Home made pizza. What do you put on yours?

[Greej]

I've recently started making lots of pizza at home (our local bakers makes bases for some local restaurants and I'm buying 50 at a time for the freezer! - they come with a thin layer of tomato sauce already on them). This is my favourite at the moment:

spread a spoonfull of tomato puree

half a raw onion, sliced

a few drops, or more, of chilli sauce

a couple of slices of cured ham, torn

freshly ground black pepper

a few halved cherry tomato's

a bit of cheese - not too much though. I use the cheap "cooking" mozzarella or cheddar (the Cathedral City is actually OK for this). But the best IMO is lightly smoked cheddar (or other smoked med soft cheese)

bake for 10 mins in a hot oven

[danee]

- 2 hamburgers

- large fries

- chicken nuggets

- cheese

-edit: and ketchup of course.

done!

[fayleenata]

capers, anchovies and loads of cheese...

[Rihahka]

If I have a gas cooker, I like to burn the skin off the tomatoes over the flame, then scrape the skins off and slice them. Bit of mozzarella, plenty of fresh basil leaves and fresh pepper to taste.

If I'm organised, add some roasted and skinned red peppers.

After it's cooked, turn the grill on until the mozzarella just starts to burn and pop.

Delicious.

[Greej]

Yes, must get some capers! (unfortunately the GF hates anchovies)

[Geogher]

So this is called Hambizza!! Looks tasty though.....But full with calories!

[shahzi]

Rosemary, thin sliced onion, sea salt, drizzle of decent (but not bestest)olive oil. No toms, this is a white pizza

[Troverles]

Tomato, mozzarella and whatever I have/find in the fridge to me this is the point of pizza ... gourmet emergency

garlic on everything

[Icook]

The sambal oelek you can buy in Migros and Coop is very mild chilli with heaps of tomato and makes a great pizza sauce! We mix it with tomato paste in a bowl and spread it all over the base.

Salami slices, mushroom, thinly sliced tomato, chopped chilli and covered in cheese. Quick and delicious! Plus my husband and I like competing to see who can make the best one...we split the base dough and make two smaller pizzas.

[leophillalo]

Tomato, mozzarella, mozzarella, mozzarella, pineapple or salmon.

That's the usual stuff I like.

[leophillalo]

One or two* of:

Prosciutto

Chorizo (I know its Spanish but it cooks up a treat on pizza)

Grilled aubergines or zuccini

Artichoke hearts

Mushrooms

Prawns

Tuna

Olives

Capers

With tomato sauce underneath and mozzerella (preferably buffalo) and perhaps gorgonzola on top. Never chedder. Never pineapple. And never ever too much or many toppings.

Pizza bases are pretty easy to make for yourself (the flour Migros sell for knöpfle is ideal being a mix between regular flour and semolina). Getting the oven truely hot enough is the real challenge.

*OK. 4 (sparingly) for a four seasons

[Eliforeiderim]

Pepperoni, beef, mushrooms, jalapenos, olives, cheese, cheese and lots of cheese. Nom nom.

[moleona_d_bana]

I have a few favorites!

- Cherry tomatoes and (buffalo) mozzarella, with or without anchovies

- Sliced red radish and whatever slightly smoked cheese I can put my hands on (works also well with chicoree)

- Onions (best if they're first roasted in a pan with a bit of olive oil...they lose part of the sharpness in taste and become a lot more enjoyable) and olives

Or I'm happy with a thick amount of dough covered in olive oil and grounded salt. Nothing beats focaccia

[leophillalo]

Now focaccia topped with gorgonzole and fried red onions really is something!

[finnx]

My favorites are with

1. mozzarela, parma schinken. After I take it from the oven, I put fresh cherry tomatoes cutted in half, fresh rucola and parmezan.

Or

2. mozzarela, spicy salami and gorgonzola cheese.

[leophillalo]

caramelized onions, sauted swiss chard, sauteed mushrooms and a little asiago. a little tomato base or not as the mood strikes.

[dary_johaanna]

Pizza a la Rucola

I brush the dough with olive oil, sprinkle some sea salt, diced garlic and rosemary. Bake the base till ready.

Top with plenty of fresh rucola, halved cherry tomatoes, and thickly sliced mushrooms.

Herb well with Rosemary, Thyme, and Basil (all dried and powdered)

Pour on Virgin Olive Oil, slightly less than you would for a salad.

Garnish liberally with Parmesan.

Eat. preferablly with a good bottle of Amarone Classico della Valpolicella.

[moleona_d_bana]

True.

I still can't understand how, traveling the world, in the smallest, lamest supermarket you can find 4 varieties of pesto (which is not something the Italians have so frequently, in the end) but there is no baker able to provide a decent, crispy good old focaccia.

Another great recipe is grated zucchini & parmesan yum!

[aksimi_jair]

My favorite (based on what my friend calls 'crack pizza' from Brooklyn):

--(not too much) tomato sauce base

--thinly sliced grilled eggplant

--dollops of pesto

--as much minced garlic as is comfortable

--rounds of mozzarella liberally scattered across the pesto/eggplant landscape...

hmmm, now I'm all hungry.

[manote]

The family's favorite is what we call "portughese".

There's tomato sauce, muzzarela, cooked ham, cooked egg, onion and olives. Olive oil and a lot of oregano.

(In this photo it was not cooked yet.)