CookingBites Dish of the Month (April): Pizza

CraigC said:
no longer available pizzas.
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You mean no longer available from Pizza restaurants/outlets? In the UK we have a shorter pizza history so I doubt there are any which aren't available from earlier in our history. Its quite traditional here, I think compared to the U.S.

But I am also trying to think out of the box. Its not easy with pizza. Do you get 'stuffed crust' in the U.S.?
 
morning glory said:
You mean no longer available from Pizza restaurants/outlets? In the UK we have a shorter pizza history so I doubt there are any which aren't available from earlier in our history. Its quite traditional here, I think compared to the U.S.

But I am also trying to think out of the box. Its not easy with pizza. Do you get 'stuffed crust' in the U.S.?
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Heinz are bringing back baked beans pizza to the UK. Anyone?
 
How about naan pizza? Or pide?

When husband and I first married we used to make pittabread pizzas on a Friday evening as a treat. Now I've said that I want to recreate them. Just cheap pittas from local shop. Can of tomatoes drained a bit. Onions, capers and sometimes anchovies (expensive)and cheap, woody olives (were OK chopped up). Usually garlic and chilli. Sometimes leftover veg: mushrooms, peppers.

Maybe the memory will be broken.
 
Herbie said:
How about naan pizza? Or pide?

When husband and I first married we used to make pittabread pizzas on a Friday evening as a treat. Now I've said that I want to recreate them. Just cheap pittas from local shop. Can of tomatoes drained a bit. Onions, capers and sometimes anchovies (expensive)and cheap, woody olives (were OK chopped up). Usually garlic and chilli. Sometimes leftover veg: mushrooms, peppers.

Maybe the memory will be broken.
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I reckon flatbreads in general make for pretty good substitutes for a pizza base. Even a thickish pancake perhaps.
 
I have a recipe (from Madhur I think) for oven baked naan bread. Maybe half baking it then adding the topping may work. I'll give it a go next week.

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I know that I'm a very ancient stick in the mud but I believe there are some foods that don't fuse.

Chicken curry in a pie is one. Curry on a pizza is another.

The latter is strange because pizza base is very close to naan bread. Perhaps it's the cheese.
 
Yorky said:
I know that I'm a very ancient stick in the mud but I believe there are some foods that don't fuse.

Chicken curry in a pie is one. Curry on a pizza is another.

The latter is strange because pizza base is very close to naan bread. Perhaps it's the cheese.
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I think with a Thai Curry Pizza cheese would be a grave mistake! But I can imagine a spicy curry pizza minus cheese being OK. Maybe...
 
morning glory said:
I think with a Thai Curry Pizza cheese would be a grave mistake! But I can imagine a spicy curry pizza minus cheese being OK. Maybe...
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I find it difficult to imagine a pizza without cheese.

Folks used to laugh at me when, in a local bar, I would order a ham and cheese sandwich but without the cheese. "Why don't you just order a ham sandwich?" they would say. "Because a ham sandwich on it's own is not on the menu, they will bring me a ham and cheese".
 
Many. many, many years ago I was hitch hiking between Zaragoza and Barcelona with two Scottish girls. They taught me to say "bacon and tomato sandwich" in Spanish. Unfortunately they omitted the word for "cooked".
 
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