Today we celebrate Hawaiian pizza, known for its pineapple.
One pizza topping in particular gets a conversation going. It can even be called the eternal bone of contention of pizza toppings. Pineapple is allowed to carry this honor.
Today, Saturday 20.8. let’s celebrate pineapple flavored Hawaiian pizza day. Hawaiian pizza is filled with ham, pineapple and cheese.
Pizza oven manufacturer Ooni says in its press release that in a Nordic survey, only 16 percent of Finnish respondents reported pineapple as their topping. Ham became the favorite filling.
1,042 respondents from Finland took part in the YouGov survey conducted in the summer of 2022. Shrimp, salmon and goat cheese were on the list of the most avoided fillings.
However, the most “No thanks to my pizza” votes were received by the Swedish pizza specialty curried banana. The curried banana pizza loved by the Swedes doesn’t taste any better to the Finns than to the Danes.
Every other person who responded to the survey in Finland and Denmark said that they would completely skip banana and curry as a pizza topping.
Anchovies pleased the survey respondents the second least: almost every second named it the least tasty pizza topping.
Hawaiian Pizza Day is of course celebrated by eating pizza.
Ham-pineapple pizza, tin
2 dl of water
25 g of yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 1/2-5 dl wheat flour
2 tablespoons of oil
Filling:
1 tsp pasta sauce
approx. 200 g of sauna palvik ham, sliced
1/2 tsp (à 500 g) grated Emmental mozzarella cheese
black pepper
1 pc (227 g) pineapple chunks
2 teaspoons of pizza seasoning or oregano
1. Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water. Mix in the salt and some of the flour. Add the rest of the flour by hand and knead the dough until smooth. Add fat at the end of initialization. Leave the dough as soft as possible.
2. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place, covered with a cloth, until it doubles in size. Pat or Roll the dough into a sheet the size of a baking sheet on floured baking paper.
3. Spread the pasta sauce in an even layer on top of the base. Sprinkle the ham strips and grated cheese on top of the base. Season with pepper. Drain the broth from the pineapple pieces and distribute the pieces evenly on the pizza.
4. Bake the pizza on the lowest level of the oven at 225 degrees for about 15 minutes. Sprinkle pizza seasoning or oregano on top. Serve with a salad.
Recipe: K-ruoka.fi