The best condiment, dip, or extra zip that you like to add to pizza?
December 28, 2019 7:29 PM Subscribe
Specifically looking for additions that come into play after baking 🍕...
I recently ordered a little container of blue cheese dressing with my pizza delivery. Dipping heaven! I also remember a restaurant in Seattle that served honey to dab onto your pizza crust. I’m now finding that pizza with no extra pizazz just doesn’t cut it. What are you favorite ways to jazz up a pizza, after it comes out of the oven?
I recently ordered a little container of blue cheese dressing with my pizza delivery. Dipping heaven! I also remember a restaurant in Seattle that served honey to dab onto your pizza crust. I’m now finding that pizza with no extra pizazz just doesn’t cut it. What are you favorite ways to jazz up a pizza, after it comes out of the oven?
Best answer: I like a small bowl of malt vinegar to dip pizza crusts in. Also a sprinkle of nutritional yeast on top of pizza gives it a nutty, kind of funky flavor that I love.
posted by mezzanayne at 7:36 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by mezzanayne at 7:36 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
I'm fan of hot sauce on pizza. I go back and forth between Sriracha and Chipotle Tabasco.
Franks or a full on buffalo sauce along with blue cheese is also awesome.
posted by NormieP at 7:41 PM on December 28, 2019 [3 favorites]
Franks or a full on buffalo sauce along with blue cheese is also awesome.
posted by NormieP at 7:41 PM on December 28, 2019 [3 favorites]
Any pizza with hot peppers is GREAT with honey drizzled on it. The pizza place near me calls this a "bee sting".
And - it's a pre-baked change, but - next time you order chain delivery pizza, try replacing the red sauce with garlic dipping sauce as a base for the cheese. I like this on a thin crust (works well with whole wheat if you're trying to be marginally more healthy), then topped with bacon, chopped tomato, and cheese. It's amazing.
posted by nouvelle-personne at 7:45 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
And - it's a pre-baked change, but - next time you order chain delivery pizza, try replacing the red sauce with garlic dipping sauce as a base for the cheese. I like this on a thin crust (works well with whole wheat if you're trying to be marginally more healthy), then topped with bacon, chopped tomato, and cheese. It's amazing.
posted by nouvelle-personne at 7:45 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
Harissa.
posted by theperfectcrime at 7:55 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by theperfectcrime at 7:55 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Tamarind chutney!
posted by Illuminated Clocks at 7:56 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Illuminated Clocks at 7:56 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
Our local pizza place does a great vegetarian pizza (aubergine, zucchini, tomato, capsicum, maybe some other things) that they drizzle aioli on top of afterwards.
posted by lollusc at 8:12 PM on December 28, 2019
posted by lollusc at 8:12 PM on December 28, 2019
I love spicy giardiniera on pizza.
More specifically, I love Chicago style giardiniera which is something I recently found out was not available throughout the country like ketchup or mayo.
posted by Constance Mirabella at 8:19 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
More specifically, I love Chicago style giardiniera which is something I recently found out was not available throughout the country like ketchup or mayo.
posted by Constance Mirabella at 8:19 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
It's practically old fashioned now but there was a time when a fried egg in the middle of your fancy artisanal pizza was almost standard. Dip it into the yolk.
There's a place near me that does pretty classic Indian curries on pizza, like they have a butter chicken pizza and a saag paneer pizza. They serve them with raita, a mint chutney and that tamarind sauce you see with takeout curry - one time I saw a table order classic pepperoni and olive but asked for the sauces for dipping. I can totally see pepperoni with tamarind or olive with the mint chutney.
posted by Mizu at 8:19 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
There's a place near me that does pretty classic Indian curries on pizza, like they have a butter chicken pizza and a saag paneer pizza. They serve them with raita, a mint chutney and that tamarind sauce you see with takeout curry - one time I saw a table order classic pepperoni and olive but asked for the sauces for dipping. I can totally see pepperoni with tamarind or olive with the mint chutney.
posted by Mizu at 8:19 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Drizzle a balsamic reduction on top.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 8:25 PM on December 28, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by St. Peepsburg at 8:25 PM on December 28, 2019 [6 favorites]
Sriracha on the pizza, honey on the crust. I keep meaning to buy a bottle of that hot honey; I bet it's great on both!
posted by Weeping_angel at 8:38 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Weeping_angel at 8:38 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
Hot sauce AND ranch!
posted by bradbane at 9:15 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by bradbane at 9:15 PM on December 28, 2019 [2 favorites]
Sriracha Kewpie Mayo. Not just good on pizza, but on just about everything. If you can't find it in store, you can mix Kewpie and sriracha. The best condiment.
posted by cholly at 9:19 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by cholly at 9:19 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
Tikka masala sauce!
posted by supermedusa at 9:47 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by supermedusa at 9:47 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]
Mayonnaise, which also goes well with the cheese fries you order with your pizza.
posted by Rob Rockets at 11:05 PM on December 28, 2019
posted by Rob Rockets at 11:05 PM on December 28, 2019
Granulated garlic.
