29/05/2026
Pizza of the Weekend 🍕
29 – 31 May
Do you eat zucchini? Even the Dude didn’t. Aromatic, refreshing, tasty & crunchy. We made a pizza out of it.
Apart from ribbons in a salad, zucchini was quite alien to me. But when I tried it on a pizza with herbs, it was aromatic & refreshing.
We started a weekly pizza at Pizza Dude because it excited me to try new & weird combos. My staff took it as a challenge too.
One of the first was inspired by an Italian pasta dish — zucchini, mint, olives & basil. I didn’t know Italian food used mint. My chef was sceptical, but we tried it: sauce, cheese, zucchini slices, olives. Baked, then finished with mint & basil strips. Nice, but underwhelming. The mint wasn’t coming through.
So we tried again — this time, mint after the sauce, below the cheese. Voila, it worked. We wanted more contrast. I wanted pistachios for crunch, but we only had walnuts.
That was it. A new pizza was born.
Aromatic, refreshing, tasty & crunchy. My wife and kids liked it, surprisingly. At the shop, it’s a hit.
It’s been a few years, and now that summer’s here and rainy season is about to begin, we’re bringing it back: zucchini, mint & basil with olives, finished with walnuts.
Come grab a slice at Pizza Dude this weekend!
