Monday, June 18, 2007

"Pizza Tonight!"


Pizzas are without doubt one of my favourite food. Give me a slice of mushroom or hawaiian pizza anytime any day and i would be hard pressed to turn it down.

But the one issue i've always had with most pizzas is that the crust isn't thin enough. I like my pizzas with really thin crust, as thin as they can go. Most of the restaurants on Lygon Street do a really good job at thin crust but when it comes to doing it myself, i can never roll out the dough thin enough. So imagine my excitement when i chanced upon this post by Elise. Flour tortillas! Who would have thought.


The pizzas came out perfect. Hawaiian was my choice of poison naturally. A crisp, paper thin crust topped with juicy, bursting with sweetness cubes of pineapples and savory leg ham, I really could have asked for a more perfect pizza.

Super Thin Hawaiian Pizza


Ingredients
6 flour tortillas
250g leg ham, shredded
Tasty cheese, grated
2 small tubs of tomato paste
1 bulb of garlic, peeled and mashed
Ground black pepper
Sprinkle of dried Italian herbs
Olive oil

  1. Preheat oven to 225C. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
  2. Combine tomato paste, garlic, pepper and italian herbs in a small bowl.
  3. Place one tortilla, or two if they'll fit, on prepared baking tray. Brush with olive oil. Spread a thin layer with tomato paste mixture. Sprinkle ham and pineapples. Generously top with cheese. Brush edges of tortila with a bit more olive oil.
  4. Bake for about 10 minutes, checking regularly, till tortilla is browned and crispy. Repeat with remaining tortillas and ingredients. Serves 4
P.S: If you're wondering about the title of this post, i'm convinced that's what Super Mario says each time he completes a stage :)

5 comments:

Patricia Scarpin said...

Pizza here in São Paulo is made with a very thin crust - your idea of using tortillas is great and looks delicious!

ovenhaven said...

Ah Super Mario... Those were the days. Popeye made me eat spinach, while Super Mario/Michaelangelo (TMNT) popularised pizza for me. Haha :p

Your pizza looks like those in pizza stores, btw!

thecoffeesnob said...

hey Pat,

I take no credit for the idea of using tortillas but it does make a fantastic pizza crust :)

hey ovenhaven,

Haha yeah pizzas will always remind me of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Gotta love that show :)

Anonymous said...

hey babe, you should set up shop in italy. your pizza looks waaaay better than theirs. and the lasagne looks to die for:)

-yourbaker-

thecoffeesnob said...

Thanks sweetie.

Have some squid ink pasta and rose ice cream for me while you're there :)

Missing you darling.