CTbites Pizza Contest: Design Pizzeria Rosso's 2012 Pie
CTbites Team
What were they thinking? I can do better than that? Why didn’t they use sausage? You wanna put pineapple on that pizza? What is Thai pizza anyway? These are typical statements that spark debate on the perfect combination of ingredients to place on a pizza.
And now the readers of CTbites will have the opportunity to create the CTbites 2012 Pie that will be featured on Pizzeria Rosso’s menu. So welcome to: DESIGN PIZZERIA ROSSO’S “CTBITES 2012 PIE COMBO.”
The rules are pretty simple. Submit the toppings that you think will create the primo, perfect, over the top pizza pie. At midnight on February 27th the entries will close and a small team of pizza lovers will choose the five finalists. (Try to be as specific as possible as the Editors of CTbites have told me these judges are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.) These final five combinations will compete in a “Pizza Throwdown” at Pizzeria Rosso (Exact Date will be posted when the Finalists are announced). The winning pie will go up on Pizzeria Rosso's menu as the "CTBites 2012 Pie Combo.
So get those ideas submitted and have the chance to see one of the best pizza makers in Fairfield County turn your idea into reality and a chance to see your name next to the CTBites 2012 Pie Combo.
Reader Comments (40)
How about a white pie with prosciutto, ricotta, mozz, grilled onions, and raw honey.
Sautéed swiss chard with red pepper flake, pecorino Romano, fresh mozzarella, marinara.
Red pie with mozz, spinach, lamberti crumbled sausage, red pepper flakes and a little extra garlic.
Simple white mozzarella pizza with sautéed spinach, caramelized onions, figs, prosciutto, and peach slices, all lightly drizzled with agave.
White pie with clams, pancetta, grated mozzarella and parmesan, garlic, and parsley.
Thin crust, no sauce, Cambozola cheese, pear slices, a light sprinkling of crushed candied walnuts added immediately after cooking so they don't burn.
No sauce, thin crust, xvo olive, fresh rose used sparingly, red onion thinly sliced, grated Parmesan cheese, fresh crushed pistachios will roast when cooked, sea salt
All,
A question was posed on whether dessert toppings would be considered and both sweet and savory toppings are encouraged.
So far, so good.
Keep them coming.
Smoked sausage and shrimp with garlic, xvoo, escarole and manchego.
A dessert pie with blueberry pie filling, cheesecake chunks, sliced almonds and crumb topping on the crust.
Scapelli sausage, broccoli rabe, garlic slices,light red sauce and evoo
white pie.....first layer, grate gruyere cheese, 2nd layer: 2nd layer carmelized red onlons (sweeten with sugar & balsamic) and topoed with chopped walnuts
red sauce, arugula, proscuitto, thinly sliced fresh tomatoes, thinly sliced red onions
red sauce, spinach, crispy pork belly (or bacon), roasted garlic and chopped red onions
Here you guys go again - mentioning a restaurant but not providing an address, a phone number or any links to it.
More Monday morning hunting & pecking...
Please please please try to include details for us.
Red pizza with mozzarella, crumbled hot italian sausage, banana peppers, black olive, mushroom
my second entry should be finely chopped rosemary, not rose.
Dessert pizza: add honey to a thin crust recipe, cook crust, remove from oven let cool, top with whipped cream, macerated: sliced strawberries, raspberries, black berries, & blue berries.
thin crust pizza with a chocolate mole sauce instead of a red sauce, shredded roasted chicken, minced roasted peanuts, chopped cilantro, broken corn tortillas chips, minced white onion sauteed, & queso fresco cheese.
pizza crust. Thin layer of fig Jam, brie, arugala, drizzle of honey.
Red pizza with mozzeralla, thinly sliced potatoes, crumbled sausage, peppers and onions
Red pizza with Pecorino Romano, prosciutto and balsamic reduction
@ Master of Light Chick
Pizzeria Rosso
4 New Canaan Ave
Norwalk, CT 06851
(203) 956-7134
Open every day from 11-10 closed Mondays
www.pizzeriarossonorwalk.com
carmelized onions, goat cheese, and sundried tomatoes....OR...chicken cordon bleu pizza: white pie with layer of ham or prosuitto, melted swiss cheese, and then strips of chicken on top...OR dessert pizza: regular dough (but with the crust dusted with cinnamon/sugar), strawberry jam in place of red sauce on the pizza, flakes of coconut spread across the whole pie in place of cheese (like shreds of mozz), chocolate chips
Spinach, mushrooms, artichoke, goat cheese, fresh basil pesto sauce