Friday, February 01, 2008

Ham, cheese and strawberry pizza

Ham, cheese and strawberry pizza
Dr Oetker has been providing me moments of fun with making pizza since their frozen pizzas provide a pretty good base. What I liked about their crust was that they weren't too thick and also not overly thin. This meant minimal fillers and still a base which was firm enough to heap a bunch of toppings without having to worry if that crust was able to hold the weight. I happened upon some sliced strawberries in Cold Storage going for $2 a pack. That pack contained enough cut strawberries to quite generously top 2 regular sized pizzas so I grabbed one with some shaven breakfast ham, scrounged my supply of shredded mozzarella and parmesan......and this was the result.

The good toppings to use for this are their mozzarella and the quad formaggi since they contain mostly only cheese. This one was made from a mozzarella sprinkled with the above mentioned shredded cheese, carpeted with sliced breakfast ham and then laid over with the strawberries. Scattered more cheese over the top and it was ready to go into the over.

The lesson learnt from this time round was that, the strawberries lose their moisture by oozing out their juices, so the idea would be to to keep them closer to the centre or they'll drip over the edges of the crust. Not so different from pineapples - adding some sweetness and tangy flavour to the salty cheese and ham.

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