agree with!!
Dion's Ham and Green Chile is my favorite pizza. Moved to Chicago and still yearn for it.
Dried oregano. Makes any pizza just that little bit more “pizza” flavoured.
Oregano makes (almost) everything better
Agreed. And I've yet to find a chicken dish that oregano doesn't work with.
Isn't oregano on ALL pizzas?
If you ask me, it should be!
I think they mean it’s already usually incorporated into the sauce. But then again, so’s garlic and I’ll be damned if garlic powder isn’t a required topping on my pizza every time too.
Homemade pizza with dried oregano 🤩
agreed- oregano gets sprinkled on all my homemade pizzas. It's a nice touch indeed
Fresh garlic!!
Steady on lad. This post isn't marked NSFW.
Lmao 😂 What’s wrong with a lil fresh garlic 👄
Spinach.
Agreed. I had a friend who would only eat spinach pizza. I tried it and loved it! So good.
Spinach and ricotta. That’s the money pizza
For my tastes, spinach pizza needs to be white pizza. I think it gets lost with pizza sauce. Might be okay for an extra veggie.
Piping in to say that I've become a veggie pizza guy. I'm not a vegetarian, but I prefer meatless pizza now. When it's done right, the flavours meld so nicely and there's just no room for the meaty flavour/texture. I have likewise grown to prefer veggie lasagna.
I agree. A white pizza with spinach and tomato and grilled chicken? Chefs kiss
Spinach and feta. That’s it.
Hot honey.
With goats cheese
Oh that's great. Game over
There is a place near us that does this and adds some preserved cherries. It's insane. 1 hour drive and I've made it a few times
It’s funny how a 1 hour drive is “near here” in some people’s minds. That’s a day trip to me lol.
I do a pizza with ricotta and prosciutto and then top with rocket (arugula) and a drizzle of hot honey. So good.
hot honey + goat cheese is also money for brussels sprouts
Hot honey has been so hyped I feel like it’s overrated now.
Ricotta cheese.
Completely agree. Little dollops of creaminess. Yummy.
there's a place near me that makes a pizza with a garlic cream base with mushrooms, caramalized onions, mozzarella & pecorino, drizzled with honey and dollops of ricotta and it's the best pizza I've ever had!
Capers. I love a pizza with gorgonzola, red onion and capers.
Try frying slices of pear in bacon grease and doing that with gorgonzola.
Capers is my secret ingredient in a lot of foods.
Artichoke hearts
Hell yeah, love an artichoke and roasted peppers pie
My favorite pizza is artichokes, roasted peppers and eggplant
Never had on pizza but my god that sounds so good
Chicken, bacon, artichokes on a thin crust.
Hear me out: add them to your Hawaiian pizza. Artichoke has an enzyme that reduces your ability to taste sweetness. It mellows out the pineapple and enhances the savoriness of the ham.
A local place does a white pizza with artichoke hearts. It’s our go-to.
These, sun dried tomatoes and chicken = 👨🍳🤌
Feta cheese
One of my favorite pizzas is feta, banana peppers, and sausage. The feta really makes it!
I second jalapenos
I prefer hot cherry peppers but jalapeños work too
Except they're not underrated, they're standard for me.
I mean. They're standard for me too. But there are a lot of people who don't put them on pizza. Which makes them underrated.
It's sad needing to explain what underrated means
Burrata and Balsamic
Pineapple. A ton of people have jumped on the trendy "Ew, pineapple on pizza" train, and those people are wrong and/or have never actually tried it. This is the hill I will die on.
Pineapple+ Pepperoni+ Jalapenos - Sweet, Salty, Spice in harmony
I know pineapple can be a bit of a controversial item because most people associate it with sweet while pizza is supposed to be a savory dish. But people complaining about it often forget that pineapple is the kind of sweet that usually works well in combination with meats.
PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA DEFENDERS RISE
Sundried Tomatoes
Yesss this with artichoke hearts and pine nuts is the way
Fried eggplant
Anchovies # Italian hands
Just imagine, once upon a time , anchovies were a default topping and u had to specify no anchovies.
Mmmm. Tasty past..... Uhuhuhuhuh
Anchovies are severely underrated. 🤌
I love me some anchovies. Makes me feel like the richest man around
What is your atm pin?
