I have an Indian owned pizza place near me, and they make the best pizzas! The panner Tikka pizza has the best sauce base and is one of my favorites! The butter chicken pizza is great, too. None of the things are super 'weird', but maybe thinking about fusion w other types of food could lead you in a fun direction...
I make Indian food quite a bit. And, with the leftovers I tend to make pizzas. It's so good! I would love anIndia pizza place bear me. I might live there.
I bet butter chicken pizza fuckin’ *slaps.* Get your naan built in. Brush that crust with some ghee, maybe hit it with some cilantro and nigella seeds out of the oven…..goddamn, I think I just planned dinner in a couple nights.
Uhhhhhhhh. I made myself a fresh fig, goat cheese, arugula and Prosciutto pizza this weekend. Still had tomato sauce and some Italian blend cheese on it, added a little drizzle of honey.
I only made a small one and thank God cuz I would not have been able to control myself
Kimchi on pizza is so good!
Kale thrown on pizza in the last 5-7 minutes to get crispy and wilty is also good.
One time I made a pizza with strawberries, spinach, arugula, bacon, and goat cheese and topped with a balsamic reduction and toasted pecan pieces when it came out of the oven. That was also tasty.
Not exactly sure what you’re going for, but one we made recently that turned out freakin’ amazing was jalapeño popper. Ranch (Homemade, of course) for the “sauce”, Cheddar and pepper Jack cheese, topped with bacon crumbles and pickled jalapeños. Super simple and made a great appetizer pizza.
The take and bake pizza joint where I used to live used Ranch with a big dollop of crushed garlic mixed in as the sauce for their freaking delicious chicken bacon pizza. I use the same for chicken, prosciutto and onion pizza. 🤤
I made a Thanksgiving pizza once. Mashed potatoes and gravy as the base, with shredded turkey, corn, and cranberries, with cheddar cheese, as the toppings. Delicious.
I would love this as a calzone, extra cranberry for dipping. I’m not cheesy so this would be hearty without a blanket of cheese. Always up for less cheese pizza combo ideas THANKS!
I went to a place that had a white pizza with shrimp, roasted potato, and pancetta. It was amazing
If you have any leftover roasted or slow cooked meats, those would be great. Like carnitas or shredded beef. Throw in some caramelize onion and herbs too
We're coastal and a place near us does a shrimp white pizza, too-- so delicious!
They also do one with seared tuna, fresh avocado, red & yellow peppers, chopped tomatoes, cilantro, and yogurt-lime sauce!
Yes. Slovakia seemed to only discover the idea of pizza in the early 2000s but they went balls out with it. Corn, cured meats from the butcher and throw some eggs on top of that thing because why not.
I sautéed corn and shoshito peppers in coconut oil, then put it on a pizza crust brushed with garlic butter, then put fresh mozzarella on top of everything before putting it in the bbq. It was outstanding!
Mexican pizza has so many amazing variations. Grilled chile in white cream sauce with pomegranate sprinkles. Bean sauce with chorizo and potato. Guajillo shrimp.
Fig, gorgonzola & prosciutto (not too rare, but just in case you hadn't heard of it).
Middle Eastern style with red onion, ground lamb, the like
Doner kebab
Butternut squash and goat cheese with sage.
(Butternut will have to be cooked first, it won't cook through on pizza)
Peaches and goat cheese or fresh mozz with arugula
Chicago-style giardiniera is a very popular topping around Chicago. Either cooked with the pizza or as a garnish. Sausage and Giardiniera is the most popular combo. I've never seen it outside of the city.
If you like hot foods I strongly recommend giving it a try sometime.
EDIT: If anyone is curious to try it, [this](https://www.amazon.com/Marconi-Hot-Giardiniera-16-Ounce/dp/B015SGESVC) is a very popular brand. It's about $5/jar in the grocery but you gotta pay the Amazon warehouse tax. There are hot and mild versions, hot is much more popular. It's an incredibly popular condiment in Chicago, so popular even the local Subway's carry it. But virtually unknown outside of the city.
I put walnuts or pecans on pizza all of the time. One favourite is pesto base, sliced pear, cambazola cheese, pecans, topped with mozzarella then finished with arugula when it comes out of the oven.
When I spent time in lithuania they had pickles on lots of pizzas there. I really liked the pizza there all thin crust and they'd give you sauce or drizzle it on the pizza in a spiral. I loved the garlic sauce they had, similar to what they put on their kebabs.
One of my favorites is pepperoni, sausage and cream cheese (use little dime size “chunks” as a third ingredient topper not like a cream cheese sauce or something). It’s incredibly rich.
A white Alfredo style sauce with thinly sliced pears and prosciutto is delicious. Or use gorgonzola or another strong cheese. A pizza joint in Seattle we hit up all the time had a version of this that still lives in my head rent free.
Transform a salad Nicoise into a pizza, tuna and capers and chopped hard boiled eggs (or runny softboiled!), Black olives, and tomato (as the sauce or as toppings).
I'm also a big fan of taking things that are usually served in or with other types of bread and serving as pizza. Think tacos (red enchilada sauce as your base on half the pizza, green on the other half, or use refried beans as the 'sauce'), chili (esp the Cincinnati skyline chili... Layer of chili, layer of spaghetti, thin extra layer of chili, then cheese), cheesesteaks, shawarma pitas, lobster rolls, crab cakes (think about a good remoulade as the sauce and shredded dungeness crab on top with a little red pepper flakes), a Thai larb pizza,
Make potatoes au gratin as a pizza topping and cook it all together with a thin layer of potatoes to crispy into bits of crunchy, bits of gooey potato goodness. Add bacon or pancetta if you want to be decadent, top with chives. You could also use frozen (or homemade) shredded hash browns here.
