Is there any interest at all in a Reuben Pizza?

Any interest at all?

worth my time pursuing?

11/28/2012 5:07:20 PM

is you high

[Edited on November 28, 2012 at 5:08 PM. Reason : i mean seriously do you want your shop to smell like oven burnt sauerkraut ]

11/28/2012 5:07:46 PM

thats a great idea you should do it imediately

i bet the customer would love boiled rutebaga pizza also

11/28/2012 5:09:03 PM

Reuben Eaters is my cousin

11/28/2012 5:09:51 PM

I like sauerkraut-less reubens

[Edited on November 28, 2012 at 5:11 PM. Reason : fuck I'd try it]

11/28/2012 5:10:48 PM

Reubens aren't very saucy

11/28/2012 5:12:05 PM

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"i mean seriously do you want your shop to smell like oven burnt sauerkraut "

There are ways around that if that's what you're worried about. As a Reuben eater, I wouldn't think the smell would turn you off since that is what your breath smells like after you eat a sandwich.

11/28/2012 5:12:13 PM

Nope. I like pizza and I like sauerkraut but I can't see one thing appealing about sauerkraut on a pizza.

Finding a way to put corned beef on a pizza wouldn't be too bad.

11/28/2012 5:12:55 PM

Not for me. It's an interesting idea, but I don't think I'd be interested in eating a reuben pizza

11/28/2012 5:13:36 PM

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"I don't think a Reuben is saucy enough for a pizza."

There are ways around that, too. Sauerkraut resides in liquid. I can squeeze out half the amount of liquid so that it will evaporate to the right moisture when it comes out.

I can apply thousand island, cold, at the end of the pizza making process.

11/28/2012 5:15:07 PM

dont use sliced corned beef make the shape and texture similar to like short rib on a pizza

either way i dont think it will translate to a pizza as much as i love reuben.

[Edited on November 28, 2012 at 5:17 PM. Reason : d]

11/28/2012 5:16:38 PM

The only reason I ask is because I've had 3 customers ask about one in a relatively short amount of time.


I agree with everyone that this would not be a big seller

11/28/2012 5:18:36 PM

this is seriously, about the only unappealing pizza idea ive ever heard of

and i've eaten pizza in several asian countries where they just put all sorts of weird shit on there for gigz

gg

11/28/2012 5:19:36 PM

this is seriously, about the only unappealing pizza idea ive ever heard of

and i've eaten pizza in several asian countries where they just put all sorts of weird shit on there for gigz

gg

11/28/2012 5:19:36 PM

tell them niggas they better pay off the menu prices then

11/28/2012 5:20:16 PM

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"this is seriously, about the only unappealing pizza idea ive ever heard of"

For some reason I don't believe you since it would taste exactly like a reuben sandwich.

The only difference is the shape it's in.

11/28/2012 5:23:20 PM

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"I've had 3 customers ask about one in a relatively short amount of time"

I used to work for a restaurant in Raleigh that had a burger like this. Burger, Thousand Island, Sauerkraut and swiss cheese. It was my favorite, but fairly unpopular so they took it off the menu. Now whenever I go back there or one of their sister restaurants I always ask if they can make it and they always do.

You could just keep the ingredients around for other more popular pizzas and then just make it special if someone really wants it.

11/28/2012 5:24:52 PM

The wife and I made a Reuben pizza once. While good, it's super rich and makes you want to die after eating it. Thumbs down.

11/28/2012 5:26:00 PM

Why not sell it by the slice as part of a pilot program?

or give out samples, etc..

11/28/2012 5:27:52 PM

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"While good, it's super rich and makes you want to die after eating it. "

How was it rich? Perhaps you could tame it down. What was rich about it?

11/28/2012 5:27:52 PM

I think if you use a recipe that doesn't include tomato sauce and a pizza dough that isn't seasoned with a bunch of salt and garlic it'd be worth a try.

