Italy divided over new pineapple pizza

Gino Sorbello now offers pineapple as a pizza topping at his restaurant in Naples – and the pie is being bashed on social media.
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OF THEM ARE POPPING UP ON RESELL SITES LIKE eBAY FOR UP TO $240. >> PIZZA MAESTRO HAS DONE THE UNTHINKABLE. >>> BREAKING ONE OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT UNWRITTEN RULES. GINO SAVIO ADDED THE DREADED

WORD PINEAPPLE TO THE MENU AT HIS RESTAURANT. THE BEST-KNOWN PIZZA STREET IN THE WORLD, BUT THIS ISN’T JUST YOUR REGULAR HAWAIIAN. IT IS PIZZA BEYOND, MEANING IT DOES NOT HAVE A TOMATO BASE, BUT SPRINKLED WITH THREE TYPES OF CHEESE, WITH THE

PINEAPPLE COOKED TWICE FOR A CARAMELIZED TASTE. HE SAID HE CREATED TO COMBAT FOOD PREJUDICE, BUT IT’S CREATING QUITE THE STIR IN ITALY. >> JIM, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I THINK THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS. >> YOU LIKE PINEAPPLE ON A PIZZA?

>> I DO LIKE A HAWAIIAN PIZZA, YES. SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FRUITINESS, AND THEN IN COMBINATION WITH THE WARM PIZZA, I DON’T KNOW, I LIKE IT. >> TO GAVE HIS OWN. >> I KNOW WHERE JIM STANDS.

ALBERT? CARAMELIZED. I KNOW IT