Our signature — sautéed ground beef and toasted pine nuts.
Alaeddin's Beef & Pine Nut Pizza
The pie with our name on it. Sautéed seasoned halal ground beef and toasted pine nuts over cheese — a brick-oven take on the Levantine flavors (think hashweh, think lahmacun) that the family grew up on. It's the pizza we're proudest of and the one you can't get anywhere else in town.
What goes on it
- • Halal ground beef, sautéed with warm Levantine seasoning
- • Toasted pine nuts, scattered after the bake so they stay crunchy
- • Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella
- • A light brush of house tomato sauce
- • 24-hour cold-fermented dough
How it's made
The beef is sautéed and seasoned in-house, then spread over a cheesed pie with a light hand of sauce. Into the brick oven for 7–9 minutes. The toasted pine nuts go on at the cut station so they stay crisp and don't scorch.
Pairings
An Arabic Salad and a side of garlic-knots. An Ayran (yogurt drink) is the traditional pairing and we keep it cold in the case.
Ordering tips
Try it once before you judge it — it converts skeptics. Small 12" for a solo adventurous dinner; large 16" to share. Tell first-timers it's the closest thing we make to home cooking.
For Paterson
A Levantine-inspired halal signature you won't find at another Clifton or Paterson pizzeria. Five minutes south of South Paterson at 600 Getty Ave.
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FAQ
Common questions
- How is this different from the Meat Lovers? They both have ground beef.
- Different pies off the same protein. The Meat Lovers piles four halal meats over a full layer of mozzarella and eats rich and heavy. This is one meat, sautéed with warm Levantine seasoning, under only a light brush of sauce, finished with toasted pine nuts. Order the Meat Lovers when the table wants pepperoni and sausage. Order this one when you want the pie no other pizzeria in Clifton or Paterson makes.
- Can I get it without the pine nuts? I have a nut allergy.
- Yes. The pine nuts are scattered on at the cut station after the pie comes out of the brick oven, not baked in, so leaving them off is simple — you still get the sautéed seasoned beef, the mozzarella and the light brush of sauce. Tell us when you order. One thing to know: that cut station is where every pie gets cut, so we cannot promise a nut-free surface. If the allergy is severe, say so on the phone.
- Is it spicy? What does it actually taste like?
- Warm, not hot. The seasoning on the beef is Levantine, aromatic rather than chili-hot, so there is no burn to it. Because the sauce is only a light brush, the beef and mozzarella lead and the tomato sits underneath. The pine nuts are toasted and go on after the bake, so they stay crisp and add a little richness against the cheese. It is the closest thing on our menu to home cooking, which is what we tell first-timers.
- Is the alaeddin's beef & pine nut pizza halal?
- Yes — every meat on this pizza, like every meat on our menu, comes from a halal-certified supplier, and the kitchen, fryer and slicer are halal-only. Nothing non-halal is prepared or stored on the premises.
- Can I order it for pickup or delivery?
- Both. Pickup is free and usually ready in about 15 minutes. In-house delivery is our own drivers — no third-party app markup — across Clifton, Paterson, Passaic, Garfield, Nutley, Lyndhurst, Bloomfield and Belleville.