Now I want strawberry pizza

During the pandemic, I saw a reddit post (fuck u/spez) about someone that replaced pineapple with kiwi on a Hawaiian pie. I had just bought a pizza oven and figured I'd give it a try for the memes. It wasn't awful. No real need to do it again, but it was fine lul.

I'll have you know a place nearby did a raisin pizza in the 90s, and it was glorious.

Strawberries, tomatoes and pineapples are all sweet/sour, with the difference being the amount of one taste over another. I think it's within reason to try to substitute between them and check how it influences the result.

Many times I've tried corn, pepper or green peas on pizza, all of them being sweet-tasting on their own so a strawberry isn't really that far going, in my opinion.

The only thing I'm wondering about is the texture. I don't know if a hot (probably even soft? Dunno) strawberry would be noticeable on a pizza and if so, would it be off-putting.

There was a chain near me that did this, except it was a dessert pizza with streusel and icing instead of sauce and cheese.

It tasted alright. It was still weird though.

When I make pizza later this week I'm going to try this out. TBH it looks tasty.

Edit: I tried it out, making my normal pizza with just the addition of strawberries (slightly spicy tomato sauce, spinach, vegan cheese, vegan sausage). It's okay but underwhelming. I think strawberries might be too subtle. It wasn't bad, but I'd rather just eat the strawberries on their own.

Man, just eat what you want on pizza.

No need to offer me a slice, tho'.

I don't judge dishes before I taste them.

Every single "horrible" dish commented on here could be the single most delicious dish you'd have ever tasted. But you will never know because you gave it no chance.

I'm down to try strawberries on pizza.

I've had so much odd stuff on pizza thrown at me in Japan that I'll try anything these days. How about dollops of potato salad randomly scattered around? Actually not too bad.

Although the canned tuna mayo with corn didn't look too appetizing. Not sure what Kirkland is getting up to sometimes in the Japanese market but it's weird.

No one here has yet named and shamed the Swedish for their banana pizza and I cannot let the Swedes continue to get away with this. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/bananas-and-curry-on-pizza-thats-how-the-swedish-do-it-180984961/

This ... actually looks good

I am juuuuust stoned enough for this to work tbh

Tomatoes, Okra, Eggplant, Bell Peppers, Olives, and Zucchini are all fruits. Are they gross or otherwise forbidden on pizza?

A worthy replacement for the tiramisu pizza

The tomato in the pizza gives it enough sweetness as is

How would strawberry be any worse than pineapple? Not that I like either, but its on the same level.

I haven't tried this but a few thoughts came to mind.

Strawberry shortcakes are a thing. So starch+strawberry+diary is a proven combo. Poland does something struggle-meal adjacent and just opts for pasta instead of cake.

Sweet and savory can work together on a pizza. Pineapple, with strong flavors like bacon and/or shrimp works pretty darn well on a pizza. It's like eating a whole luau at once.

Pizza Hut, back in the bad-old-days, used to have cobbler-like "pizzas" on the hot bar. They were basically fruit pies with flavors like cherry and apple. A strawberry dessert pizza would have fit right in.

The only reservation I have is how well tomato pizza sauce and strawberry go together. Strawberries are, IMO, a sure-fire hit on a white pizza, but with a rich, meaty tomato sauce? I have my doubts.

Sorry, we’re all too busy fighting the Altoona-style pizza people to focus on the strawberry people.

My family used to house-sit during the summers when I was a kid-teenager and a pizzeria near there had several pizzas with mango-chutney. They were so fucking good! Had variations with both pineapple and banana slices (and both) with curry. They sadly closed down about 15 years ago but I still make pizza at home with the same things to this day, and will never stop.

And there's a place close to where I live that has a pizza with goats milk mozzarella, chanterelles, walnuts and honey that's really good (though I haven't had it in ~10 years since I don't consume animal products anymore).

Also sour-sweet, so why not? Although maybe a bit bland if baked, the kiwi one sounds better.

Pizza aside, hot pineapple on it's own isn't bad. Hot strawberries are.

The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. These new heretics will burn with the rest!

I had a boss once who swore by strawberry jam with cheese. I guess it's the same salt and sweet combo as salted caramel. I will reserve judgement until I have tried for myself.

You could put some cream on it and call it "Devil's Tooth".