Italy – look away now! The Swedes are crazy about putting BANANAS on pizza… and the internet can’t figure it out. Would YOU try it?
Italians, you may not be able to view the photos in this story.
Because we have a pizza in mind that is extremely popular in Sweden: a pizza with bananas on it.
The Swedish love of banana pizza has been around for a while, but the internet only relatively recently caught on to this peculiar culinary trend and it’s still baffling the public.
The popular Swedish banana pizza has the internet divided – should you try it?
There is no official date known when this bizarre pizza was introduced in Sweden, but it is believed that the dish originated sometime in the 1960s.
After World War II, Swedes became interested in Polynesian flavors, including banana and pineapple. In the 1960s, it became quite common in Sweden to serve banana with ham for dinner. This passion for fruity flavors in savory dishes led to banana stews, curries, and the now ubiquitous banana pizza.
Professor Tellström, a food historian at Stockholm University, told Smithsonian Magazine that the pizza ‘is probably related to a search for exoticism taking place after the war in Europe’.
The Swedish ‘kebab pizza’ is a popular choice that is topped with doner meat, kebab sauce and salad
Thought fruity topping was as crazy as it could get? It gets even more bananas.
The Swedish banana pizza is usually seasoned with curry powder and topped with ham and pineapple.
Reddit user ‘0hip’ who tried the pizza says: ‘It turns out really good. The banana loses some of its sweetness and caramelizes and with the curry it works great.’
But X user ‘@bananatkk’ says the banana pizza is “probably the three worst things I’ve ever eaten in my life.”
X user ‘@anastasia_KVL’ says: ‘Controversial Opinion: Swedish Banana Curry Pizza Isn’t That Bad! The best part is letting go of other people’s opinions and trying things out.’
Other unconventional pizzas in Sweden include the ‘Kebabpizza’, usually topped with doner meat, kebab sauce and salad, and the seafood pizza, topped with shrimp and mussels.
