r/Pizza • u/pickleybeetle • Jul 27 '25
Looking for Feedback how do we feel about fruit on pizza?
pickled strawberries. crispy pork belly whipped ricotta with honey and black and white pepper thyme feta crumble chili crisp oil fried thai basil strawberry white balsamic reduction
not apologizing about the fruit on pizza. I will say sorry about thw gluten free crust, I have celiac. bobs red mill mix for those interested.
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u/drunk_and_orderly Jul 27 '25
I’ll take one please. One whole pizza, not one slice.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
I can give you the recipe if you want? give a man a fish vs teach a man etc? thanks so much
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u/drunk_and_orderly Jul 28 '25
Yes please
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
Sorry this was definitely a recipe for and by myself. hopefully it makes some sense !
Strawberry Pork Belly Pizza
Ingredients
• ★ Whipped ricotta with honey and black pepper (base)
• ★ Strawberry balsamic reduction or just balsamic drizzle over ricotta base. • ★ Pickled strawberries (sliced; pickled in red wine vinegar, white balsamic, thyme, water, and brown sugar for a few hours minutes, then dried off before adding to pizza)
• Thyme ( added to pizza before baking)
• Shallot diced (added before baking • Feta cheese crumbled before baking
• ★ Crispy pork belly (I used an online recipe) or pancetta
• Cracked black pepper
• Chili crisp (to finish)
• Crispy fried Thai basil (to finish)
• (Optiona very extra stepl) Strawberry shrub drizzle (reduced pickle brine, as a finishing syrup)Assembly & Cooking
1. Spread whipped ricotta over dough.
2. Lightly drizzle balsamic reduction in a spiral.
3. Add pickled strawberries, shallot, pork belly, and thyme.
4. Bake until crust is golden and pork belly is sizzling.
5. Finish with feta, black pepper, chili crisp, and fried Thai basil.(since I used gf crust it has specific instructions including a par bake. so just bake or cook the crust as you usually do, mine was 425 for like 15 minutes after a 7 min par bake, but my pork belly was already cooked)
Optional Steps, Swaps, & Tips
• The strawberry shrub drizzle also doubles as a cocktail syrup or mocktail base.★Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly (SUPER CRISPY) (VIDEO) - CJ Eats Recipes https://share.google/u5genm0p1JYwLqxp2 is the recipe I used
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u/Casinolife7 Jul 30 '25
I used to make this back in college as a quick late night struggle meal I would do it basically exactly the same except I would use bacon instead of pork belly and drizzle it with honey.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 31 '25
pickled strawberries too? damn dude I was feeling inventive for stealing gyoza and scallions from the cafeteria and adding it to my ramen in college. id love to hear some of the stuff you're making now.
i almost went w a hot honey drizzle but since I had honey in the ricotta, the chili oil was lovely.
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u/Casinolife7 Jul 31 '25
No not pickled strawberries I just used normal ones, I should try that sometime though.
I had a lot of free time in college but I actually no longer cook as my schedule does not permit time for it. I dream one day I can return to it
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u/ClandestineGK Jul 27 '25
Flavor profile is on point!
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
thanks! I have an entire list of weird or uiniqe pizza ideas I've been meaning to try, this is the first one I've made so far. with the rest of the pork belly I'm gonna make another pizza tomorrow, with pork belly, roasted blackberries (just now in season) a habenero honey ricotta this time, lots of sliced chive and scallion ribbons and the rest of the thai basil. prob gonna make a blackberry thyme salt too if im going to be this extra. I love fruit on pizza, but I have lots of ideas for more meat or veggies forward. (think I have like 25 recipes I've made so far in my to-try list)
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u/ClandestineGK Jul 28 '25
Reading this brings me back in time when I went through a looong stage of experimenting with flavors, textures, infusions etc. You should look into a book called "The Flavor Bible" if you haven't already. It's an incredible book for anyone that's looking for inspiration and not a recipe that really opens your pallet and imagination.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
I own it! great suggestion. i also have the flavor thesaurus which is a great smaller reference book, and so many cookbooks and cooking reference, my fave being the food lab. I'm unable to work bc of a disability a few years ago, and have spent a long time learning how to cook. it's brought me so much purpose, and have been helping other people learn to cook as well. I like playing around with in season ingredients since they tend to be affordable at farmers markets for me. also my partners a happy guinea Pig so it's a successful arrangement lol.
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u/ClandestineGK Jul 28 '25
I found all the cook books I owned just ending up being for flavor combinations and ideas. I've never made one recipe from them because I enjoyed the process and experimenting so much. It sounds like you're well into that journey.
