Are you wanting like, a type of pizza? Or something to throw people off? If the former, you could try a bacon chicken ranch, those are always yummm. If the latter, you could bring a calzone, it’s technically a pizza but it’s different than the norm
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A type of pizza. Bring your own toppings and they will make it.
Yeah, oven make some bacon and it's great to crumble on pizza for something like this. Could make chicken for the same idea too!
I actually did a make your own pizza party a while back, I encouraged people to get weird with it and a lot of my my friends are kind of foodies, so here's a couple standouts
Goat cheese, hot honey, fig preserves, and capocllo
Spicy hawaiian - grilled pineapple, bacon, ham or spam, jalapenos, drizzle of hoisin sauce
Mac & cheese
Taco- taco meat, cheddar, red onions, jalapenos, lettuce tomato
Cheeseburger - ground beef, cheddar, mustard, ketchup, pickles, onions
Desert pizza- pie filling, vanilla glaze, crumb topping
Sort of a knock-off flammkuchen- creme fraise (sour cream would probably also work fine,) gruyere, onions, bacon
Buffalo Chicken - chicken, hot sauce, blue cheese crumbles, diced celery, shredded carrots
Breakfast pizza- eggs (we used quail eggs because my pizza oven is on the small side and we could get them, just crack them right onto the top of the pizza,) bacon, sausage, hash browns
Chicken Tika masala
Greek- kalamata olives, feta, spinach tomatoes, balsamic
And of course we had all of the standard pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, olives, peppers, etc.
A couple different sauces - standard pizza sauce, pesto, vodka sauce, Alfredo, etc.
Those sounds pretty good. I love spicy Hawaiian pizza.
Those are some great ideas.
Walnuts, figs, honey, mozzarella, blue cheese, rucola and parmesan
A pineapple.
🍿😁
A calzone.
Shoarma is popular in my country on pizzas. I was never a fan but it grew on me.
Yeah, that seems awkward to have without the giant cylinder of meat.
It's probably due to some cultural differences but the meat on a spin unit is called döner kebab here. Shoarma is little strips of pork with a certain herb on it. It's more like gyros in a way.
Ricotta and dark chocolate for a dessert pizza
Smoked salt goes hard on pizza
Anchovies. Severely underrated.
A raccoon
I really don't like judging food without having tried it, but I just can't imagine that raccoon meat tastes amazing.
We had a club here back in the day in my region called The Coon, Corn and Kibitzer club.
A monthly club to feast on racoon meat.
Well, don't hold out on us. How was it?
IDK. I was a kid when I heard about it in the 1980's. I have eaten woodchuck, snake, snapping turtle, alligator, venison, rabbits, squirrels, eels, and none tastes like chicken. Garlic and onions are your friends when it comes to wild game.
“reasonably fresh”
Gorgonzola, pear and balsamic dressing.
- Shrimp
- Apples (thinly sliced)
- Pears (thinly sliced)
- Pine nuts
- Goat cheese
I had a really good pizza topped with stinging nettle once. (It doesn’t sting after cooking.)
You need young nettles though
Interesting? 30 cans of chopped pineapple. Bring it in a little red wagon.
A calzone or stromboli always go over big whenever friends/family want pizza. They're great to cut and dunk in your favorite kind of mari.
Chicken-Bacon-Ranch pizza is often overlooked.
Breakfast pizza is always a winner.
Garlic / white sauce pizza is basically garlic bread on roids.
Personal opinion but Anchovies are amazing on pizza / baked in 'zones and 'bolis. I know most people don't like them, but they're actually pretty incredible for flavor. It's the reason Ceasar dressing tastes so good!
Cheeseburger pizza - beef, pickles, grilled onions, french fries, cheddar /mozz blend
Taco pizza - carnitas, pickled red onions, sour cream, grilled seranno, chihuahua / mozz blend
PB&J - Figs and pistachios, drizzled with lemon-infused balsamic
Go the other way.
Bring a big antipasto for people to nibble on while they wait.
I used to work in the kitchen at a place that many fancy and non traditional puzzas, and had the opportunity to experiment a lot. Theres lots of good ideas mentioned but the main one i havent seen yet is Brie
You can pair it with lots of things, my favourite was 3 mushroom mix and a truffle honey drizzle. Some other good combinations include anything a bit sweet and savory/spicy. A spicy pear Chutney, mango, spicy red pepper jelly and prosciutto/bacon. Play around with it but brie is amazing on pizza. Id use like a quarter of the mozzarella i usually would and cut the brie into small pieces as it would melt a fair amount, and have little islands of it spread all over. Delicious.
Edit: another good one that comes to mind is a pierogi/potato bacon pizza. Potatoes can either be blanched and diced, sliced thin and fried like chips and added right before finishing cooking, or sliced thin and blanched like scalloped potatoes. Some scallions and bacon and a bit of creme fraiche to top is really nice also.
When I was at LaSalle, the non-alcoholic nightclub on campus made "pizza skins". A personal pan pizza style crust covered with mashed potatoes, cheddar cheese, and bacon. Served with sour cream and I think chopped scallions.
It was awesome.
Those sound interesting in a good way.
Quality Gorgonzola cheese. I prefer the picante (older and stronger) version, but dolce (younger and milder) can be great too.
Bring some chipotles, fresh garlic, and goat cheese.
The Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles
Giardiniera (hot pickled veggies) and Italian Beef if you want to be a hero.
Cubes of fresh tuna Sweet Thai chili sauce Cilantro or Thai basil
Starchy potatoes, gruyère cheese and black pepper.
Scalloped potato pizza is good for cold weather.
Hard boiled eggs, sliced thin like salami.
Tuna, pineapple and onions.
Steak chunks and bacon.
Canned fish
Pizza?
That's being made there.
Then better bring dough and other typical ingredients (tomatoes, slice of pineapple, salami…)
The base materials will be there, they are asking about toppings.
Whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles , crushed nuts and the like?
Yeah, but I don't see whipped cream surviving being cooked.