Did you know Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention? It was created by a Greek immigrant in southern Ontario in 1962. (He was curious what pineapple would taste like on a pizza crust.) Hold it, says Germany! We’ve been enjoying ham, pineapple & cheese on toast and calling it Toast Hawaii since 1955. Australia doesn’t care who came up with it, in 1999 it was their most popular pizza on the menu.
I’ve only eaten Hawaiian Pizza once, at my 17 year old niece Sophia’s 4th birthday party. I remember liking it, so why have I waited this long to try it again?
I decided I’d make one myself, googled Hawaiian pizza, and came up with 50 versions of the recipe. I read the ingredients of half of them, then came up with my own game plan.
1. Preheat the oven to 400F, line a 9 x 13 baking pan with aluminum foil. I rubbed the foil down with 2 tablespoons olive oil, this will give the crust a nice sizzle.
2. Break open a can of Pillsbury Pizza Crust, shape it out to fit the pan. Yikes, this dough was ice cold! After I finished, I covered the pan with a dishtowel and let it warm to room temperature for 20 minutes. This also allowed the dough to rise some.
3. I spread 1/2 cup pizza sauce blended with 1/4 cup barbecue sauce. That doesn’t sound copacetic, but turned out to be very tasty. I think this would also make a perfect sauce for barbecue chicken pizza.
4. Sprinkled on 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese, and 3 slices of precooked breakfast ham (aka canadian bacon), chopped.
5. Next I added half a red pepper, and 3 pineapple rings, both chopped.
6. Finally, I fried and crumbled 2 strips of bacon, and sprinkled on top with a small handful of shredded cheddar cheese. I’ll bake this in the oven at 400F for 20 minutes.
7. The pizza is ready. Boi does this smell good!
I enjoyed the first slice at my kitchen window, watching the rustle of fall leaves outside; I had my second slice in front of the tv, while watching the 1940 classic “Doctor Cyclops”. This sweet n’ savory combo turned out much better than I expected. Yep, life is good!
It may seem unAmerican but have never cared for pizza---except for Hawaiian pizza which I love. Must say yours looks great and I like the bacon strips. Love your kitchen creativity. Oh yeah, the BBQ sauce sounds like a great touch.
ReplyDeletePatti, the more I know you the more I want to know you :^) Anyway, thank you and yes, that barbecue sauce blend WORKS. :^)
DeleteDoug, Your pizza looks yummy:) The neat thing about homemade pizza is that we can put anything we want on it and it tastes great.
ReplyDeleteVery true, Suemn--thank you. I sure do love that Pillsbury Pizza dough :^)
DeleteLooks like delicious comfort food, Doug. In my pizza scoffing past, I would say "Hold the pineapple but extra anchovies please".
ReplyDeleteFlorence it was pretty decadent :^) Anchovies blecch, but this is the first time I've heard you mention a taste for meat!
DeleteUh oh, maybe I'm unAmerican too, because I don't like bacon. We get pizza once a week, usually with mushroom, onions and peppers. A ciascuno il suo
ReplyDeleteHaha Tom you are not un-American but you are lucky for not liking bacon--I rarely keep it in the house. Nothing healthy about it :^(
DeleteThat is definitely comfort food and sounds delicious, except for the red peppers which I would pick off. I wish I liked peppers but I don't. I do LOVE Hawaiian pizza though.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised, you seem like a red pepper person Margaret :^)
DeleteMostly we make pizza with whatever is left in the refrigerator that is getting long in the tooth. But occasionally we make specialty pizza like Hawaiian, taco, or one of my favorites, crab Rangoon.
ReplyDeleteEd... the next time you make crab rangoon (which I love) as a pizza, please blog it--please! I'd love to try that.