posted by creiszhanson at 4:13 AM on December 29, 2019
posted by creiszhanson at 4:13 AM on December 29, 2019
Arugula (rocket) on top.
posted by hazyjane at 4:55 AM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by hazyjane at 4:55 AM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
Garlic butter. Simple and perfect.
posted by restless_nomad at 5:22 AM on December 29, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by restless_nomad at 5:22 AM on December 29, 2019 [2 favorites]
I mean maybe this is too basic but I always sprinkle oregano on my frozen pizzas. No good without it.
posted by brook horse at 6:26 AM on December 29, 2019
posted by brook horse at 6:26 AM on December 29, 2019
Not a sauce, but as a former pizza cook, trust me, fresh ground black pepper. It’s not going to radically alter the pizza, but it will make everything just a little *more* when you take a bite.
posted by Ghidorah at 6:59 AM on December 29, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Ghidorah at 6:59 AM on December 29, 2019 [4 favorites]
We like to dip crusts in homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
posted by cooker girl at 7:36 AM on December 29, 2019
posted by cooker girl at 7:36 AM on December 29, 2019
Best answer: Since no one has said it yet; pesto. I mean ordinarily you think of baking it with the pizza, but it's just fine put on top of a hot pizza. Better in some ways because you end up with bites of identifiable pesto, it's not just a flavor mixed in. Particularly good on the crust.
posted by Nelson at 8:06 AM on December 29, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 8:06 AM on December 29, 2019 [4 favorites]
My hometown pizzeria served their pizzas with Seven Seas Creamy Italian dressing. I loved it. That dressing is off the market now, so they make their own version that tastes the same to me. It’s really worth it to mix up a batch and try it.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 8:34 AM on December 29, 2019
posted by Pater Aletheias at 8:34 AM on December 29, 2019
Tapatio / Maggi sauce / Worcester sauce (or Henderson's Relish if you are in its catchment area) / tamarind chutney.
posted by holgate at 11:12 AM on December 29, 2019
posted by holgate at 11:12 AM on December 29, 2019
Pizza Crack from the Greenville Avenue Pizza Company in Dallas.
posted by LisaInTX at 11:40 AM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by LisaInTX at 11:40 AM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Pomegranate syrup/molasses (it's great on fries too).
posted by heyho at 1:30 PM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by heyho at 1:30 PM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
Any place that offers dipping sauces is declaring to your face that their dough sucks. However, a sprinkle of very hot condiment over the toppings is allowable.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 4:49 PM on December 29, 2019
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 4:49 PM on December 29, 2019
Trader Joe's Jalapeno Pepper Hot Sauce is great on toppings like pepperoni.
posted by wintersweet at 5:26 PM on December 29, 2019
posted by wintersweet at 5:26 PM on December 29, 2019
Now that you've gotta lots of good answers, a suggestion for the cold pizza leftovers: peanut butter. The best breakfast is an slice of cold pizza with peanut butter.
posted by meemzi at 6:35 PM on December 29, 2019
posted by meemzi at 6:35 PM on December 29, 2019
Suggestions:
* TajĂn Clasico
* Garlic and Wine Seasoning
* Penzey's Fox Point
posted by Citrus at 8:34 PM on December 29, 2019
* TajĂn Clasico
* Garlic and Wine Seasoning
* Penzey's Fox Point
posted by Citrus at 8:34 PM on December 29, 2019
Ranch is popular all over the Southern US, but if you want hyperlocal street cred, French is the salad dressing for pizza along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
posted by solotoro at 5:03 AM on December 30, 2019
posted by solotoro at 5:03 AM on December 30, 2019
Seconding balsamic reduction, especially for white / non-tomato-sauce pizzas.
It's not too much of a departure from the standard crushed red pepper, but I find aleppo pepper to be a great pizza finisher - more flavorful and less hot than the usual crushed cayenne. Urfa Biber, a crushed purple pepper, is another similar alternative.
posted by valrus at 9:26 AM on December 30, 2019
It's not too much of a departure from the standard crushed red pepper, but I find aleppo pepper to be a great pizza finisher - more flavorful and less hot than the usual crushed cayenne. Urfa Biber, a crushed purple pepper, is another similar alternative.
posted by valrus at 9:26 AM on December 30, 2019
Thai style peanut dressing.
posted by JennyJupiter at 9:44 AM on December 30, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by JennyJupiter at 9:44 AM on December 30, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Garlic dipping sauce: warm sauce, cold dip, or even just melted garlic butter.
posted by soelo at 10:31 AM on December 30, 2019
posted by soelo at 10:31 AM on December 30, 2019
Response by poster: WOW YOU GUYS. I’m set for life now. Thank you! Marked a few as best answer but these are all fantastic ideas.
posted by sucre at 5:29 PM on January 1, 2020
posted by sucre at 5:29 PM on January 1, 2020
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Also, Penzey’s makes pizza seasoning and that plus some red pepper flakes are amazing on pizza.
posted by stellaluna at 7:35 PM on December 28, 2019 [1 favorite]