Hawaiian pizza is a flavorful dish that will have your taste buds screaming Aloha! Despite it's name the Hawaiian pizza does not hail from Hawaii, it is not even a pizza that was created in the United States. The Hawaiian pizza is said to come from Ontario, Canada. The pizza was a marketing tool used by two shop owners to take advantage of a popular Beach Boys song and the fact that Hawaii had been added to the Union. Grass Skirts and coconuts were taking over the media; Sam Panopoulos and his brother Nick took full advantage of this trend. The pizza happened to take off and is now a staple on almost every parlor's menu!

Ingredients:

16" ready to bake pizza crust

1/2 c of  pizza sauce

1/4 c of pineapple juice

1/4 lbs of ham slices cut thin then quartered

1 can of pineapple chunks

1 teaspoon of thickener or flour

1 1/2 c of mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 450º F

Add thickener/flour to pizza sauce,then add your pineapple juice, and mix together.

Spoon on to pizza crust then top with cheese, ham, and pineapple

Bake for about 6-8 minutes