Glazing and/or topping are often the final steps in bread making prior to baking the bread. Although glazes and toppings are often optional ingredients, they do add a boost of flavor and enhance the appearance of the bread.
Any of the ingredients added over the pizza and the pizza crust. Often, a tomato sauce is spread over the crust and then one or several ingredients, such as cubed meats, ground meats, pepperoni sausage slices, Canadian bacon, Italian sausage, seafood such as anchovies or shrimp, vegetables such as peppers, or fruit such as pineapple, may be added as a topping.