Asklemmy @lemmy.ml Nounka @lemmy.world 2 mo. ago

What fruit is tasty on a pizza?

What other fruit ( pineapple is wellknown ) would tast good on a pizza? That was the question i asked during lunch at school. The results off that class..
Passionfruit, watermelon and Strawberry were the favorite ones to be tasted.
Bad idee was kiwi, apple and cherrys.

What do you think?

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Tomato :-)
Fig with prosciutto
Peppers.
Pear works well on white pizza
Olives
...tomatoes, olives, peppers, zucchini...
Jackfruit! You can use it to make a mean vegan pulled "pork", it'd be great on a BBQ pizza.
Tomato is pretty popular in a sauce form, not a fan of the fruit myself though.

In seriousness, I could see pear being good. Pears on a grilled cheese sandwich is fantastic.
The tomato.

That's about it.
Why is apple a bad idea? Apple with pork and cheese is delicious :)
Black Olives (or green, either way).
Banana is a common topping in Sweden. Add some curry and peanuts while you're at it.
Tomato

Edit: foiled again by quick lemmers
Squash and zuchinni
White pie with peach, burrata, basil, and balsamic vinegar.
On of my local pizzerias has one with apple and it's actually one of my favorite!

But my number one is the "indian", which is basically chicken, curry, pineapple and raisin
BBQed Jackfruit
I had a pizza in Mexico with cherries on it and i did indeed hate it.
Figs are amazing.
Pineapple
Olives on a pizza are fantastic if you don't hate olives. Otherwise they may not taste very good at all.

Pair it with feta and capicola for a great time.
Strawberry works, but you've said that already. I believe banana is used in some Nordic country too (not 100% about this)
Gimme some figs on a pulled pork bbq slice with thinly sliced red onions on top, that'd be awesome
artichoke
I had Hawaiian with kiwi! It was good
Lemon (and/or lime) makes almost everything better when utilized properly, spicy sausage with lemon ricotta for example. I bet you could make a ridiculously delicious pizza with preserved lemon too. Lime would pair well with Mexican-inspired or Asian-inspired pizzas.
Pear, gorgonzola and arugula. It was delicious. I ate the whole thing and now I'm ashamed of myself.
Pepperoni.
Plum with chicken and some bryndza (sheep's milk cottage cheese) was one of the best pizzas I've ever had.

Also apple, tuna, bryndza.

I'm just really longing for some bryndza right now.
Pineapple remains the only sweet fruit I've ventured on a pizza but when you asked this my first guess would have been apple, especially because it pairs so well with pork so I'm surprised that made it to the bad idea category. Did anyone expand on why? I would have thought a pizza with almost any kind of pork but especially thick cut ham would be enhanced by a very sparing quantitiy of thin apple slices. I'd bet even some non-traditional cuts of pork might end up working well, like some thin strips of pork belly.
Durian is amazing.
Mangoes.

I thought it would be bad but it is supposedly a must try in Guimaras island in the Philippines. Im not a fan of dessert pizzas but this one was surprisingly good.
Mandarin orange slices.
Thinly sliced peach works alright with a blue cheese and balsamic reduction
Melons (not watermelons, these things) ought to taste good. Pizza usually has ham on it and "prosciutto con melone" is a well-known dish.
Pomegranate pips work well in most salty dishes, roasted apple is great with a strong, soft cheese.
many dont believe me, but grapes. They taste generally really gold when cooked.
kiwi works fine as a topping. i used to live next to a place that had a whole variety of fruit pizzas.
Not a fruit i know, but if you like pineapple on pizza you might also like pickled onions on pizza
I've had a pretty decent pizza with peach on it.
Durian
In Home Ec we made a fruit pizza, with a sweet crust... and it was amazing. Kind of a bit more like actual pie than pizza. Wish I had the recipe, unfortunately the teacher died a couple decades ago.
lemon peel (maybe even yuzu peel) could work quite well shaved over the crust
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kiwi works fine as a topping. i used to live next to a place that had a whole variety of fruit pizzas.
i think a shredded coconut might work well, if your pizza didn't have cheese on it (a vegan pizza for example)
Peach. I have eaten a chicken and peach pizza once.
Dates
Cheese
No one’s said pineapple yet? Hawaiian is a staple pizza variety.

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