"South African" style pizza

[nytxn]

Anyone ever heard of it? And if so, do you have any details on this style of pizza?


Crust texture? Look? taste? Methodology of making it? etc...

[Ishbel]

New one on me! I thought pizza was invented in Naples and then 'refined' (if you wish!) in NYC...

South African pizza sounds like an oxymoron, but I'm sure our resident SA (Sandyj) will be able to help!

[nytxn]

The little bit I know of it, I'm told it's very spicy.

[Haggis]

I take it we are not just talking about some south-african style toppings on a regular pizza base? But a different way of doing a pizza?

Could hazard a guess, but its possible that chickpea flour(otherwise known as besan flour) may feature in the base (assuming we are talking a different way of making a pizza).

[Sandyj]

Nope, never heard of a special "South African" pizza. To be honest, the first pizzas I ever had over there were terrible, and they still seem pretty common. The base was cake-y, tomato sauce on topping was too sweet, no one seemed to have heard of mozarella, only cheddar. A lot of people called it "p-itz-a", which is fairly accurate, since it was the pits. To be fair, things have changed in the last ten years, and there may well be some new kind of special SA pizza.

[nytxn]

A friend of mine went on a missions trip to Mauritus and he says they had "South African" style pizza.

He simply said it was spicy, but didn't give a whole lot of detail.

[sinistr]

I've heard of it but haven't come across a recipe for one yet. I really would like to try it though

[velochic]

FWIW - I've never had mozarella cheese on a pizza in Italy. I think that's an American affectation. The pizza I've always eaten in Italy has been a local favourite, which differs from region to region and so far hasn't included mozarella.

Maybe S.A. pizza is just a new twist on the fast-food of Italy. It's probably unique and locally delicious... as it is in Italy.