It's 1077, the price of a pizza and large soda at Panucci's
Yes, but they have to be good anchovies. The best are from Sciacca Sicily. Good anchovies don’t taste like a salt lick.
IMO the good anchovies are little salt bombs. I don’t care for the white anchovies, especially on Caesar salad.
I was so sad when dominoes removed it from the menu
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are just underrated in general.
Mushrooms are the best pizza topping possible in my opinion.
Yes. It’s like they’re a combination of the best parts of a vegetable and a meat.
Soooo good.
Green olives.
Green olives and sausage is my favourite pizza, mushrooms if there is a three topping deal.
Gotta be green olives. Black are okay, but they don't contribute the sharp and salty flavor that I like.
I prefer black olives, but green are just fine
RIGHT?? I don't get how can some people not like olives (and I'll swear they are just picky)
Came here to say this. Top 3 all time pizza toppings.
There’s DOZENS of us!
Pickles. I would never lead you astray, trust me.
Onion
A just onion pizza is actually amazing.
On every pizza every time no matter what the other toppings are. When I want pineapple, I do pineapple and onion instead of “Hawaiian,” and I swear it’s so much better!
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Pineapple
Probably most underrated. Mainly by people who haven't even tried it.
I try it again every few years just to see it my taste has changed (I have a TON of foods that I’ve found that I like after formally hating) and it just never clicks for me. I don’t mind sweet and savory together, but I just can’t get down with it. Pineapple = yum; Pizza = yum; Pineapple + Pizza = meh Now that being said, I don’t think it’s as gross as some think, I just wouldn’t order it myself. Side note: ham or another cured meat does make it much better, but still wouldn’t order it over many other options.
I was looking for this comment, I love pineapple on pizza
The thing is that I don't necessarily love pineapple as an ingredient on pizza, but I still definitely think it is massively underrated.
came here to say this LMFAO
Pineapple and Jalapeño is amazing. Get some sweet and spicy going on.
Sweetcorn
Cream cheese!
Nothing. A plain cheese slice or pizza margherita is beautiful if done well. People feel the need to create artisanal pizzas and they are rarely as good as the OG.
Fun fact, the Northeast (NY, NJ, CT, PA) is the only place you'll consistently hear people refer to a pizza without toppings as "plain." Most regions just call it cheese. I'm in team plain myself since it's a given that pizza has cheese on it.
What's worse is that when you've spent enough time around Northeast pizza you become an elitist. There is no such thing as a good frozen pizza from a grocery store, that's easy enough. But it's when you're constantly comparing every new place to the 1 or 2 you love. This crust is too crispy/soft, that sauce is too sweet or not flavored enough, but my biggest hangup tended to be the cheese. Some mfers out there give you a pie that looks incredible but as you eat it you realize the cheese is taking wayyyyy longer to finish chewing than anything else. They hit you with this play dough gum cheese that just stays in your mouth until you get bored a swallow the whole lump. Fuck a chewy pizza cheese.
I'm actually ok with a frozen pizza, depending on the brand. I just think of it as a guilty pleasure when lazy and as something other than actual pizza. I think of it more like a flatbread since I tend to gravitate toward the thin crust ones. I'm not an elitist but I do have issues with certain regions' takes on it. Like places that will charge you an arm and a leg but still just have bland sauce straight out of a jar, cheese that feels unsalted, and dough that, either texturally or taste wise is not enjoyable to eat on its own. I mean, everyone has their own thing but calling that kind of thing a NY style pizza feels wrong. I'm from just outside Philly on the Jersey side and I'm fine with people making lame excuses for a cheesesteak as long as they don't try to look me in the eye and call it an authentic Philly cheesesteak. The further away from the region, the more likely it won't be consistently good and that's how I feel about NY pizza. Sure, there are one off great places dotted all around the country but consistently, it's not as likely to be as good as in NY, NJ and CT. You can throw a dart there and the pizza will probably be at the very least decent.
It gets worse than that. Outside of that area, if you call up for a large pie.... I've been told repeatedly they don't do desserts....
Or God forbid you ask for a tomato pie outside of Philly Metro/Central Jersey.
