Thin crust preferably in a stone oven or else on a pizza stone preheated very hot. Put the crust on for a few minutes until it bubbles up, then flip it. That way the crust stays crisp and not soggy.

Use plenty of gorgonzola cheese, bleu or roquefort is okay too, some mozzerella, parmesan whatever you have and after it browns put on the arugula aka rocket and enjoy!

Lou Malnati's Sausage Deep Dish. If I can't have that, the ideal toppings would be sazzeetch, pepperoni, green peppers & onions...-n- throw some of those red pepper flakes on top. Finish that off with a couple of ice cold beers in the recliner watching a Cubs game, and I can die right then and there.

I like the "old school" toppings, but I do love one exotic - the Peking Duck Pizza from CPK - duck, hoisin, leeks, and won ton chips.

Yum!

Favorite - NY style crust with extra cheese, Italian Sausage, and mushrooms and if you really want to kick it up a notch add fresh garlic to the mix.

As a close second a good Philly cheesteak pizza - chipped beef, onions, peppers, & provolone cheese on a NY style crust.

It really depends on where I'm having my pizza. As others have suggested, "mystery sausage" (i.e., sausage on a pizza outside of Chicago) can be problematic. Therefore, if I'm outside of Chicago, I'm not going to order sausage unless I know it to be good. So, it's gonna be pepperoni and green peppers (and mushroom and onions, if my eating companion(s) agree).

If I like the sausage, it'll be sausage and green peppers.

However, if I'm having thin crust pizza in NY, I'll just have cheese.

Two places where I only do veggie pizza because it is sooo good, are Harrod's pizzeria in London and Sopprafina in Chicago (a superthin crisp crust with spinach, red onion and mushroom).

I don't go for the weird California Pizza Kitchen ingredients like roasted potatoes, carmelized onions, etc.

The Aussie.....

Tomato Base
Parma Ham
Onion
Egg

With added anchovies.

Sometimes I'll try more exotic pizzas or go for various combinations but when in the mood for the perfect basic and traditional pizza it's gotta be just Italian sausage and mushrooms.

Mushrooms (must be juicy and chunky! I really don't like thin mushrooms)
Onions (Red kind)
Italian sausage and/or Pepperoni
Zucchini
Tomato sauce (of course!) and sundried tomatoes
Lemon Dill
Garlic
Basil
Mozzarella
And sometimes for a bit of variety, I like mango chutney with chicken on my pizza!
And a bit of cilantro to top it off (enhances with color and also very fragrant!)


Mmm.. yummy.. just thinking about pizza makes me so hungry now!

:( Too bad it's bed time already...


Sweet pizza chasing dreams tonite...

~Little Dragon Kitty

canadian bacon, pineapple, onion and jalapeno -- the pizza that bites you back

A thin-crust topped with a little bit of mozzarella, some good sweet italian sausage and chopped fresh ripe tomatoes with a sprinkling of fresh basil on top. Maybe, just a touch of arugula, as well. Toscana, in Brentwood gets it just right, but it is not on the menu. You have to ask for it.

Pineapple ^

My preferred toppings are Pineapple and Italian Sausage. There is something about good Italian Sausage that brings out the sweetness of the Pineapple.

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