I think if it was just dough, corned beef, shredd swiss cheese, and thousand island then it'd be good. Of course at that point it's less of a pizza and more of a giant open face reuben

11/28/2012 5:40:03 PM

the best pizza idea ive seen is Chicken & waffles pizza. instead of pizza sauce they used a maple syrup sauce. They still used cheese and used chopped up bits of fresh waffles and fried chicken strips as toppings

best pizza ever

[Edited on November 28, 2012 at 5:57 PM. Reason : you should totally rip that off]

11/28/2012 5:55:22 PM

I've had reuben pizza, was pretty good. Not very hard to deconstruct for a pizza. They put warm sour kraut on the pizza after it had cooked instead of cooking it on the pizza. I wouldn't mind it cooking on there, but I could see it maybe causing things to get too soggy? Don't skimp on the dressing.

11/28/2012 6:34:21 PM

the grilled rye bread is what makes a Reuben good

how do you plan on replicating that?

11/28/2012 6:47:30 PM

how about a pastrami pizza.

bc a reuben pizza is dumb.

11/28/2012 7:22:01 PM

how about a Gefilte fish calzone?

11/28/2012 7:24:21 PM

shit sandwich

11/28/2012 7:26:31 PM

Make a flounder pizza so old people will come around in droves.

11/28/2012 7:36:27 PM

why do people come on here asking folks' opinions and then argue the responses?

11/28/2012 7:47:08 PM

The reuben is one of my favorite sandwiches. However, I don't find the idea of a reuben pizza appealing at all.

My reasons:
-Thousand island used in place of pizza sauce would be (as mentioned) too rich, and likely overpowering.
-If the sauerkraut is put on before baking, it may burn. If you put it on after baking, it doesn't have that baked taste. Either way, you'd have to make sure it's nearly dry.
-Rye bread is *essential* to a reuben. Pumpernickel is acceptable but it is a variety of rye at the end of the day. A reuben pizza would not be a giant open-faced reuben, it would be an open-faced reuben on completely the wrong type of bread. Even if you could somehow make a rye crust, it would still be flat and the wrong texture unless you could somehow make a rye deep-dish crust. No thanks.

11/29/2012 10:46:48 AM

^ Yeah the dressing was too rich. She made a rye dough with caraway that was really good for the crust. Drained the shit out of some sauerkraut and put it on halfway through baking so it would get toasty but not burnt. For the effort, we both agreed a reuben is better than a reuben pizza.

11/29/2012 10:50:25 AM

I can avoid the sauerkraut from getting burned by making sure it has the right moisture and place it under 2 layers of cheese. The cheese will brown, the kraut will not.

I can cook the pizza plain, with just sauerkraut, rye seasoning, and corned beef... and add the thousand island in a swirl on top of the pizza after it comes out of the oven.

11/29/2012 10:52:22 AM

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"why do people come on here asking folks' opinions and then argue the responses? "

Because it's geniusxboy. And wtf is rye seasoning?

11/29/2012 11:38:17 AM

I am a mad rueben eater

And I think this idea has promise, but the dough has to be rye-based...with a base of thousand island, some real swiss melted over slow-cooked corn beef and smattered with kraut

I would eat the shit out of that

11/29/2012 12:52:58 PM

when I worked at Asheville Pizza we used to make a reuben pie off-menu for employees

Thousand Island base
swiss (and smoked gouda for lolz)
chopped corned beef, onions, kraut
carraway seeds on the crust

11/29/2012 1:39:46 PM

http://gothamist.com/2012/12/07/two_boots_combines_pizza_and_reuben.php

TOO LATE

12/7/2012 10:56:13 AM

Pretty sure I got the inspiration to make one from an episode of Man vs. Food.

12/7/2012 2:38:39 PM

hah! was just coming in to post that

gross

12/8/2012 1:28:45 PM

Nacho wings

12/19/2012 7:07:28 PM

Sounds disgusting

12/20/2012 4:21:17 AM