DeleteYou are a great cook! Don't you love that Pillsbury Pizza Crust. I make pizza with it at least twice a month. Your Hawaiian pizza sounds perfect and I'm sure you enjoyed it. When I make pizza I use the same size pan as yours and do one side with ingredients Tom likes and the other side with what I like as I'm not too crazy about meat and he loves it. If I'm using pineapple I like it with onion and chopped banana peppers.
ReplyDeleteYou should write a cookbook Doug!
Haha! Thank you Bonnie but I CAN'T COOK! You are way too kind, but it sure is nice meeting a fellow Pillsbury Pizza crust fan! I know this "Hawaiian" pizza wasn't anything unusual, but it was my first time making it so up it went. :^) PS I have onions and banana peppers, next time I'm including those--thanks!
DeleteHi Doug, your pizza looks delicious! I had no idea a fellow Southern Ontarioan (no idea if that is a word!) created Hawaiian pizza. I will admit to never having it. I make a pizza usually weekly but have never tried the Pillsbury crust, just make my own. Goodness, I have pasta sauce cooking in the slow cooker right now, now I want pizza!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of your week!
Robin
Thanks Robin! This is interesting, lots of people saying they have pizza weekly. You should try that Pillsbury pizza dough it's easy and good--but I'd get the thin one, I've tried both and this one is best. Hope you have a good week ahead too. :^)
DeleteOH MY GOSH! I wish you lived next to me. That looks WONDERFUL! You are such a creative cook!!! I have never had a pizza with pineapple on it. Now you got me curious.
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks Kay! But waitaminute, you're Hawaiian!! Well, I wish I lived closer to you too because I had over half a pizza left, it would've been nice to share it with you Art & your mom! I sure hope you're feeling better and if you try pineapple on pizza, let me know. :^)
DeleteWell done, it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteBreakfast Ham is Canadian Bacon? I always wondered why Canadian Bacon was different to regular bacon, now I know.
I will have to tell my sons about the addition of barbecue sauce to the pizza sauce.
Thank you, River. :^)
DeleteI very rarely have any sort of pizza, but this Hawaiian one is a new one to me. Can it be made vegan? :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan that is a good question--I googled if such a thing was even possible, and right before your question broke the internet, Google sputtered "tofu bacon". Ugh! Sometimes I forget you're a hippie! ;^)
DeleteDug, your pizza looks and sounds good. I have had pineapple and Canadian bacon pizza and although not my favorite, I do like it. We make pizza here about once every 2 weeks... usually on a Friday. And I have used the Pillsbury pizza crust - it is good. Here we make what I call the Bacon Bacon pizza (we also make Bacon Bacon quiche - yes, we like bacon!) The first is regular bacon, the second bacon is Canadian. I also add pepperoni for the boys side and just onion and garlic on mine. (not a pepperroni fan). Also lots of cheese (but not a lot of sauce)!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Rian, always nice to meet another Pizza fan especially when that person is a Pillsbury pizza fan! Boy you're making me crave bacon now! 🥓😋
DeleteHi Blogger was having problems today, preventing my comment from going through. Anyway I think this recipe is awesome. I love pineapple on pizza, though President Obama has said in the past that pineapple does not belong on pizza. Obama was born and raised in Hawaii so go figure.
ReplyDeleteGigi, sorry you were having ptoblems with Blogger but thanks for figuring it out, I was curious what you thought of this. Wow about Obama, I love the guy but I disagree!
DeleteKay lives in Hawaii and has never had pineapple on pizza????
ReplyDeleteYou should do your own 'cooking for one' videos. You are pretty creative. I would have never thought about changing up the pizza sauce.
Thanks very much Debby, and I like your idea of 'cooking for one'! Haha, I thought the same thing about what Kay said too :^)
DeleteAs a native Chicagoan who grew up with primo deep dish, I won't say that pineapple on a pizza is as great a sin as ketchup on a hot dog, but it's close. And this may be the only time I agree with Barack Obama. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks David! And for the record, I'd sooner go vegetarian than ever put ketchup on a hot dog!!
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