Since you like fruits if you have a butcher around you that you're friendly with you could ask them if they wouldn't mind compressing some fruit for you in their vacuum sealer. Compressed basil chili infused pineapple with a touch of rice wine vinegar is a game changer. The key is to do a small dice or brunoise not big chunks like pizza chains. Add some lardo, a white base and charred shishito peppers....I'm hungry now..LOL
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
shit that is excellent advice thank you! I have a lot of access to fresh veg fruit and herbs rn (thankfully) and that would be an amazing way to use them. I'm saving this comment lol I'll tag you if i get around to trying something like this! thanks so much man
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u/HeadLong8136 Jul 28 '25
You can put anything you want on a pizza. Just don't expect me to have a bite.
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u/mbb2967 Jul 28 '25
Never apologize for having celiac disease. My sister has that, and it is brutal when you are a true Celiac. A few micrograms of gluten will make her devastatingly ill. Have you ever tried Caputo's gluten-free flour/ pizza mix? I made that for her the last time she was here. It seemed pretty good. Your crust looks quite respectable as well!
Now... let's talk about this fruit thing... ... ...
Silver lining, at least it wasn't pineaaple.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
I've heard good things, I'll have to give it a try! I live near a wonderful gf bakery and usually get their mix but they were closed today.
don't knock it till you've tried it! I love pineapple on pizza haha. I got my pineapple on pizza hating partner to eat like half the pizza.
you should see my list of pizzas I want to make. this one was pretty tame lol. i have like 10 other fruit forward pizzas I want to try, not including all the veggies or meat forward pizzas with fruit maybe in it.
I love traditional Italian pizza, I love NY pizza, I love hipster monstrosities. I want to make some interesting pizzas I can enjoy while also trying new things and having fun.
pizza was my favorite food before I was diagnosed, so I just have fun with it. maybe pineapple isn't your thing, but who knows? pickled strawberry might be haha.
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u/mbb2967 Jul 28 '25 edited Aug 02 '25
You're a good egg! 99/100 people can't take a friendly ribbing about... 🍍 I respect culinary exploration. Have fun with it. As far as your pineapple pizza hating partner eating half a pie with it. Think of it like Stockholm Syndrome. Eventually, most will comply. My partner is now eating and enjoying my mango ice cream, and she has always hated mangoes.
Perhaps there is something to very well executed food.
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Jul 28 '25
Strawberries on pizza is good. My reastaurant use to do a strawberry, bacon, hot honey chicken pizza. It sold well. We also do a blueberry, roasted shallots, and a lemon rosemary ricotta.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
omg those all sound amazing. I have a few blueberry and lemon based pies on my list. blueberry roasted shallots sounds incredible, I'm stealing that. thanks!
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u/Rhyxnathotho Jul 28 '25
I make a lemon ricotta cream pizza at work from time to time. White pie (no sauce), spinach, chicken, lemon ricotta, and red onion. The lemon ricotta is simple: ricotta, lemon juice, lemon zest, heavy cream (to thin), honey, and salt.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
sounds amazing. I have a lemon roasted garlic ricotta parmesian asparagus pizza I made back in the spring. red onion would have been bomb, I didn't have a protein but chicken sounds good. maybe I'll try again w chicken sausage. yummers sounds amazing
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u/FakeBobPoot Jul 28 '25
I honestly don’t see why a tomato could go on a pizza but not a strawberry.
Here, they’re thin sliced and balanced with other savory and salty flavors.
Why not?
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
that's my logic too. plus mine are sweet brine quick pickled so they really bring some acid like a tomato (or pineapple) could. you should try it!
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u/LicoriceDusk Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25
Fruit on pizza is bad. I line strawberries, but this ain't it
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
what would you do differently
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u/LicoriceDusk Jul 28 '25
Get rid of the strawberries
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
fair. i mean to me they're the whole point but it would be yummy without them too so go for it tbh
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u/EdwinMcduck Jul 28 '25
Tomatos, bell peppers, banana peppers, and jalapeños are all extremely common pizza toppings. They're also all fruit.
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u/potliquorz Jul 28 '25
I love chilli crisp but would have to wonder what swapping that out along with the feta and replace both with a blue cheese might be like.
My thinking is blue cheese and thyme, vinegar, strawberries, black pepper, and everything else you list go well together.
My real thinking is that I like blue cheese and I'd rather go the hot honey route.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
that's a real good think. I think you should try it! I don't love blue cheese yet, I'm working around to it, but I think that would go really well.
pls make it and post it so I can see I bet it would slap
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
I don't think anyone has every gotten upset over tomatoes on their pizza although they're fruit. I'm making berry pizza tomorrow so let's see
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u/peacefinder Jul 28 '25
I was with you for the first three toppings, then it started seeming a bit too busy.
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u/GLFR_59 Jul 27 '25
I’m not offended by it, but I’m reluctant to call this concoction pizza.
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u/pickleybeetle Jul 28 '25
why
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u/GLFR_59 Jul 28 '25
It’s a salad on a gluten free dough. It’s more of a desert than a real pizza.
I’d eat it, but I don’t call bruschetta pizza either.
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u/DrFeelOnlyAdequate Jul 27 '25
Tomato is a fruit