Step 1:
You will need these ingredients:
* pizza dough
* tomato sauce for pizza
* Flour for dusting
* olive oil for drizzling
* A pinch salt and pepper
* 7 ounces of chunked pineapple
* 2″ ham slices
* 2 balls of cubed mozzarella
* 1 spoon
* 1 circular baking tray
* 1 rolling pin

Step 2:
Preheat the oven to 430º F

Step 3:
Roll the dough and after sprinkling some flour onto your work surface and place the dough in the center. Dust the dough and rolling pin with flour and roll on both sides to create the pizza base. Next, dust the circular baking tray with flour and place the dough on top. Then push the dough outward to create a rough circle.

Step 4:
Spread the tomato pizza sauce over the rolled dough. Sprinkle with ham, mozzarella and pineapple chunks, then season to taste with salt and pepper and it’s ready to bake.

Step 5:
Bake
Place the pizza into the middle of the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is bubbling.

Step 6:
Garnish and serve
Remove the pizza from the oven, cut it into slices and optionally garnish with some parsley. Finally, drizzle with some olive oil and serve to your hungry guests. Enjoy!

More on the history and shaping of Hawaii’s Cuisine

The modern cuisine of Hawaii is a blend of many cuisines brought up by multi-ethnic immigrants to the Hawaiian Islands, chiefly of American, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian and Portuguese origins, including plants and animal food sources imported from around the world for agricultural use in Hawaii. Most local Hawaiian restaurants serve the plate lunch that includes macaroni salad, sticky rice, and an array of different toppings ranging from loco moco ; which is a hamburger patty, fried eggs and gravy – a dish that is unique to Hawaiian cuisine, or Japanese tonkastu that consists of deep fried pork.

When visiting Hawaii, you will come across many names and terms that may seem quite unfamiliar to you. This is due to the verity that Hawaii is such a melting pot of traditions from around the world with influences from Chinese, Japanese, and Hawaiian, Vietnamese and others.

Now have a look at some of the common Hawaiian Food Recipes and terms that can be found on the islands and the foods that one is likely to find at one of the luaus throughout Hawaii.

Banana bread – It is made with mashed ripe bananas and is often offered at luaus
Banana/Coconut/guava cake –You will probably find one of these tropical flavoured cake at nearly any luau that you attend in Hawaii.
Char siu – This rich and delicious, red spareribs is a dish that was brought by chemise immigrants to Hawaii.
Chicken Adobe – This is the national dish of the Philippines and is one of the favourite at luaus. It is a simmer with chicken and pork and a sauce of white vinegar, Soya sauce, peppercorns and garlic.
Chicken Katsu – It is a Japanese style fried chicken which is most often served with Tonkatsu sa
Chicken Long Rice – It is also among one of the staple at most luaus, this Chinese side-dish is prepared with chicken and long rice, oriental vermicelli or bean strands.
Chicken Lu`au – It is a Hawaiian favourite cooked with chicken, taro leaves and coconut milk.
Fried rice – It is one of the standard cuisine, it is cooked with meat or sea food and a wide assortment of vegetables.
Haupia – It is a traditional Hawaiian dessert that is coconut flavored and can be best described as “stiff pudding”/
Huli Huli chicken – It s Hawaii ‘s own version of barbecued chicken and is cooked with hauli hauli sauce .This sauce is prepared with Hawaiian brown sugarcane along with soy sauce and fresh ginger
Kulolo –It is a Hawaiian pudding made of taro, brown sugar and coconut milk.
Lau Lau – It is salt butterfish, beef, chicken or pork, wrapped in taro or tea leaves and is then steamed
Macaroni salad – It is a mainland favorite brought to Hawaii and is served at many luaus. Like many salads, it can also be prepared in many different ways.
Mango bread – This version of mango bread is from a recipe by Hawaii’s most famous chef, Sam Choy