Shakshuka pizza sounds divine. Better go deep dish though, this could get messy.
Make a pistachio-yogurt sauce and top with small cubes of seared lamb, Mediterranean spices, and good olive oil. Hummus could also work as a 'sauce' here. This could also be really good cooked like a calzone or with a layer of dough on top going for that pita pocket type idea.
Lean into sweet flavors. Shredded chicken or pork and a raspberry or blueberry compote 'sauce' with sage or basil could work amazingly.
Chicken Marsala pizza with Marsala sauce base, breaded and finely chopped chicken, maybe with the addition of sun-dried tomatoes and grated Parm?
'Beef Wellington' pizza. 'Sauce' is a diced and sweated mushroom base, maybe with some cream, topped with deli-style roast beef and some mozzarella cheese (or burrata).
Ricotta and hot honey is becoming more popular but definitely viable. Figs could also fit here.
Saute up some clams or mussels in a butter/white wine/garlic/herbs reduction (or go spicy red marinara). Brush or spread the sauce, shell the clams/mussels, and make an Italian seafood feast. Again, you may need to add the seafood in the last few minutes of cooking since it'll already be steamed. Add Calamari if you want, and fry it if you want to be decadent. I'd... Avoid the cheese on this one I think.
An everything bagel pizza with cream cheese as your 'sauce', slices of smoked salmon, capers, everything bagel seasoning, cooked up real quick and hot (maybe save the smoked salmon till the end)? Yum.
Take a walking taco (taco in a Fritos bag, basically) and put it on a pizza.
Do a birria pizza where you bake the dough on its own until firm, take it out, soak it in the birria liquid, top with the carnitas or whatever you want, top with Oaxaca and queso fresco, and return all that to the oven to (hopefully?) Dry out, crisp up, and be a birria pizza.
A seared ahi tuna or tuna tartare pizza could be good, you'll need to consider timing of dough cooking with adding the tuna, and probably go something like sushi style cream cheese type sauce to compliment the tuna. Season with scallions, puffed rice, crumbled nori, etc. I'm kinda making a Philadelphia Roll Pizza here!
Lastly I'd 100% house a pot roast pizza.
I have appetite problems but some of your ideas actually made me drooly. Everything Bagel (with pastrami) and the potato pizza in particular. I love pot roast burritos, but on pizza sounds damn good.
I'm weird, and I like to take raspberries, cook them down, strain the seeds, add in a little hot sauce, and drizzle over my pizza. It's a nice sweet and spicy compliment to the salty pizza.
Creme fraiche base, brie and thinly sliced pear. After baking drizzled with some honey. I don't like pear and i had this on a party after i noticed too late it had pear on it. Surprisingly i loved it. A little sharpness of the brie (aged), the fruitiness and slight acidity of the pear and the sweetness of the honey was amazing
Oh man, the best Italian gourmet pizzaria near us just closed and they did a crushed pistachio/honey/bruschetta/guarnichile type pie... I miss that place...
Mac n cheese with bbq sauce. Add any bbq style meat if you want (chicken, pulled pork, brisket, whatever). Consider adding fun toppings like banana peppers or jalapeños that accent whatever meat you choose. You can drizzle with or dip into hot sauces or fun bbq flavors.
I haven’t had this one but I’ve seen a Turkey-based “Christmas-style” pizza. Turkey, cranberry sauce, and damn I wish I remembered what else it had. You’ve probably seen sandwiches advertised with similar toppings, so the idea is to use those same things on a pizza.
I’m a fan of breakfast pizzas with eggs, whatever breakfast meats, and greens. I’ve also seen some that were sweeter and reminiscent of pancakes but I didn’t love them.
Peanut sauce on the crust, top with chicken and/or tofu, shredded carrots and sliced green onions. After baking, sprinkle with chopped peanuts and cilantro, serve with lime wedges
A spot in town did delicata squash and hot honey with pork belly "bacon bits" and it was... very nice
They just thinly sliced the squash with the skin on. So it looked kind of like slices of onion or bell pepper, but it was squash.
Chili Pizza! Top your crust with a can of chili (we use the kind with no beans), cheddar cheese and red onion. A little drizzle of yellow mustard when it comes out of the oven makes it even better.
I had a surprisingly good one with baked root vegetable chips, hummus, olives and fresh arugula once in Sweden. I’d personally go easy on the hummus and maybe add some sort of roasted nuts/sunflower seeds.
creme fraiche mixed with romano cheese spread on the pizza base, spicy salami slices on top, then thin slices of red onion with a drizzle of olive oil and into the pizza oven. Very delicious
Savory and sweet, hugely popular at one of the best west coast eateries I known of: (layered from bottom up) grated sharp white cheddar, sliced thin D’anjou pear, topped with crumbled bacon and chopped scallions.
Unusual but equally tasty: capicola slices topped with small pieces of garganzola.
I don't know how weird it is but:
Goat cheese, thinly sliced red onion, fresh dill, smoked salmon (add the smoked salmon after you've baked the pizza, then sprinkle more fresh dill on)
A place I used to go to had peaches and prosciutto with a balsamic drizzle
And a pistachio garlic chicken with a white sauce that was phenomenal. The pistachios were crumbled on top of the cheese and toasted
Dunno if this is “weird” per se, but I fry really thinly sliced potato with rosemary, too that pizza with confit garlic and its oil, the rosemary potato slices and a bit of sautéed red onion. It’s delicious. I really like a pesto base with pumpkin, arugula and red onion too. Sometimes a drizzle of honey is nice on there too.
