Honey (post-bake drizzle)
A sweet post-bake drizzle used to balance salty or spicy toppings — its sugars burn if baked with the pizza rather than added after.
- Salt
- low
- Fat
- low
- Sweetness
- high
- Acidity
- low
- Heat
- none
- Moisture
- low
- Umami
- low
- Cooking requirement
- raw ready to eat
Preparation
Drizzled after baking, never baked with the pizza — sustained heat burns its sugars and can turn it bitter
A light drizzle across the finished pizza, not a topping applied by weight
Suitable to add after baking.
Cautions
- baked with the pizza rather than drizzled after, its sugars burn and turn bitter
Pairs well with
- Prosciutto crudo
Explicitly noted as a good balance for Honey (post-bake drizzle).
- Calabrian chilli
Explicitly noted as a good balance for Honey (post-bake drizzle).
- Extra virgin olive oil (finishing)
A finishing oil to add just before or after baking, rather than a bulk topping.
- Chilli oil (finishing)
A finishing oil to add just before or after baking, rather than a bulk topping.
- Fresh arugula (rocket)
Best added fresh after baking, for brightness against Honey (post-bake drizzle).
- Fried egg (post-bake)
Best added fresh after baking, for brightness against Honey (post-bake drizzle).