Pizza, along with burgers, French fries, and fried chicken, is likely one of the most popular foods across the globe. Its simple preparation of dough, cheese, and tomato sauce makes it a crowd-pleaser, even though more elaborate styles with special ingredients also exist. We’re showcasing some pizza recipes posted by Reddit users because they look truly appetizing!
Pepperoni Pizza
Reddit user PandaMunchin revealed that this pepperoni pizza was an average one, and because she had traveled to New York and tasted some Neapolitan-style pizza recipes in restaurants, she was inspired to cook one. She revealed: “I used 300g of flour, 250ml of lukewarm water, 2 tbsp of yeast, 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil and 1 tbsp of salt.”
Cheese Pizza
Reddit user StevenAbootman remarked that the pizza was inspired by the Binging With Babish recipe for New York-style cheese pizza recipes. He prepared the dough with 2 cups of bread flour, 2 tbsp of sugar, 1/2 tbsp of dry yeast and 1 tbsp of salt. To get a crust like that the oven needs to be heated to 500 degrees and in some Italian restaurants they cook with even higher temperatures.
Breakfast Pizza
This breakfast pizza is made with sausage gravy, cream cheese throughout and bagel crust. Reddit user cloudberrt14 commented: “You can use King Arthur’s Pizza Crust Recipe. The sausage gravy recipe consists of 1 lb of breakfast sausage, 1/3 cup of flour, 3 cups of whole milk, 2 tbsp of black pepper and salt.”
Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
Reddit user countrymike revealed that the recipe he used tried to make it as close to Giordano’s as possible. The dough was made from 16 ounces of all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup of water, 1/2 tbsp of active dry yeast, 1 tbsp of granulated sugar, 3/4 tbsp of salt, 1/3 cup of vegetable oil and 6 tbsp of margarine.
Pepperoni and Jalapeño Pizza
One reply from mces97 mentioned: “I’ve never thought about doing this pepperoni and jalapeño pizza, but I always put hot pepper flakes on pizza so I can see this working.” While another user, WeathermanDan revealed that because he is from Chicago, he grew up among pizzas with sausages and giardiniera that has a similar appearance.
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Pizza Margherita
The Margherita Pizza is a creation of Raffaele Esposito, who prepared it for Queen Margherita of Savoy using tomato, mozzarella, and basil to mimic the colors of the Italian flag on a plate. Reddit user Michael_Srg mentioned that he added the basil after baking because it is so delicate, cooking the pizza in a wood-fired oven that reached about 930 °F.
Detroit Style Pizza
Reddit user bigmanmike revealed that the dough was made from 2 1/4 cups of unbleached all-purpose flour, 1 tbsp of dry active yeast, 1 tbsp of salt, 2 tbsp of sugar and 1 cup of warm water. And the sauce was made with 3 to 7 cloves of garlic with olive oil, 1 onion, 1 tbsp of chili flakes, 14 oz of whole peeled tomatoes, fresh basil, salt and pepper. But also he noted that you could add different herbs based on your preference.
New York Style Cheese Pizza
Reddit user HeroBrothers mentioned that cooking a pizza the way you intended is a trial and error process. He revealed: “Every oven is different, so I started putting it at the bottom rack and then moved up a rack, I’m still learning to perfect the method. My recipe uses Lamonica’s frozen dough.”
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Five Cheese and Basil New York Style Pizza
Reddit user Efanos revealed that for the preparation of this pizza he chose shredded mozzarella, provolone, fontina, Romano and sliced fresh mozzarella. He also explained that one of the defining characteristic of New York-style pizza recipes is their thin, crisp crust, large slices, and flexible texture, making them easy to fold in half while eating.