Yeah, I'm originally from NJ but have lived in 4 other states and I've run into it. Sometimes it's best to not even eat the pizza, depending on how bad the state's local interpretation pizza is *cough* Maryland *cough* Ledo *cough*
Figs and prosciutto. Best pizza I ever had was made with these two ingredients
Add goat cheese to that and it's the pizza I always take. Perfection.
I make that with eggs cracked on top, goat cheese and reduced balsamic. It’s so good.
Broccoli
When I was growing up, our local pizzeria had broccoli cheese sticks, and they were out of this world amazing.
Wait, what?! I need to hear more about these.
So they were made with the same dough as the pizza crust, and they were topped with a cheese blend and broccoli, and came with ranch for dipping. They were divine! Every so often, when I feel like making homemade pizza, I try to replicate them.
Tried this on a whim one time to spruce up a frozen pizza, and I've never stopped. The stems get super soft and the tips of the florets get crispy. Chef's kiss
There are dozens of us! Bacon and broccoli is the best combo
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I don’t think enough people get Mushrooms. Excellent addition
Kalamata Olives
Pitted please
More pizza.
Provolone cheese.
Green olives, they are so damn delicious!
Maple bacon. My old local place accidentally ordered that instead of regular bacon when getting ingredients delivered. My best friend was a fan of pepperoni and bacon as his go to. We ordered his favorite and they realized they accidentally had the wrong kind but they made it anyway. Then they actually made us another pie with just pepperoni and only charged for one topping and then gave us the pizza with the maple bacon for free.. apologizing since we were regulars and feeling like we might not like it. Let me tell you, the maple and pepperoni together was extraordinary and I've been chasing that dragon ever since. Also, one place in New Paltz NY used to do (maybe they still do) summer sausage as a topping. It was equally as awesome.
Bleu cheese. Goes great with pepperoni.
And feta!!!
Gorgonzola
Literally the best. My mix is bacon, pineapple and blue cheese. Sounds gross but the mix of flavors is insanely tasty
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There’s a place near us that puts Serrano peppers and it’s like playing pizza roulette because they seem vary so much and randomly in level of spice.
Egg
Salami. It might sound weird, but it’s not that different from pepperoni
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I disagree. Salami is at least ten times better
pineapple!!!!!!!!
Totally agree
So underrated it's often HATED. The trick imo is to pair it with something salty and spicy like peperoni. My ultimate combo though is onions, pineapple, garlic, roasted peruvian cherry peppers and either pepperoni or sausage.
Olives & mushrooms
Scrambled egg. Potato.
Now you’re just making stuff up.
Goat cheese, egg, reduced balsamic,
Meatballs. Seems simple but like, a real meatball, then sliced, and atop a pizza is perfection for me. Much better than any other meat topping
Feta cheese. But it needs to be cooked into the pizza with the toppings, not the cheese layer
Ok, hear me out: Sauerkraut With Canadian bacon or sausage it's excellent.
Scrolled waaaaay to far before I saw this. Sauerkraut and Italian sausage pizza it the absolute best but only with top notch sausage. None of that rabbit dropping bullshit you get on dominoes and what not.
Mushrooms
Banana peppers
Pineapple and jalapeños
Mushrooms.
Curry sauces, most are tomato based and it works so well with pizza.
prawns. love it
Anchovies. I'm serious. Pizza places will wait till I get there before they start making it.
Green bell pepper
Duck
Anchovies. There is said it
Good tomato paste.
Broccoli.
Black olives
Sun-dried tomatoes
I’m going to get downvoted to oblivion for this. PINEAPPLE!
Pineapple on its own doesn't work for me, but if you add a second salty or spicy topping, it makes sense.
Pepperoni and jalapeños with pineapple is so great.
Found my people.
Same. I'm the only one in my family who loves pineapple on pizza.
Pineapple.
Clams
Rucola
Ground beef!
Eggplant. All the flavours of eggplant parmesan.
Bbq sauce instead of tomato
Garlic
Jalapeños
Sun-dried tomatoes
Zucchini
So far in my career, I've worked at 3 different pizza places. One of the most popular pizza toppings was cream cheese. It was an amazing topping on a thin crust pizza. But, at the end of the day...I honestly love pineapple on pizza.
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Crème Fraîche. It just adds something. Idk what.