June 9th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Food Blog Events, Italian Cooking, Pizzas 32 Comments »
I saw this recipe in Parents magazine. The original recipe was not completely vegetarian, so I changed it a little bit. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 14th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Food Blog Events, Pizzas 27 Comments »
Happy Puthandu and Vishu wishes to all of you!
A couple of months back I saw Giada preparing chocolate pizzas in her Food TV show, Everyday Italian. It looked so delicious that I wanted to try it. To make the pizza I used the store bought refrigerated pizza dough. First I thought of cutting a big circle using a plate, then I got an idea of making it into bite sized pizzas, so I used a cookie cutter and cut out 6 small circles. With the rest of the dough, I tried to form it into one big circle (which was a bit difficult) and baked a regular vegetable pizza. Read the rest of this entry »
March 25th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Pizzas 29 Comments »
I don’t know what it is with the oven and me, I just love to use the oven. Before starting the new adventure of baking eggless cakes and muffins, I started simply with cooking store bought frozen French fries and pizzas. We prefer making them at home because we can control the amount of cheese and increase the quantity of veggies. I’ve not yet tried to make the dough myself. Recently I have also found a simple recipe to make home made pizza dough using whole wheat flour. Can’t wait to try that!
But before that a simple one to make at home with store bought ingredients. I saw this recipe in Parents Magazine a couple of months back. I wanted to try this for a long time now, but got a chance only today. You need just 4 ingredients to make this beautiful looking and tasty pie. Refrigerated pizza dough, sauce, any cheese of your choice (I used the part skim pizza blend cheese) and fresh baby spinach. This can also be considered a healthy pizza, because it requires only half a cup of cheese and has spinach. Not bad for a pizza, which has a bad reputation as greasy food. The process is also very easy, but a little messy at the end. The next time I bake it I would add some pepper powder/chilly flakes too. It was very bland for our taste. Other than that, this recipe is definitely a keeper. Kids will also enjoy doing this. Find the recipe here.
Stage 1:
Unroll the dough.
Stage 2:
Spread the pizza sauce and sprinkle half of the cheese.
Stage 3:
Top with the spinach leaves. (I used more than 1 cup, so rolling was a bit difficult)
Stage 4:
Roll the dough starting with the short end.
Stage 5:
Cut into 8 pieces and place it in a greased pie tin and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Stage 6:
Bake it for 22-25 min and indulge!