Pepperoni, Ricotta and Garlic Butter Parmesan Crust Pizza
Reddit user Zorboz mentioned that this pizza recipes dough is made of 30 oz of bread flour, 18.6 oz of warm water, 0.38 oz of sugar, 0.5 oz of salt, 0.4 oz of olive oil, 0.14 oz of active dry yeast that will make three 16” inch pizza doughs. And a distinctive touch is that you will also want to cold ferment in the fridge for 2 to 3 days.
French Bread Pizza
Reddit user KevinSpicyy revealed each of the ingredients used in these pizza recipes, he commented: “The front one has ranch sauce, chopped red peppers, some Mexican blend cheese, grilled chicken, chopped red onion, buffalo sauce drizzled on top with crumbled blue cheese and shredded mozzarella sprinkled on top. The middle one has red sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, sautéed mushrooms and red onions. While the back pizza has pesto base, mozzarella, sautéed mushrooms and onions, raw red onions and pepperoni.”
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Reddit user chefanie666 revealed that the chicken in this pizza recipes creation was tossed in Buffalo sauce, while the finishing sauce was Alfredo sauce. Some users, like Monkmonk_ replied: “As a buffalo native, a blue cheese base chicken finger pizza would be an out of this world experience, you should’ve used that.”
Pepperoni Pizza with Mikes Hot Honey
Some of the users agreed that the combination of pizza and spicy elements is a very popular one, for memorable pizza recipes, like Reddit user cooperrf who mentioned: “Honey on pizza is great, spicy pizza is great but spicy honey pizza is the best. The name brand hot honey makes it far more expensive that it needs to be.”
Totoro Mini Pizza
Some of the Reddit users like BottledUp mentioned that it appears that the dough was made with milk, making these pizza recipes even more unique. They could have made it without water, and that it could have a tastier filling than oregano, cheese and tomato. While user FerretSummoner commented that she is so obsessed with Totoro that she needs the recipe.
Barbecue Chicken Pizza
Reddit user cholulaicecream commented that the dough recipe came out nice, crispy and bready on the inside, making it one of the better barbecue pizza recipes. The only tweak he made was using Fleischmanns Pizza Crust Yeast packets, one per recipe batch and let it rise from 2 to 6 hours. And also, the sauce is a basic Kansas City style barbecue one.
Pizza Roll-ups
Reddit user SmoochieBobo mentioned that these pizza roll-ups, also called pizza pinwheel, are among the easiest pizza recipes to prepare for children’s nowadays, and it’s pretty easy to dip too. She also revealed that she put the roll into the oven once they are rolled and cut, although she was following the trial and error method.
Pepperoni Mushroom Pan-Pizza
Reddit user advisorymgr mentioned that the pizza recipes he used for this pizza it’s from the Serious Eats website, and it’s a foolproof pan pizza with a thick and crispy crust that’s golden on the bottom, but puffy and soft under the layers of sauce and mozzarella. Making cast-iron pizza isn’t easy, as many users reported that the crust doesn’t turn out quite right, often with the dough remaining raw while the toppings end up overcooked.
Wood-Fired Pizza
Wood-fired pizza recipes taste smoky, slightly sweet and savory in comparison to the conventional oven pizza, and Reddit user Cap179 mentioned that she has one standard type of firebrick pizza oven that the previous owner of the house built. She also added that the oven gets so hot that she usually has to wear welder’s gloves even with the long handle pizza paddle.
Sourdough Cast Iron Pizza
Reddit user typo9292 revealed this sourdough cast iron pizza as one of his favorite pizza recipes, with roasted garlic, Alfredo and garlic sauce, old world soppressata and Genoa salami. He also mentioned that he used a San Francisco sourdough starter for this dough and that most of these sourdough recipes make two loaves. Some users like [borrado] replied that it looked like DiGiorno’s pizza, the frozen one that is available at most grocery stores.
Conclusion
The wide variety of pizza recipes that can be prepared, and the many others that can be invented, offer so many possibilities that it is easy to understand why millions of people love this food. You can vary dough, the toppings, and the cooking methods, yet it remains an appealing dish for the majority of people.
