Modern pizza chefs in Italy have already listed pizzas topped with pineapple on their menus, and they all proved successful. One notable example is Franco Pepe, but he’s not the only one. Check out this pizza made with roasted pineapple, ventricina salami, onion and coriander at the pizzeria Crosta in Milan.
Consequently, what happens if you order a pineapple pizza in Italy?
Don’t believe us? Just ask this Huffington Post writer from Florence, who says that if you order pineapple pizza in Italy, “you’ll be greeted with a look of sheer horror by a flabbergasted waiter.”
Likewise, why do Italians hate pineapple on pizza?
Speaking to food website La Cucina Italiana, Pepe said he thought the reason many were against pineapple was because it clashed too much with the base sauce. “The combinations were probably too risky: the pineapple was combined with tomato!