OT: Best Pizza in CT

[Balker]

Good choices! My favorite combos from Bufalina over the years with photographs of the first two:
1. Roasted potatoes, whipped chive creme fraiche, mozz and bacon. Basically scalloped potato pizza is the result here.
2. Heirloom tomato sauce with stracciatella cheese and basil (basil oil in this case because of COVID). The sauce was incredible (sweet and fresh), paired great with the stracciatella. So simple, a nice twist on the classic marg.
3. Pere: pears, caramelized onion, mozz, gorganzola dolce, bacon. Pears are always winners.
4. Roasted bell pepper sauce with stracchino cheese and sausage. I've made this one myself at home after having it, love the flavors the bell peppers bring to the sauce. But still a simple pie.

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The current Bufalina menu has the Tartufo, too. Which my wife really loves. Truffle honey, mozzarella, ricotta. Definitely a good crowd for vegetarians and truffle fans alike.

 

[HooperScooper]

Anyone try this yet?

And figured this was a good reason to bump this thread back to the first page.

Frank Pepe's unveils new signature pizza

The greatest holiday gift of all has come early this year.

www.nhregister.com

 

[8893]

Anyone try this yet?

And figured this was a good reason to bump this thread back to the first page.

Frank Pepe's unveils new signature pizza

The greatest holiday gift of all has come early this year.

www.nhregister.com

Saw that this morning, too. Red peppers kill it for me.

 

[storrsroars]

Saw that this morning, too. Red peppers kill it for me.

The chicken kills it for me.

 

[8893]

The chicken kills it for me.

I've never been big on chicken on pizza, but my kids like it, especially with pesto.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The chicken kills it for me.

The pesto kills it for me.

 

[August_West]

Im wary of these new specialty pies Pepe tries to get into, but then again the last one (meatball/Riggot) is a great pie. Id try it.

 

[August_West]

Saw that this morning, too. Red peppers kill it for me.

oh come on.

 

[August_West]

The chicken kills it for me.

I was looking at the ingredients......they are missing the boat without offering a good balsamic reduction drizzle over that flavor profile. Could be good.

 

[8893]

oh come on.

It's a texture thing with me. I hate roasted red peppers. Too slimy. Don't love the taste, either.

Yes, I love raw oysters even though they are also slimy, but that's a totally different sensation for me because they are cold and briny.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

This is actually what we build a la carte at Pepe’s all the time.

 

[87Xfer]

I guess I'm in the minority, but chicken pesto pizza is one of my favorite combos. I'd be all over this, with lots of crushed red pepper.

 

[Vancat]

I'm with ya on the red peppers. But I don't mind the texture, it's the taste. Green all the way.

 

[8893]

I'm with ya on the red peppers. But I don't mind the texture, it's the taste. Green all the way.

Green are the worst imo; give me the burps.

I love fresh red bell peppers, but yellow and orange are even better imo. And no burps.

 

[Husky25]

Green are the worst imo; give me the burps.

I love fresh red bell peppers, but yellow and orange are even better imo. And no burps.

Not sure why anyone would prefer unripe peppers. Plus they contaminate, which means even if you remove them the taste lingers.

The sure-fire way to ensure I avoid a pizza is to put green peppers on a cauliflower crust.

 

[8893]

Not sure why anyone would prefer unripe peppers. Plus they contaminate, which means even if you remove them the taste lingers.

The sure-fire way to ensure I avoid a pizza is to put green peppers on a cauliflower crust.

I’m talking about on a salad or as part of crudités. I don’t like cooked peppers in general.

 

[Husky25]

I’m talking about on a salad or as part of crudités. I don’t like cooked peppers in general.

For the most part, I do not like raw peppers, but rainbow peppers (Yellow, Orange, and Red) are far superior to green, no matter how they are prepared.

 

[HuskyHawk]

For the most part, I do not like raw peppers, but rainbow peppers (Yellow, Orange, and Red) are far superior to green, no matter how they are prepared.

This is my view. Green are simply awful. Not sure how anybody eats them. Red and Orange are ok, but I don't desire them.

I will say that my wife includes red and orange (and sadly some green) in her Jambalaya, and I gladly eat that.

 

[August_West]

Not sure why anyone would prefer unripe peppers. Plus they contaminate, which means even if you remove them the taste lingers.

The sure-fire way to ensure I avoid a pizza is to put green peppers on a cauliflower crust.

As if the cauliflower crust isn’t enough?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Green are the worst imo; give me the burps.

I love fresh red bell peppers, but yellow and orange are even better imo. And no burps.

Red, yellow and orange for chili. Not a big fan of green bell peppers.

 

[8893]

Red, yellow and orange for chili. Not a big fan of green bell peppers.

I think this is the main reason so many of us are traumatized by the thought of green bell peppers:

 

[87Xfer]

I think this is the main reason so many of us are traumatized by the thought of green bell peppers:

yikes. haven't seen one of those in decades

 

[storrsroars]

Im wary of these new specialty pies Pepe tries to get into, but then again the last one (meatball/Riggot) is a great pie. Id try it.

Meatballs are not chicken. Already fully cooked chicken breast dried out even more in a pizza oven, no thanks. I think chicken "meatballs" might fly, much as I find those insipid.

 

[storrsroars]

I think this is the main reason so many of us are traumatized by the thought of green bell peppers:

All depends on the filling, IMO.

 

[August_West]

All depends on the filling, IMO.

Yeah I will unapologetically admit I like good stuffed peppers