Author Topic: Help in designing new pizza recipe.  (Read 3267 times)

sprogs

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Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« on: 12 January, 2021, 07:23:22 pm »
I have for a long time wanted to make a new pizza recipe. I've devised a few over the years, some good, some O.K. (Try sauteed sprout and sardine topping, it was one of those "12:35 back from the pub what's in the house ?" recipes. BRILL !).
My goal this time is a bit cart before horse, I want to make the "Pizza Quattro venti". The Four Winds pizza !
SO ! I need toppings that will bring forth the "Ill winds that no-one blows good".
So far I have decided on Jerusalem artichokes, so good (bad) that even Samuel Pepys mentions their foule stenche in his diary.
So get cracking chums, but remember!!!! it must taste good.
Liz.

ian

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #1 on: 12 January, 2021, 07:47:20 pm »
I've only eaten Jerusalem artichoke once and later that evening I was praying for death as my ravaged trumpet put paid to the walls of Jericho.

Celeriac also gets me every time with the sort of seismic activity that sends even a seasoned Californian cowering in a doorway. It's no help when the foul pyroclastic flow catches them a moment later. If you make the toilet, it feels like you are shitting the Hindenburg. And it's on fire.

Lentils induce an aromatic bubbliness, a sort of deranged anal giggling, like your nethers have been possessed by a demonic presence and it can't help but reveal its foul schemes to anyone in the vicinity.

Mushy peas induce a more gentle blast-off, more ion-drive than hydrazine. Like hydrazine though, don't stand nearby, and unlike hydrazine, it's certainly not odorless.

slope

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #2 on: 12 January, 2021, 07:51:21 pm »
Try sauteed sprout and sardine topping, it was BRILL!

That sounds bonzer and will be tried here ASAP  :thumbsup:

quixoticgeek

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #3 on: 12 January, 2021, 08:25:52 pm »


Just because you can... doesn't mean you should...

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Pingu

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #4 on: 12 January, 2021, 08:27:17 pm »
Beanz meanz fartz.

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #5 on: 12 January, 2021, 08:29:32 pm »
Add a handful of lentils.

Guaranteed shart.

hellymedic

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #6 on: 12 January, 2021, 09:03:52 pm »
Keep your fingers on the pulses...
Felafel balls for spicy, farty, Veganuary goodness
Cheese topped peas and green beans
Fish, chips & mushy peas
Brassica Quadrant: broccoli, cauliflower cheese & roast sprouts...

Jaded

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #7 on: 13 January, 2021, 12:13:12 am »
Chic peas. That would do it.
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #8 on: 13 January, 2021, 12:29:02 am »
Delete the tomato sauce. Use pesto.  Delicious.

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #9 on: 13 January, 2021, 08:45:14 am »
Nothing get me going like mince pies. Not sure you can put that much dried fruit on a pizza though.  :sick:

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #10 on: 13 January, 2021, 08:48:43 am »
Nothing get me going like mince pies. Not sure you can put that much dried fruit on a pizza though.  :sick:

Large round of PUFF pastry and a layer of mincemeat? Topped with dried fruits ?

Davef

Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #11 on: 13 January, 2021, 08:50:37 am »
Nothing get me going like mince pies. Not sure you can put that much dried fruit on a pizza though.  :sick:
Calzone ?


ian

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #12 on: 13 January, 2021, 09:59:31 am »
Delete the tomato sauce. Use pesto.  Delicious.

He's not wrong, I put some dashes of pesto and some tomato puree and smear it out. Instant sauce that doesn't soak into the base (essential if you don't have a superhot oven).

On other matters of import, the brassicas don't really affect me, nor really chickpeas. Lentils and red kidney beans, on the other hand, cause full-on intestinal disobedience. Not in the same league as Jerusalem artichoke or celeriac though, were you are praying for death and he takes one sniff and refuses to take you.

For an avant-garde pizza experience, there's always the infamous sugar-free Haribo gummy bears.

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #13 on: 13 January, 2021, 12:01:55 pm »

Excellent idea, sprogs! [she says, from a safe distance]

Chickpeas and dried fruit get me going, too so maybe combine them both and add apricot into the falafel that Helly suggested?

I can also send you some of the curry I made last night... (chickpeas again, or possibly undercooked onion - whatever, it's been very potent!)

Are you planning on just mixing all the toppings together, or will you quarter the pizza so you can have different vibes for each of the four winds?


Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #14 on: 13 January, 2021, 12:03:04 pm »
Chickpeas and dried fruit get me going, too so maybe combine them both and add apricot into the falafel that Helly suggested?

Errr.. heading to NSFW in ..3...2..1...

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #15 on: 13 January, 2021, 06:53:45 pm »
Pineapple  ;D :demon: walks very slowly away.....
the slower you go the more you see

sprogs

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #16 on: 13 January, 2021, 08:09:20 pm »
The important thing is that it should, to all appearances, be a real Italian pizza. So no mushy peas thankyou.
I intend it to have four quarters with a topping on each.
For those intrigued by sprout and sardine pizza, I sliced the sprouts vertically about 1/4", sauteed the slices in butter until soft and just browning at the edges. I separated the sardines into fillets and used the tomato sauce and some tomato puree to make the sauce. I'm not sure (it was a long time ago in a galaxy far away)what kind of cheese I used but I think it was Dolcelatte. Certainly bluish.
It was one of those "Eight pint two spliff three a.m. what's in the fridge" munchies type things, Went well though !
Liz

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #17 on: 13 January, 2021, 08:19:20 pm »
The important thing is that it should, to all appearances, be a real Italian pizza.

Base made from gram flour?

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #18 on: 13 January, 2021, 08:54:40 pm »
Delete the tomato sauce. Use pesto.  Delicious.

He's not wrong, I put some dashes of pesto and some tomato puree and smear it out. Instant sauce that doesn't soak into the base (essential if you don't have a superhot oven).

On other matters of import, the brassicas don't really affect me, nor really chickpeas. Lentils and red kidney beans, on the other hand, cause full-on intestinal disobedience. Not in the same league as Jerusalem artichoke or celeriac though, were you are praying for death and he takes one sniff and refuses to take you.

For an avant-garde pizza experience, there's always the infamous sugar-free Haribo gummy bears.

Reminds me of the infamous Vietnamese pizzas of the 90s found in backpacker cafes.

I had one with semi-cooked dough, ketchup, and DairyLea cheese triangles


Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #19 on: 13 January, 2021, 10:02:29 pm »
For an avant-garde pizza experience, there's always the infamous sugar-free Haribo gummy bears.

https://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummy-Candy-Sugarless-5-Pound/dp/B000EVQWKC  ;D :demon: ;D

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hellymedic

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #20 on: 13 January, 2021, 11:06:35 pm »
Chic peas. That would do it.

Why do you think I suggested felafel balls?

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #21 on: 14 January, 2021, 12:15:51 pm »
how about a chilli roulette pizza?

Chillis of varying grades, scattered about.

Standard tomato sauce. Dot with blobs of good mozzarella. then sprinkle with chillis.


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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #22 on: 14 January, 2021, 12:19:18 pm »
Refried beans mixed with a bit of chilli powder to imitate tomato sauce.

I've definitely had pizza with artichoke. It was very tasty.
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ian

Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #23 on: 14 January, 2021, 01:13:58 pm »
Jerusalem is the fartichoke, normal (and completely unrelated) artichoke is fine (and a good pizza topping). Also quite good in the totally inauthentic chicken provençal, which I'm having for my tea this evening.

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Re: Help in designing new pizza recipe.
« Reply #24 on: 14 January, 2021, 02:03:01 pm »
I think it's glove artichoke pizzas I've had. Might be interesting to try a Jerusalem artichoke pizza, maybe a half and half thing for comparison.
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