Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Pizza Napoletana for the Daring Bakers..
I made three pizzas, 5" each. I tried tossing the dough but ended up tearing them and so resorted to flattening them using my fingers.
Each pizza was different in their toppings.I made two sauces, a tomato sauce and a peanut butter tomato sauce. Though the latter was an experimentation, it won the vote at home.
Pizza Sauce:
Blanch 6 tomatoes. SKin, dessed and chop them and grind to a paste. Boil this paste with 1 tbsp of chilli powder, 1 1/2 tbsp of ginger/garlic paste, 2tsps of sugar, and two pieces of cinnamon.
Tomato-Peanut Sauce:
To the above 1 cup of tomato sauce, add 2tbsp of peanut butter and 1 tsp of soya sauce. Bring this to a boil until you get the required consistency.
The following pizzas were relished...
1. Mushroom/Celery/Sesame Seeds Pizza with peanutbutter-Tomato Sauce
Sesame seeds, garlic and mushrooms were sauteed in oil. Chopped celery, capsicums and soya sauce followed. The sauce used was the Peanutbutter-Tomato sauce.
2. Tandoori Paneer/Capsicum Pizza
Cubed paneer were marinated ina paste that conatined yoghurt, ginger/garlic paste, chilli powder and salt for a couple of hours. The tomato pizza sauce was used on the base followed by a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese. Paneer, capsicum were then layered and mozzarella cheese were sprinkled further and this was baked.
3. Corn/Minced Meat Pizza
The tomato pizza sauce was used here. The minced meat was boiled with salt and pepper and this along with boiled sweet corn topped the base. Mozzarella was added and was baked for a yummy treat.
Verdict:
I still prefer my readymade pizza bases owing to my laziness I guess..
I personally enjoyed the making, failed tossing and eating it.
The peanutbutter-tomato sauced pizza was the most preferred by all who got to taste it. So did I owing probably to the other flavours being used to the palate... The kids loved the corn and the meat...
Ultimately a fun challenge.....
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Corn and minced meat pizza sounds cool topping :) Delicious Challenge
ReplyDeleteI have a tomato-pepper sauce,is it ok,if I send it over to MBP
ReplyDeleteReally creative pizzas! I've been experimenting with pizza too. My favorite so far has been a white pizza with bacon, roasted sweet potatoes, gorgonzola and drizzled with balsamic vinegar.
ReplyDeleteI like the look of the topping with sesame seeds in it.
ReplyDeletegorgeous, gorgeous pics...
ReplyDeleteThose look gorgeous! I love any pizza that doesn't have tomato in it, but looking at yours, I could eat them all!
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ReplyDeleteWow..what wonderful toppings and pizzas you have! great job! -kk
ReplyDeleteYour pizzas look great and delicious! Very well done!
ReplyDeleteRosa
Ooh.. peanut butter tomato. I'm trying to imagine the flavour that would make... did it give more richness to the sauce, or could you make out the peanut butter so that it was more like a peanut sauce. I'm fascinated! Thanks for intriguing my tastebuds!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is all I can say. Your pizzas are truly amazing. I would never have thought of using peanut butter. But why not? Perhaps I am not adventurous enough. I need to get out more! I am extremely impressed. Well done.
ReplyDeleteWowie! These look great. Fantastic job!
ReplyDelete...mmm! Your pizzas look mighty tasty! Great job.
ReplyDeletePeanut butter tomato? that's certainly innovative!
ReplyDeletePeanut sauce sounds interesting...I'm just amazed at the toppings all daring bakers used for the pizzas. Can't have thought these combinations possible :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the tomato peanut butter sauce...looks like you had a delicious time!
ReplyDeleteAll your pizzas look delicious but the first one caught my eye. I think I'm in love!
ReplyDeletehi rachel, thx for stopping by my blog....was just browsing thru ur blog....u've got variety dishes in here n very good ones too.....keep up the great work.
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