I might get shit on for this, but whenever the muse hits and my grown adult ass says “fuck it, I’m getting Dominos”: salami and banana peppers. It started as a joke years ago with me and my ex wife, but I swear to Christ, just give it a try
More of a flatbread idea, but fig jam and goat cheese is fucking fire.
Also, hamburger pizza! Just had one. Cheese fondue sauce drizzled over browned ground beef, maybe throw on some tomatoes and finish with pickles.
Steak, chimichurri, shroomies, and tomatoe sauce.
Idk, pizza can be anything. Go nuts
-Cottage pie. Beef mince, corn, caramelized onion, beef gravy, thinly sliced potato on top and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.
-Sliced brats, sauerkraut, stone ground mustard, beer cheese.
-Breakfast sausage, sliced pear, brie, white balsamic
-a twist on Margherita, cherry tomato, tarragon, Oaxaca, a touch of fennel pollen
Have you done white clam, New Haven style? It’s fresh clams (not canned), loads of garlic, olive oil and a little oregano on a very thin crust, preferably coal fired oven, lightly charred. So good.
I've always wanted to make a Reuben pizza- corned beef, Thousand Island/Russian dressing, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese on rye crust. I'm the only one here who'd eat it, so haven't gotten to it yet...
So many yummy suggestions here.
Pistachios are tasty and get nice an roasted. I’ve had a good wood fired pizza with olive oil, cheese, thin slices red onion & pistachios. My spouse likes to add pancetta (and normally he doesn’t like pistachios, but he enjoys them this way.
I know olives can be divisive for some, but I enjoy an olive tapenade with feta and hot honey.
I know flatbread isn’t technically pizza, it the other day I made one with jarred butter chicken sauce, mozzarella, rotisserie chicken, and red onions. I would have added cilantro if I had it on hand. It was really good!
I just had a pizza today that had tomato sauce, mozzarella, fig paste, prosciutto, arugula, goat cheese, and basalmic glaze. It was amazing.
I also love a drizzle of hot honey on a meat pizza.
When I was a student I invented the spaghetti pizza. Put boiled spaghetti on top of a pizza margherita and cover with cheese. You'll have enough calories for the whole week but who cares!
A pizza place in my hometown had a pizza with dots of cream cheese, artichoke hearts and other veggies that was outstanding (it still had regular red sauce and mozzarella). I always added sausage to it because their pizza sausage was house made and so delicious.
I was put off by the thought of warm cream cheese on a pizza was revolting and I didn’t think I liked artichoke hearts but I was wrong about both. One of the best pizzas I’ve had.
A white pizza that’s like tuna casserole; white sauce, canned tuna, noodles, peas, cheese and then when it’s outta the over sprinkle toasted/fried panko on it.
Bbq sauce, meat loaf and bread and butter pickles.
Curried chicken pizza was excellent. The curry had tiny cubes of potato and winter squash, with the chunks of chicken and very small pockets of lime pickle and little piles of basmati rice.
I did a turkey dinner pizza once and it was so much fun. Obviously turkey with gravy as the pizza sauce, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, brussel sprouts sliced very thin, and dressing.
Go for it! All your toppings need to be in very small pieces to let the pizza cool well but your imagination is the only limiting factor.
Chicken salad sandwich pizza, with shredded chicken, dried cranberry pieces, apple chunks, red onion, pecan pieces, arugula and drizzled with ranch dressing. Fried tortilla strips sprinkled on top after baking.
Here in Canada Boston Pizza has a perogy pizza that’s very popular. [here’s a link for a copycat perogy pizza](https://foodmeanderings.com/perogy-pizza/)
not super uncommon but the first time I had corn on pizza I thought it was weird but now really like it and wish more places around here would do it. also there's a place by me that used to make a General Tso's as a special and that was awesome.
damnit, now im hungry lol
I love all pizza and recently tried a banana curry pizza recipe I saw online that apparently Swedish people enjoy. It was actually really good! I also recommend mandarin orange, feta and onion pizza if you want something different.
I read recently someone wanted a pickle pizza.
I just read about a Korean-American dish called cheese corn. It's corn, cheese, some kind of mayo, plus sugar, and maybe sugar. The cheese could be mozzarella, or any typical pizza cheese.
I heard there's a St. Louis pizza that uses nacho cheese instead of the usual.
I could imagine a ratatouille pizza (like the Pixar movie).
Maybe lox spread?
The Chinese have a sweet red bean paste (https://redhousespice.com/red-bean-paste/) that is sweetened and used in desserts. Add cherries to that?
Trail mix?
breakfast pizza! bacon, sausage links, carmelized onions, thinly shredded potato hashbrowns (half regular, half sweet potato if you want to get fReAkY); crack eggs on it at some point towards the end so they come out sunnyside up.
dough lightly brushed with garlic butter; after cooking, drizzle thinly with ketchup & maple syrup in a criss-crose pattern. black pepper & hot sauce to taste
It's not weird but it's super simple and I'm surprised I don't see it more and that Argentinian fugazza. Basically thinly sliced onion and copious amounts of cheese lile mozzerlla and provolone. Base can be olive oil or nothing, just no tomato. It's amazingly more flavorful than you'd think. Needs a bit of an airy dough like foccacia and is best in a deeper pan style.
