The pizza was inspired by this one, which used a recipe originally from this book. The toppings were mozzarella, thinly sliced onion, zucchini, fresh corn, red pepper flakes, black pepper, almond feta, a little more mozzarella, and after it cooked: cilantro and some lemon juice. This combination tasted very fresh and light, perfect for the hot weather.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Summer pizza
I don't know what possessed me to make pizza on the hottest, muggiest day in recent memory, but I did, and it was good. Prepare yourself: this pizza had corn on it. (Weird for an American pizza, but apparently not so in Asia.)
The pizza was inspired by this one, which used a recipe originally from this book. The toppings were mozzarella, thinly sliced onion, zucchini, fresh corn, red pepper flakes, black pepper, almond feta, a little more mozzarella, and after it cooked: cilantro and some lemon juice. This combination tasted very fresh and light, perfect for the hot weather.
The crust was wonderful: a great combination of crispness and puffy chewiness. I used my old favourite olive oil dough, from Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. I used AP flour, and added some vital wheat gluten. It was baked at 500 for about 8 minutes. These are roughly the measurements I used to make two pizzas: 168 ml water, 3/4 t yeast, 1 t salt, less than 1 t sugar, 1 T olive oil, 1.6 c AP flour (170 - 200g? I eyeballed it. Bad baker!), 1 T vital wheat gluten.
The pizza was inspired by this one, which used a recipe originally from this book. The toppings were mozzarella, thinly sliced onion, zucchini, fresh corn, red pepper flakes, black pepper, almond feta, a little more mozzarella, and after it cooked: cilantro and some lemon juice. This combination tasted very fresh and light, perfect for the hot weather.
Hi there. Just dropped by and noticed you made the zucchini and corn pizza that I made last week. Glad you liked it! BTW, I am just down the road from you, in Springfield!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Andrea, and for sharing the recipe. I never would have thought of this combination for a pizza, but it really worked.
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