Devising a Philadelphia-style pizza to celebrate the Eagles in the Super Bowl was no problem for pie master Joe Beddia once he eliminated the competition. In a mental review of the game-day snacks that best capture the spirit of the city’s sports fans, he quickly crossed out cheesesteaks, soft pretzels — “I’m not going to put a soft pretzel on a pizza,” he said — and roast pork.
That left hoagies. Hoagie pizza, to be exact.
“This was really my only option,” Beddia said of his creation, a cheese pie with red onions in the sauce, baked to crisp perfection in the oven at his Girard Avenue pizzeria, then layered with thin slices of Mortadella, arugula, and pickled chili peppers.