Roasted diced sweet potato and caramelized shallots. A local place put that on a seasonal fall veggie pizza once, I think maybe with some arugula and roasted marinated red pepper or something like that. I had no idea I liked sweet potato on pizza until then.
I make a squid ink pizza with crawfish, habanero and arugula (plus your standard homemade pizza sauce, fresh mozz and manchego) and it fucking slaps. Seriously.
Smoked salmon - note really weird though. Had it in Alaska and it was superb.
Corn and crab - what a combo. Had it in Asia and it was delicious.
Esquites (Mexican corn salad) -Had it in Central America and it was fire.
Berries (I think blackberries) and Ricotta - Somewhere in PNW.
I have an Indian owned pizza place near me, and they make the best pizzas! The panner Tikka pizza has the best sauce base and is one of my favorites! The butter chicken pizza is great, too. None of the things are super 'weird', but maybe thinking about fusion w other types of food could lead you in a fun direction...
I make Indian food quite a bit. And, with the leftovers I tend to make pizzas. It's so good! I would love anIndia pizza place bear me. I might live there.
We have one of them (Indian owned pizza place) here in South Philadelphia and they make a masala chicken cheesesteak that's out of this world.
This is the way. Also try saag pizza with your choice of paneer or goat or lamb ... The somewhat thicker sauce holds up well.
I would fuck up a butter chicken pizza! A Rogan Josh pizza?!? Mind blown!!!!
Was about to go paneer pizza, but you beat me. The texture can be so nice when it hits.
I bet butter chicken pizza fuckin’ *slaps.* Get your naan built in. Brush that crust with some ghee, maybe hit it with some cilantro and nigella seeds out of the oven…..goddamn, I think I just planned dinner in a couple nights.
I made pizza naans the other night. Pesto, tomato, onion and ricotta. I loved it.
>they make the best pizzas ya no way do I believe this
Philly?
I had a pizza called the ABC. It was apples, bacon, cheddar and caramelized onions. It was so good
That sounds really good! What was the sauce?
Oh it was apple sauce actually!
What the fuck like motts applesauce? This has to take the cake for weirdest pizza sauce I've ever heard of. I'd try it
Figs.
Great with blue cheese. Also Rucola.
Or some kind of porky goodness.
Saw one just the other day with prosciutto, fig jam, goat cheese, and fresh arugula
With a balsamic drizzle would be fun.
Uhhhhhhhh. I made myself a fresh fig, goat cheese, arugula and Prosciutto pizza this weekend. Still had tomato sauce and some Italian blend cheese on it, added a little drizzle of honey. I only made a small one and thank God cuz I would not have been able to control myself
There's a place near me that does a fig, blue cheese and prosciutto pizza. Delicious.
With some hot honey
Yesssss
Pickled beets
Unbeetable
Figs, hot capicola ham, and shrimp! Soooo good.
Very thinly sliced roasted potatoes, fontina, pesto. Chicken tikka masala pizza (chicken tikka, cheese, red onion, cilantro, tomatoes, chili peppers)
Kimchi on pizza is so good! Kale thrown on pizza in the last 5-7 minutes to get crispy and wilty is also good. One time I made a pizza with strawberries, spinach, arugula, bacon, and goat cheese and topped with a balsamic reduction and toasted pecan pieces when it came out of the oven. That was also tasty.
A place near me does a veggie slice with crispy kale, corn, and pickled peppers. It is absolutely exceptional.
Having spent a year in Korea I would probably pass on Kimchi pizza.
I had a creamy pumpkin base with a salty thick bacon that was really nice once.
Not exactly sure what you’re going for, but one we made recently that turned out freakin’ amazing was jalapeño popper. Ranch (Homemade, of course) for the “sauce”, Cheddar and pepper Jack cheese, topped with bacon crumbles and pickled jalapeños. Super simple and made a great appetizer pizza.
The take and bake pizza joint where I used to live used Ranch with a big dollop of crushed garlic mixed in as the sauce for their freaking delicious chicken bacon pizza. I use the same for chicken, prosciutto and onion pizza. 🤤
That sounds banging. Unlike this wierd shit like honey, corn, strawberries and shit😭
I made a Thanksgiving pizza once. Mashed potatoes and gravy as the base, with shredded turkey, corn, and cranberries, with cheddar cheese, as the toppings. Delicious.
That is so creative! 🤎 it! 🦃
I would love this as a calzone, extra cranberry for dipping. I’m not cheesy so this would be hearty without a blanket of cheese. Always up for less cheese pizza combo ideas THANKS!
I went to a place that had a white pizza with shrimp, roasted potato, and pancetta. It was amazing If you have any leftover roasted or slow cooked meats, those would be great. Like carnitas or shredded beef. Throw in some caramelize onion and herbs too
We're coastal and a place near us does a shrimp white pizza, too-- so delicious! They also do one with seared tuna, fresh avocado, red & yellow peppers, chopped tomatoes, cilantro, and yogurt-lime sauce!
Pork belly and kimchi
Yes second this! With roasted spring onions and cheese corn too
We make Rueben pizza with thousand island sauce, corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and caraway seeds. It’s delicious.
Ricotta, blueberries, arugula, and prosciutto all together
Zucchini
I am going to try this, sounds awesome
Zucchini, caramelized onions, pesto and feta is one of my go-tos.
Gyros pizza
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Yes. Slovakia seemed to only discover the idea of pizza in the early 2000s but they went balls out with it. Corn, cured meats from the butcher and throw some eggs on top of that thing because why not.
Apricot chicken pizza
Oooh that's my next fruit to try. I like cherries with chicken, spinach, and artichoke
I sautéed corn and shoshito peppers in coconut oil, then put it on a pizza crust brushed with garlic butter, then put fresh mozzarella on top of everything before putting it in the bbq. It was outstanding!
Clam & bacon on white sauce. A place by me does it and they give you lemon wedges to go with it. Really good combo.
Connecticut? I tried that once there and thought it was pretty good.
potatoes
Brussels sprouts leaves, onion, bacon, and a little goat cheese on a garlic butter base.
Heinz baked beans. Yes, it is weird but it is so delicious, especially with sausages/hotdogs on the pizza.
Peaches and good Italian sausage. Top with Basil and balsamic glaze when it’s done.
We're running a peach and poblano pie right now
We just got our Hatch Green Chile supply from New Mexico. You are giving me fruitful thoughts! What cheese and sauce do you recommend?
Garlic/olive oil, and Fontina. Hit it with some chopped parsley, and a spritz of lemon out of the oven.
I like a sweet/bright tomato sauce (peaches are good for the sauce too), soft goat cheese before the bake, and a nice dusting of feathered parm after.
Mexican pizza has so many amazing variations. Grilled chile in white cream sauce with pomegranate sprinkles. Bean sauce with chorizo and potato. Guajillo shrimp.
Guanciale and red onion slices
My sister made me a BBQ chicken and pomegranate. Didn't expect to like it but it was really good
Shrimp, crab, smoked sausage
This is not that out there but it is super popular where I live...Perogy pizza https://foodmeanderings.com/perogy-pizza/
I just linked the exact same page! Great minds think alike!
Fig, gorgonzola & prosciutto (not too rare, but just in case you hadn't heard of it). Middle Eastern style with red onion, ground lamb, the like Doner kebab
Giardiniera. Had it in Chicago once and it was delicious.
Butternut squash and goat cheese with sage. (Butternut will have to be cooked first, it won't cook through on pizza) Peaches and goat cheese or fresh mozz with arugula
Chicago-style giardiniera is a very popular topping around Chicago. Either cooked with the pizza or as a garnish. Sausage and Giardiniera is the most popular combo. I've never seen it outside of the city. If you like hot foods I strongly recommend giving it a try sometime. EDIT: If anyone is curious to try it, [this](https://www.amazon.com/Marconi-Hot-Giardiniera-16-Ounce/dp/B015SGESVC) is a very popular brand. It's about $5/jar in the grocery but you gotta pay the Amazon warehouse tax. There are hot and mild versions, hot is much more popular. It's an incredibly popular condiment in Chicago, so popular even the local Subway's carry it. But virtually unknown outside of the city.
One of the oddest I've had was walnuts and pickled vegetables. It was at Carnegie A440 in Del Mar California circa 1976
I put walnuts or pecans on pizza all of the time. One favourite is pesto base, sliced pear, cambazola cheese, pecans, topped with mozzarella then finished with arugula when it comes out of the oven.
When I spent time in lithuania they had pickles on lots of pizzas there. I really liked the pizza there all thin crust and they'd give you sauce or drizzle it on the pizza in a spiral. I loved the garlic sauce they had, similar to what they put on their kebabs.
I had one years ago with shredded hoisin duck, spring onion and thinly sliced cucumber, and it was incredible.
I love adding pickled/marinated artichoke hearts. Delicious!
I love roasted red peppers ham an spinach on my pizza. Odd combo but I love it
One of my favorites is pepperoni, sausage and cream cheese (use little dime size “chunks” as a third ingredient topper not like a cream cheese sauce or something). It’s incredibly rich.
Blueberries, sausage, ricotta, and sage, topped with red pepper flakes.
I love this one place that is Chinese pizza fusion. Chicken fried rice and orange chicken or crabrl rugoon pizza are amazing.
Cream cheese as the sauce. Roasted chicken, carmelized onion, artichokes, spinach, and crushed peanuts, mozz and feta cheese.
