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Your favorite pizza toppings

#64
carlos840 said:
And why do you americans call a pizza a pie? A pizza is a Pizza and a pie is a pie!!!
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Beats me. It seems to be an Italian-American term that made its way into the general population, as in "pizza pie" or, in one NorthEast variation, "tomato pie"

BTW strictly speaking there is a difference between the two. A pizza has the sauce going on first and the cheese on top. A 'proper' tomato pie has the cheese going directly on to the dough, with the sauce on top of that

In Trenton, it's called "tomato pie," not pizza. Although the terms are interchangeable, there is a body of myth and lore attempting to distinguish tomato pie from pizza. The generally accepted explanation is that a tomato pie is built as follows: dough, cheese, toppings, and then sauce.

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DeLorenzo's has been around since 1938. I figure they know what they're talking about ;)
 
#65
Gaius46 said:
What about Sicilian pizza?
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Do you mean real Sicilian pizza, or what Americans call Sicilian pizza? Not the same thing.

There's a place called Sicilian pizza in my home town, but the pizzas from those guys don't seem to be like anything you'd get in Sicily (never visited myself). There, pizza is more like the clam pie posted in this thread, from what I've been told - they often use fish or seafood toppings without much in the way of sauce or cheese. The clam thing looks great, btw.

American-style "Sicilian" pizza isn't really appealing to me - way too thick and stodgy for the dough base.
 
#66
bassybill said:
Do you mean real Sicilian pizza, or what Americans call Sicilian pizza? Not the same thing.

There's a place called Sicilian pizza in my home town, but the pizzas from those guys don't seem to be like anything you'd get in Sicily (never visited myself). There, pizza is more like the clam pie posted in this thread, from what I've been told - they often use fish or seafood toppings without much in the way of sauce or cheese. The clam thing looks great, btw.

American-style "Sicilian" pizza isn't really appealing to me - way too thick and stodgy for the dough base.
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It is considered sacrilege in italy to put cheese on anything that has seafood on it!
I was almost kicked out of a restaurant in Tuscany for asking for Parmigiano for my seafood pasta!
An italian seafood pizza has very little sauce and no cheese at all!
 
#68
My favourite is tomato/cheese, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, roquito chillies, mascarpone, 'Nduja sausage, rocket.

Also a fan of tomato/cheese, prosciutto, pepperoni, mushrooms, walnuts, rocket.

Also tomato/cheese, prosciutto, pancetta, pepperoni, red onion, rosemary.



All pizzas should be super thin crust. Deep pan does not exist.



DISCLAIMER: I work in an Italian restaurant as a pizza chef.
 
#69
Happynoj said:
All pizzas should be super thin crust. Deep pan does not exist.



DISCLAIMER: I work in an Italian restaurant as a pizza chef.
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You ain't never been to Gino's have you? Thick crust, sausage patty on the bottom, with cheese and sauce on the top is pretty damn tasty.

Then again, I like my women to have a little meat on their bones too...

The beautiful thing about pizza is that if you like something disgusting on yours, it's still good pizza.
 
#71
Happynoj said:
My favourite is tomato/cheese, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, roquito chillies, mascarpone, 'Nduja sausage, rocket.

Also a fan of tomato/cheese, prosciutto, pepperoni, mushrooms, walnuts, rocket.

Also tomato/cheese, prosciutto, pancetta, pepperoni, red onion, rosemary.

All pizzas should be super thin crust. Deep pan does not exist.

DISCLAIMER: I work in an Italian restaurant as a pizza chef.
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Which Italian restaurant? Salvos?
 
#74
Pepperoni, bacon, salami, all kinds of peppers, pineapples, black olives, multiple cheeses...

I'm not an anchovies or mushrooms guy, but I can make do with most other toppings.

My brother and I order what we call the "Noah's Ark" pizza (2 of every land dwelling animal).
 
#75
bassybill said:
Do you mean real Sicilian pizza, or what Americans call Sicilian pizza? Not the same thing.

There's a place called Sicilian pizza in my home town, but the pizzas from those guys don't seem to be like anything you'd get in Sicily (never visited myself). There, pizza is more like the clam pie posted in this thread, from what I've been told - they often use fish or seafood toppings without much in the way of sauce or cheese. The clam thing looks great, btw.

American-style "Sicilian" pizza isn't really appealing to me - way too thick and stodgy for the dough base.
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Both of my grandmothers were raised in Sicily and both made Sicilian pizza regularly. You're right the dough wasn't as thick as the Sicilian that you'd get from a pizzeria but it's significantly thicker and breadier than a "standard" Neopolitan style round pizza.

Personally I like it either way.
 
#78
I don't get the "pie" in pizza too...

Pizza is a word that defines the whole thing, adding "pie" to its name sounds odd, but I'm no native english speaker.

OTOH, we don't say "torta pizza" or "pizza torta" in portuguese, and the same goes for the other latin languages.
 
#80
How did i miss this thread? Maybe i was eating..

For many years i would only eat plain cheese or pepperoni. As of late my fave is Canadian Bacon and thin sliced white onion. The onion turns nice and sweet to go with the kinda neutral Canadian Bacon.
 

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