What's your favorite style of pizza, and why?
A Chicago-style pizza joint just opened near me, and I've been reminded of how many awesome choices in pizza there are.
Posted Dec 13, 2009, 9:53 PM UTC
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Margherita, from a wood-oven. No sauce, just tomatoes, cheese, and basil.
Now and then, a little pancetta.
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Tuta Bella in Seattle has a really good Margherita like you just described.
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If I'm ever up that way, I'll have to try it...there aren't a lot of places that do it right.
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It is done right. They are approved by this group which apparently approves methods for making that kind of pizza.
From the wikipedia page on the history of pizza it states:
"Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" [6]("True Neapolitan Pizza Association"), which was founded in 1984 and only recognises the Marinara and Margherita verace, has set the very specific rules that must be followed for an authentic Neapolitan pizza. These include that the pizza must be baked in a wood-fired, domed oven at 485°C for no more than 60 to 90 seconds; that the base must be hand-kneaded and must not be rolled with a pin or prepared by any mechanical means (i pizzaioli -the pizza makers- make the pizza shape with their hands by rolling it with their fingers) and that the pizza must not exceed 35 centimetres in diameter or be more than a third of a centimetre thick at the centre. The association also selects Pizzerias all around the world to produce and spread the verace pizza napoletana philosophy and method.
So there you have it. It is really tasty and I love it.
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Awesome, thank you!
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My mom will make that, but will add a pesto sauce to it. Absolutely delicious.
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I read that as 'placenta' and it really ruined the whole image for me.
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Placenta pizza? Really?
Ewwww.
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Yum, placenta...
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Chicago style...deep dish. From a place called Gullivers on the north side in Rogers Park. Man I miss my home town.
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Unlike the New York Thin Pizza fans who posted here, you were able to provide the other side of it without coming off as an obnoxious pizza snob. Upvoted.
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NY-style.Thin, amazing crust, greasy pizza you fold to eat.
Btw, deep-dish is NOT pizza. It is an abomination to all things godly that is pizza.
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That's it. Classic. No toppings necessary other than the basic cheese and sauce. Sprinkle a little oregano on top before folding, then pour the grease onto the paper plate.
I've had pizza all over the place but nowhere but NYC and Long Island do they get the crust, sauce and cheese proportion correct and the right flavor sauce.
I eat it from the crust in towards the tip so my last bite is the little point that has all the cheese and sauce on it.
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F-Yea! NY Pizza! We Rule!
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Buffalo Chicken Pizza. I could eat this every day
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...with blue cheese dipping sauce.
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gross.
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I'm a ranch guy myself, but, yes, that is delicious.
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Round with sauce, cheese, and some toppings.
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Bacon!! No but really, I like hawaiian. And if you substitute bacon for the ham or add bacon with the ham its awesome.
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That just blew my mind.
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Cheeseless spicy indian pizza, epically epic :D
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Try getting an Indian pizza with Paneer(Indian cottage cheese), peppers, onions, tomatoes, coriander and garam masala.
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Indian pizza? Whatever that is, I crave one
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Pizza with Vodka Cream Sauce, Fresh Mozzarella, and Basil...It is soo good.
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Good god, where do I order that from?
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You can probably get it from any pizza shop that also sells a decent selection of Pasta. In my case it is Luberto's Brick Oven Pizza...
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Chicago style with Sausage, Onion and Green Pepper.
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I'll minus the pepper and add black olives and mushrooms..
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BBQ Chicken, seriously, my god it's so good. :P
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BBQ chicken pizza was one of those surprisingly awesome discoveries
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Chicago style is great, can't really seem to find anywhere that does it in the UK though :(
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The great thing about Chicago style pizza is that unlike Manhattan style or Brooklyn style (or Neapolitan style), you really don't need any specialized equipment to make it yourself. Thin crust pizza needs an extremely hot, specialized oven to cook properly - but deep dish can be cooked in your oven at home without losing anything.
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Calzone! A folded pizza stuffed till it bursts :D
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Square, deep dish, thick, cheese and bacon.
I like the dough to be really bread-y also.
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Veggie option: Pesto instead of red sauce, then eggplant and sundried tomatoes. Enjoy with a crisp lager. Play team trivia and win back half your tab, which you use 100% of to tip. This is vital because a couple of months from now you're going to show up at team trivia you before you order you'll realize that you and your friends are in no mood to sit around deciphering the trivia master's puns and technicalities. Nope, you're going to be a bunch of damn savages tonight, and be extremely non-veggie: Get a big pie with whole shitload of meat on it, like Andouille sausage, bacon, smoked ham, pepperoni, and what the hell, maybe some itty bitty shrimp. Slather it in pepper flakes and Tabasco's chipotle sauce. Start with a hoppy pale ale that's much stronger than you think then say screw it and have eleven cheap-ass beers after that. After you realize how badly you're losing at team trivia just make 'cock' your team's answer to everything. And even though someone at your table yells "Oh, bullshit at the top of their lungs from time time to time, y'all never make a mess, and you tip about 50% again to make sure that even though the passive-aggressive douchnozzle trivia master hates your sorry asses, the wait staff it totally on your side, and any time you show up by your self on a night when they're not doing trivia, they usually pour you a free one of whatever's new on tap that week and ask whether you like it.
Yeah, pizza's good.
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thin crust, italian style, done in a wood oven
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Huge
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Chicken, bacon, and cheddar, dipped in ranch. For obvious reasons.
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I like a margherita, like they make in Naples. Brick oven, sauce, mozzarella, basil and olive oil. They give you garlic powder to sprinkle on top.
If I'm lazy and want delivery, I'll order a Mr. Jim's Pepperoni Deluxe (triple pepperoni) with bacon, extra sauce and garlic butter crust.
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Fuck yes old-style. Ringed roma tomatoes, slices of mozzarella, homemade sauce, basil and olive oil. Eat it with a side of buffalo wings and you've got the perfect meal <3
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artichoke hearts, fresh spinach, feta, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic cloves, romano tomatoes, kalamata olives, mozzarella (duh), and white sauce. thin, crispy crust they call it the 'backpacker's pizza' it's like a white pizza but with more shit on it
This sounds AMAZING.
that's because it IS
they sell it at this pizzeria/movie theater/pub.. infact my girlfriend and i are going to go pick up a take out order tonight.. we'll have to post pics (or it didnt happen)
Sounds like salad on a crust to me. What is white sauce in this context? They offer "white sauce" at my local hibachi-style Japanese restaurant, but that would be gross on pizza.
it's kind of alfredo like but not too strong, trust me its goddamn good, we'll post pics in a bit after we pick it up
But… but… there's no meat on it! :(
sometimes.. on rare occasion.. something can be so awesome that it doesn't require meat.
So I tried translating your comment from Russian but it didn't work. Can you repeat that, but without the flaming pro-Communist message? Something about "food isn't food unless it has meat in it"?
I've never had artichoke hearts before but this is pretty much my favorite pizza ever. I'm a sucker for those chunks of feta and sliced olives. I don't mind lots of mushrooms on there as well.
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ok so heres the best pizza ever: http://imgur.com/ynC1L.jpg bear tooth backpacker's pizza ftw
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what?
KILL IT!! KILL IT!! KILL IT NOW!! BEFORE IT THRIVES KILL IT!!!!!!!