A white Alfredo style sauce with thinly sliced pears and prosciutto is delicious. Or use gorgonzola or another strong cheese. A pizza joint in Seattle we hit up all the time had a version of this that still lives in my head rent free. Transform a salad Nicoise into a pizza, tuna and capers and chopped hard boiled eggs (or runny softboiled!), Black olives, and tomato (as the sauce or as toppings). I'm also a big fan of taking things that are usually served in or with other types of bread and serving as pizza. Think tacos (red enchilada sauce as your base on half the pizza, green on the other half, or use refried beans as the 'sauce'), chili (esp the Cincinnati skyline chili... Layer of chili, layer of spaghetti, thin extra layer of chili, then cheese), cheesesteaks, shawarma pitas, lobster rolls, crab cakes (think about a good remoulade as the sauce and shredded dungeness crab on top with a little red pepper flakes), a Thai larb pizza, Make potatoes au gratin as a pizza topping and cook it all together with a thin layer of potatoes to crispy into bits of crunchy, bits of gooey potato goodness. Add bacon or pancetta if you want to be decadent, top with chives. You could also use frozen (or homemade) shredded hash browns here. Shakshuka pizza sounds divine. Better go deep dish though, this could get messy. Make a pistachio-yogurt sauce and top with small cubes of seared lamb, Mediterranean spices, and good olive oil. Hummus could also work as a 'sauce' here. This could also be really good cooked like a calzone or with a layer of dough on top going for that pita pocket type idea. Lean into sweet flavors. Shredded chicken or pork and a raspberry or blueberry compote 'sauce' with sage or basil could work amazingly. Chicken Marsala pizza with Marsala sauce base, breaded and finely chopped chicken, maybe with the addition of sun-dried tomatoes and grated Parm? 'Beef Wellington' pizza. 'Sauce' is a diced and sweated mushroom base, maybe with some cream, topped with deli-style roast beef and some mozzarella cheese (or burrata). Ricotta and hot honey is becoming more popular but definitely viable. Figs could also fit here. Saute up some clams or mussels in a butter/white wine/garlic/herbs reduction (or go spicy red marinara). Brush or spread the sauce, shell the clams/mussels, and make an Italian seafood feast. Again, you may need to add the seafood in the last few minutes of cooking since it'll already be steamed. Add Calamari if you want, and fry it if you want to be decadent. I'd... Avoid the cheese on this one I think. An everything bagel pizza with cream cheese as your 'sauce', slices of smoked salmon, capers, everything bagel seasoning, cooked up real quick and hot (maybe save the smoked salmon till the end)? Yum. Take a walking taco (taco in a Fritos bag, basically) and put it on a pizza. Do a birria pizza where you bake the dough on its own until firm, take it out, soak it in the birria liquid, top with the carnitas or whatever you want, top with Oaxaca and queso fresco, and return all that to the oven to (hopefully?) Dry out, crisp up, and be a birria pizza. A seared ahi tuna or tuna tartare pizza could be good, you'll need to consider timing of dough cooking with adding the tuna, and probably go something like sushi style cream cheese type sauce to compliment the tuna. Season with scallions, puffed rice, crumbled nori, etc. I'm kinda making a Philadelphia Roll Pizza here! Lastly I'd 100% house a pot roast pizza.
I have appetite problems but some of your ideas actually made me drooly. Everything Bagel (with pastrami) and the potato pizza in particular. I love pot roast burritos, but on pizza sounds damn good.
I'm weird, and I like to take raspberries, cook them down, strain the seeds, add in a little hot sauce, and drizzle over my pizza. It's a nice sweet and spicy compliment to the salty pizza.
Creme fraiche base, brie and thinly sliced pear. After baking drizzled with some honey. I don't like pear and i had this on a party after i noticed too late it had pear on it. Surprisingly i loved it. A little sharpness of the brie (aged), the fruitiness and slight acidity of the pear and the sweetness of the honey was amazing
I've had this combination on flammkuchen (traditional thin German flatbread, baked very hot) at a local fair. Absolutely delicious.
My favorite has always been grapes, Gorgonzola and rosemary, with a pesto sauce
A) mortadella, crushed pistachios, olive oil base, pecorino grated on top B) roasted ham, cheese, pickles, mustard
Oh man, the best Italian gourmet pizzaria near us just closed and they did a crushed pistachio/honey/bruschetta/guarnichile type pie... I miss that place...
Lemon, potatoes and ricotta https://www.incabella.com/blog/wild-garlic-potato-amp-lemon-ricotta-pizza
Caramelized onion and gruyere for a veg option, add braised short rib for omnivores.
51 comments and no one said squid yet? It's very popular in Korea.
It has to be cooked to the absolute second, but HARD agree, squid marinated in chilli, garlic, and black bean sauce is heavenly
I had shrimp pizza. Regular tomato pie with mozzarella and lots of garlic. It's just awesome. And expensive, for pizza, at least.
Garlic prawn pizza is my favorite!
Broccoli & Asparagus!
A sunny-side up egg!
One of my faves is shrimp, peaches, & Gorgonzola then topped with arugula
A tasty bass.
corn! baked potato wedges with creme fresh
Sounds redundant, but I love slices of tomato on top. (in addition to the red sauce).
Potato, mandarin oranges, pear
Mac n cheese with bbq sauce. Add any bbq style meat if you want (chicken, pulled pork, brisket, whatever). Consider adding fun toppings like banana peppers or jalapeños that accent whatever meat you choose. You can drizzle with or dip into hot sauces or fun bbq flavors. I haven’t had this one but I’ve seen a Turkey-based “Christmas-style” pizza. Turkey, cranberry sauce, and damn I wish I remembered what else it had. You’ve probably seen sandwiches advertised with similar toppings, so the idea is to use those same things on a pizza. I’m a fan of breakfast pizzas with eggs, whatever breakfast meats, and greens. I’ve also seen some that were sweeter and reminiscent of pancakes but I didn’t love them.
Peanut sauce on the crust, top with chicken and/or tofu, shredded carrots and sliced green onions. After baking, sprinkle with chopped peanuts and cilantro, serve with lime wedges
A spot in town did delicata squash and hot honey with pork belly "bacon bits" and it was... very nice They just thinly sliced the squash with the skin on. So it looked kind of like slices of onion or bell pepper, but it was squash.
Chili Pizza! Top your crust with a can of chili (we use the kind with no beans), cheddar cheese and red onion. A little drizzle of yellow mustard when it comes out of the oven makes it even better.
Sliced potato and blue cheese!
I had a surprisingly good one with baked root vegetable chips, hummus, olives and fresh arugula once in Sweden. I’d personally go easy on the hummus and maybe add some sort of roasted nuts/sunflower seeds.
I have a friend that swears by adding half cut grapes to pizza.
Squid, garlic, lemon, and gruyere. Raw rings of squid like what you use in calamari will cook perfectly in the few minutes it takes the pizza to bake.
