| As delicious as pizza can be, it is possible to get tired | | | | Try some new vegetable toppings to contrast with the |
| of it if you stick to the same flavors all the time. If you | | | | meat. Beetroot, artichoke hearts, cauliflower, roasted |
| usually have the same types of pizza, perhaps | | | | garlic, watercress, red beans, peas, and baby leeks |
| pepperoni, or chicken with bacon, you might be wanting | | | | might not be familiar pizza toppings to you but |
| a change. | | | | experiment with these tasty vegetables and you can |
| Fortunately for confirmed carnivores, if you love meat | | | | make a lively meat pizza, which will make a really |
| toppings there are lots of different types of pizza you | | | | good change from your usual pizza recipe. |
| can make with this tasty ingredient. For example, if you | | | | If you are using lamb, what about using fresh mint as a |
| want to top your pizza with meat, what about mixing | | | | garnish? Serve your lamb and mint pizza with a yogurt |
| different ones? Bacon, beef, sausage, honey-cured | | | | sauce for dipping. You can also crumble some feta |
| ham, barbecue chicken, duck, meatballs, chicken tikka, | | | | cheese over this pizza before baking it, to give it a |
| meatballs, and Cajun chicken are all ingredients, which | | | | really Greek flavor. A chicken tikka topping can be |
| combine well together. | | | | enhanced with the addition of onions, cilantro, |
| If you have some leftover chicken or beef, using it to | | | | cardamom, roasted garlic, and mushrooms. |
| top a pizza is a great idea and you can combine this | | | | Herbs and Spices for Flavor |
| topping with any kind of vegetables or cheese, as well | | | | As well as trying some new vegetable toppings, you |
| as your preferred herbs or spices. | | | | can use some different herbs and spices on your |
| A pizza does not have to have twenty different | | | | pizza. How about adding an aromatic touch with |
| toppings. Sometimes three or four toppings work | | | | cilantro, chives, marjoram, or dill, or spicing things up |
| perfectly together and give a nice blend of flavors. It is | | | | with jalapenos, cardamom, and cumin? |
| up to you how many other ingredients you add to the | | | | Match the herbs or spices to the meat you are using. |
| main meat or poultry ingredient that you are topping | | | | Nuts are another option and you might find that adding |
| your homemade pizza recipe with. | | | | pistachios, pecans, pine nuts, almonds or walnuts to |
| Adding Cheese and Vegetables | | | | your meat pizza recipes really enhances it. The nuts |
| You might prefer to stick to one type of meat, in which | | | | will become fragrant and flavorful in the oven when |
| case choose some contrasting toppings to make your | | | | you bake the pizza. |
| pizza interesting. If you are using meatballs or steak as | | | | Let your imagination guide you if you are looking to |
| a topping, you can use a richly flavored cheese instead | | | | expand your pizza making repertoire. Of course, you |
| of, or as well as, the mozzarella. Camembert, blue | | | | can start off with a readymade pizza base but the |
| cheese, Roquefort, smoked Gouda, and Manchego | | | | most delicious pizzas are homemade so you will need |
| cheese are all options here. | | | | to think about toppings. |