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Friday nights we have pizza - and you should too.  In summer, you'll top with your own basil and tomatoes - and year round you can use your own jalapeños, Balsamic eggplants and fresh or dried herbs (Jane & Peter).  

Momma's Pizza

  • Vegetarian
  • Pepperoni
  • Ham and Pineapple
  • Thai Chicken (California Pizza Kitchen Recipe)
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Bases

Let's cover the pizza bases:
  1. Fastest: use pita breads (the bigger the better)
  2. Best: Pre-made pizza dough - we use Trader Joe's plain pizza dough
  3. Most authentic: make your own dough
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For Trader Joe's pizza dough: bring to room temperature - but only just. (It's hard to roll out if it's too cold or too warm.)

Tip: keep a few packs of dough in the freezer and defrost 30 - 45 mins.


Pre-heat oven to 475F. Dust kitchen bench and rolling pin with plain flour. Roll out dough then lay out on parchment paper on large baking tray. Bake for about 5 minutes.

Less Cheese Gromit

My rule - not too much cheese. Good old shredded mozzarella is hard to beat - but feta works well with some combinations, and also fresh mozzarella sliced thinly.

The old grocer George from the Deakin shops said half mozzarella and half fresh parmesan.  You could call them thirds and add Monterey Jack into the mix if you wanted.
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Sauces

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Every good pizza needs a good sauce - but not too much. Some ideas:
  1. Pre-made spaghetti sauces (I like Trader Joe's Organic Tomato Basil Marinara)
  2. Home made tomato sauce - made fresh, from your own bottled sauce, or from a prior tomato sauce-based recipe.
  3. Peanut sauce - for Thai Chicken pizza

Toppings

Vegetarian

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Probably our signature pizza:
  • Red onions
  • Pickled Jalapenos
  • Balsamic eggplant slices
  • Artichokes, sliced
  • Olives
  • Cheese
Bake for around 10 mins at 475F.
When done, add thinly sliced tomatoes and fresh herbs.

Pepperoni

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The only pizza, according to 89% of American kids.  Our recipe:
  • Low fat pepperoni slices
  • Red onions
  • Pickled jalapenos
  • Cheese
Bake for around 10 mins at 475F.
When done, add thinly sliced tomatoes and fresh herbs.

Ham and Pineapple

The regular ham and pineapple pizza is easy enough - follow prior instructions and add whatever ham you have, onions - and, best of all, fresh pineapple and fresh herbs.

Ed's adapted variation
Make a regular pizza with onions and just a thin covering of thinly sliced pineapple and cheese.  Once out of the oven, top with Spanish ham or Prosciutto.

Thai Chicken

Use pre-cooked or baked chicken pieces. The real secret here is the sauce for the base:

1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons Hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons minced ginger
crushed garlic
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
2 teaspoons soy sauce
Chili
1 tablespoon oyster sauce (if you have it)
~ 2 tablespoons oil

Prepare your base, dunk your chicken pieces in the peanut sauce, then coat the base with the peanut sauce.  Add some red onions, shredded carrot, bean sprouts and 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts.  When cooked, top with cilantro/coriander.

Other toppings

Get creative. Some suggestions:
  • smoked salmon with red onion
  • anchovies and prawns
  • meatballs
  • sausage (the artisanal, precooked kind)



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Top with tomato and basil
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Bake base on parchment paper.
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Half and half - cheese to come.

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    • Ridgy-Didge Chicken Curry
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    • Marinated Chicken Wings
    • Golden Lotus Chicken Stir Fry
    • Roast Chicken with Lemons and Onions
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    • Lemon Sage Chicken Wings
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    • Lamb Curry
    • Pelmenis
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    • Lamb Kebabs & Creamy Mint Sauce
    • Gus's Thai Pork
    • Steak Diane
    • Carnitas Augusto
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    • Meat Loaf
    • Supreme Hamburgers
    • Lamb Shanks
    • Bahn Mis with Pork Belly
    • Citrus Pork Steaks
    • Korean BBQ Short Ribs
    • Jamaican Jerk Chicken
  • Italian
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    • Pasta Carbonara
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    • Momma's Pizza
    • Cannelloni Two Ways
    • Garlic bread
    • Pasta alla Norma
    • Spaghetti and Meatballs
    • Bruschetta
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    • Mother's Banana Cake
    • Honey Jumbles
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    • Pecan Pie
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