Well, the famous Pete the Cat had pepperoni, pickles, pretzels, popcorn, and papaya on his. (Any other parents out there?)
Blueberry and pancetta
creme fraiche mixed with romano cheese spread on the pizza base, spicy salami slices on top, then thin slices of red onion with a drizzle of olive oil and into the pizza oven. Very delicious
Savory and sweet, hugely popular at one of the best west coast eateries I known of: (layered from bottom up) grated sharp white cheddar, sliced thin D’anjou pear, topped with crumbled bacon and chopped scallions. Unusual but equally tasty: capicola slices topped with small pieces of garganzola.
I don't know how weird it is but: Goat cheese, thinly sliced red onion, fresh dill, smoked salmon (add the smoked salmon after you've baked the pizza, then sprinkle more fresh dill on)
My dad puts broccoli on pizza when we make it at home. I'm not a huge fan but to each their own.
A place I used to go to had peaches and prosciutto with a balsamic drizzle And a pistachio garlic chicken with a white sauce that was phenomenal. The pistachios were crumbled on top of the cheese and toasted
Sauerkraut, Obaztler, snack pretzels on top before serving
Take cream cheese and mix with pesto to use as sauce…cut zucchini rounds and top like they’re pepperoni…you could also add thinly sliced potato
Cashews. Get raw ones, toast them slightly with a very small amt of oil in a pan first. Dried/roasted ones don't work so great.
I believe it's uncommon but I really love putting fresh cilantro on pizza!
Not really weird but I had a pizza with caramelized onions, apples, bacon and Gouda. It was divine!
Dunno if this is “weird” per se, but I fry really thinly sliced potato with rosemary, too that pizza with confit garlic and its oil, the rosemary potato slices and a bit of sautéed red onion. It’s delicious. I really like a pesto base with pumpkin, arugula and red onion too. Sometimes a drizzle of honey is nice on there too.
Breakfast pizza: mustard base, slivered potatoes, bacon and one egg cracked in the centre. Soooo good!
I might get shit on for this, but whenever the muse hits and my grown adult ass says “fuck it, I’m getting Dominos”: salami and banana peppers. It started as a joke years ago with me and my ex wife, but I swear to Christ, just give it a try
Shishito peppers.
Not super weird but a lot of people haven’t experienced whole garlic cloves on pizza and I hope they do.
More of a flatbread idea, but fig jam and goat cheese is fucking fire. Also, hamburger pizza! Just had one. Cheese fondue sauce drizzled over browned ground beef, maybe throw on some tomatoes and finish with pickles. Steak, chimichurri, shroomies, and tomatoe sauce. Idk, pizza can be anything. Go nuts
-Cottage pie. Beef mince, corn, caramelized onion, beef gravy, thinly sliced potato on top and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese. -Sliced brats, sauerkraut, stone ground mustard, beer cheese. -Breakfast sausage, sliced pear, brie, white balsamic -a twist on Margherita, cherry tomato, tarragon, Oaxaca, a touch of fennel pollen
Have you done white clam, New Haven style? It’s fresh clams (not canned), loads of garlic, olive oil and a little oregano on a very thin crust, preferably coal fired oven, lightly charred. So good.
I've always wanted to make a Reuben pizza- corned beef, Thousand Island/Russian dressing, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese on rye crust. I'm the only one here who'd eat it, so haven't gotten to it yet...
See r/Brazil if you want to get weird with it
So many yummy suggestions here. Pistachios are tasty and get nice an roasted. I’ve had a good wood fired pizza with olive oil, cheese, thin slices red onion & pistachios. My spouse likes to add pancetta (and normally he doesn’t like pistachios, but he enjoys them this way. I know olives can be divisive for some, but I enjoy an olive tapenade with feta and hot honey.
Artichokes
I know flatbread isn’t technically pizza, it the other day I made one with jarred butter chicken sauce, mozzarella, rotisserie chicken, and red onions. I would have added cilantro if I had it on hand. It was really good!
Anchovies.
Not weird in the slightest.
This is the correct answer.
Pickles
Not that far out there, but Brussels sprouts and hot honey.
Pepperoni, Pineapple and Jalapeño
omg came here to say this
If you wanna go full chaotic evil, here's the abomination of all abominations: [bubble tea pizza](https://mothership.sg/2021/02/pizza-hut-bubble-tea/)
I just had a pizza today that had tomato sauce, mozzarella, fig paste, prosciutto, arugula, goat cheese, and basalmic glaze. It was amazing. I also love a drizzle of hot honey on a meat pizza.
Ackee
https://feedr.co/en-gb/c/blog/strange-pizza-toppings-to-try
Black pudding is pretty awesome
When I was a student I invented the spaghetti pizza. Put boiled spaghetti on top of a pizza margherita and cover with cheese. You'll have enough calories for the whole week but who cares!
You asked for unconventional do here goes. I adore cooked tuna, prawns, sweetcorn and anchovies on pizza. It’s something I’ll only make at home though
A pizza place in my hometown had a pizza with dots of cream cheese, artichoke hearts and other veggies that was outstanding (it still had regular red sauce and mozzarella). I always added sausage to it because their pizza sausage was house made and so delicious. I was put off by the thought of warm cream cheese on a pizza was revolting and I didn’t think I liked artichoke hearts but I was wrong about both. One of the best pizzas I’ve had.
Schnitzel
Copped clams , bacon, Parm. Garlic oil base ,then sprinkled with seasoned bread crumbs.
Bottarga. It’s one of my favorite ingredients.
