Hawaiian Pizza
A sweet and savory pizza topped with ham and pineapple patted dry before topping so the crust bakes crisp instead of soggy - invented not in Hawaii but in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, in 1962 by Sam Panopoulos, who named it after the brand of canned pineapple he used.
⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings
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Ingredients
- •1 pizza dough ball
- •1/2 cup pizza sauce
- •2 cups shredded mozzarella
- •1 cup diced ham
- •1 cup pineapple chunks, patted dry
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 475°F.
- 2.Pat the pineapple chunks dry with paper towels - excess moisture is what makes the crust soggy.
- 3.Roll out the dough and spread with pizza sauce.
- 4.Top with mozzarella, ham, and the dried pineapple.
- 5.Bake for 12-15 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbly.