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Some of my favorite pizzas have no tomato sauce: * White clam pizza * Amici's Milano or Trentino * State of Mind's Peas on Peas on Peas (when it's in season)
by Stratoscope 3y ago
Some of my favorite pizzas have no tomato sauce:
* White clam pizza
* Amici's Milano or Trentino
* State of Mind's Peas on Peas on Peas (when it's in season)
Why would the lack of tomato sauce make it not a pizza?
(You didn't specifically mention tomato sauce, but GP did and it sounds like you are in agreement? Please forgive me if I misunderstood.)
- nkozyra 3y agoI'm saying Bread + topping is not inherently a pizza. There are lots of other dishes that are bread + topping that we don't call pizza. Is crostini a pizza? Is bruschetta? Is sabich? Is lahmacun? Arepas? Is an open face bagel with cream cheese?
- Stratoscope 3y agoI think you hit the nail on the head. Yes, bread + topping is by definition not pizza. Pizza is made with pizza dough and toppings, not with already-baked bread. Of course if the pizza dough is wrapped around the toppings/fillings, pinched around the edge in a half moon shape and then baked, now it is a calzone, not a pizza. Or is it an empanada? ;-) And thank you for that list! I have never had sabich or lahmacun, so you have given me some new things to try.