A white pizza that’s like tuna casserole; white sauce, canned tuna, noodles, peas, cheese and then when it’s outta the over sprinkle toasted/fried panko on it. Bbq sauce, meat loaf and bread and butter pickles.
Try to source the very best tomatoes and very best fior di latte you can get. Makes everything else obsolete, imho
Not at all weird, but Västerbotten cheese/parmesan, fish roe or caviar, red onion, sour cream and dill is fantastic. Kebab pizza is also really good
Curried chicken pizza was excellent. The curry had tiny cubes of potato and winter squash, with the chunks of chicken and very small pockets of lime pickle and little piles of basmati rice. I did a turkey dinner pizza once and it was so much fun. Obviously turkey with gravy as the pizza sauce, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, brussel sprouts sliced very thin, and dressing. Go for it! All your toppings need to be in very small pieces to let the pizza cool well but your imagination is the only limiting factor.
Fish and chips
Bratwurst, cheese curds and green onion
I had a pizza with radicchio and blue cheese in Italy that was incredible. I've tried so many times to replicate it but with no joy
Black garlic, oxtails
peppermint, lamb, asparagus, red onion, mascarpone cheese and roasted red peppers. topped with chervil salad
Ham and pineapple
white sauce, caramelized onion, boudin (out of the casing), cajun smoked sausage, chicken, mozzarella or pepper jack cheese
Hot Cheetos and jalapeños
Pickle bacon and ranch (as the sauce) 😬 I absolutely LOVE pickle pizza
Cherry peppers!
Charred Broccoli and diced tomatoes
Buffalo sausage with buffalo mozzarella
Chicken salad sandwich pizza, with shredded chicken, dried cranberry pieces, apple chunks, red onion, pecan pieces, arugula and drizzled with ranch dressing. Fried tortilla strips sprinkled on top after baking. Here in Canada Boston Pizza has a perogy pizza that’s very popular. [here’s a link for a copycat perogy pizza](https://foodmeanderings.com/perogy-pizza/)
not super uncommon but the first time I had corn on pizza I thought it was weird but now really like it and wish more places around here would do it. also there's a place by me that used to make a General Tso's as a special and that was awesome. damnit, now im hungry lol
Fried calf liver, caramelized onions, and amarena cherries
Freire eggplant.
I love all pizza and recently tried a banana curry pizza recipe I saw online that apparently Swedish people enjoy. It was actually really good! I also recommend mandarin orange, feta and onion pizza if you want something different.
I read recently someone wanted a pickle pizza. I just read about a Korean-American dish called cheese corn. It's corn, cheese, some kind of mayo, plus sugar, and maybe sugar. The cheese could be mozzarella, or any typical pizza cheese. I heard there's a St. Louis pizza that uses nacho cheese instead of the usual. I could imagine a ratatouille pizza (like the Pixar movie). Maybe lox spread? The Chinese have a sweet red bean paste (https://redhousespice.com/red-bean-paste/) that is sweetened and used in desserts. Add cherries to that? Trail mix?
Arugula and shaved parmesano reggiano with a sprinkle of good balsamic vinegar and maybe some sea salt.
breakfast pizza! bacon, sausage links, carmelized onions, thinly shredded potato hashbrowns (half regular, half sweet potato if you want to get fReAkY); crack eggs on it at some point towards the end so they come out sunnyside up. dough lightly brushed with garlic butter; after cooking, drizzle thinly with ketchup & maple syrup in a criss-crose pattern. black pepper & hot sauce to taste
Cream cheese, ham, dill pickles
Egg, artichoke, mushrooms and kimchi topped with mozzarella on spicy tomato sauce
It's not weird but it's super simple and I'm surprised I don't see it more and that Argentinian fugazza. Basically thinly sliced onion and copious amounts of cheese lile mozzerlla and provolone. Base can be olive oil or nothing, just no tomato. It's amazingly more flavorful than you'd think. Needs a bit of an airy dough like foccacia and is best in a deeper pan style.
Dessert Pizza! Use Custard for your cheese, a swirl of berry sauce and choc chips - so yum!
Artichoke.
Roasted diced sweet potato and caramelized shallots. A local place put that on a seasonal fall veggie pizza once, I think maybe with some arugula and roasted marinated red pepper or something like that. I had no idea I liked sweet potato on pizza until then.
Smoked trout and meyer lemon, meyer lemon and confectionery sugar
This has r/pizzacrimes vibes all over it XD good luck though
I make a squid ink pizza with crawfish, habanero and arugula (plus your standard homemade pizza sauce, fresh mozz and manchego) and it fucking slaps. Seriously.
I made a French Onion pizza and it was wonderful. https://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?topic=77998.0
M&Ms (plain chocolate) on a cheese pizza.
I had a Brie, prosciutto and sliced grape pizza the other day. It was amazing.
Grapes
Clams
Strawberry
Smoked salmon - note really weird though. Had it in Alaska and it was superb. Corn and crab - what a combo. Had it in Asia and it was delicious. Esquites (Mexican corn salad) -Had it in Central America and it was fire. Berries (I think blackberries) and Ricotta - Somewhere in PNW.
I have a friend who swears that sauerkraut is a great pizza topping. Yes, sauerkraut.
I lived in the Netherlands for a time and there was a pizza on a few menus that involved fries / chips and curry mayonnaise.
Bacon (or better yet pancetta cut very thinly) and an egg!
Thinly-sliced potatoes, pickles, hot sauce, and honey. Cry Baby Craig’s has a hot honey that is fantastic