Thursday, May 28, 2009

Vegetable Curry Pizza Recipe

This recipe will make 1 of the 12" pizza or two of the 8" Pizza. You may elect to make your own Pizza crust , buy a frozen crust or Naan. If you are using frozen crust or frozen Naan, make sure they are fully thawed out.

Ingredients

1. Pizza Crust 12": 1

2. Curry Pizza sauce : ½ Cup

3. Thinly sliced onions: ¼ Cup

5. Fresh Green bell pepper thinly sliced: ¼ cup

6. Fresh Shredded carrots: ¼ cup

8. Fresh mushrooms: ¼ cup

9. Sliced Green olives: ¼ cup

10. Fresh Serrano: 1 finely chopped. Remove seeds and white membrane to reduce heat.

11. Paneer crumbled: 4 oz

12. Vegetable oil for basting rim

13. Corn meal: 1 teaspoon

Method

Assemble Pizza

1. Apply basting oil to the outer rim of the crust about ¾" wide.

2. Spread the Curry pizza sauce evenly using a spatula.

3. Scatter vegetable toppings evenly on top of the sauce.

4. Scatter Paneer.

Bake

1. Place the pizza stone on the lower shelf of the oven

2. Pre-heat oven to 450º F for about 40 minutes.

3. Scatter corn meal on the Pizza peel.

4. Put the assemble pizza crust on the pizza peel.

5. Transfer the pizza from the peel to the stone by shaking the peel. The corn meal will aid in transferring the pizza crust.

6. If you are using par-baked pizza crust or par-baked Naan, bake for 8 minutes. If you are using fresh pizza dough, bake for 10 minutes.

7. Use pizza peel to remove the pizza, and transfer to serving pan.

8. Use Pizza Cutter, when the pizza is still hot (just baked).

Notes

1. You may soak Paneer in lightly salted water to add flavor for about 10 minutes. Drain and use paper towel to dry before crumbling it.

2. If you want melted cheese, substitute Paneer with Mozzarella cheese.

3. You can use almost any vegetables, with the exception of Starchy vegetables such as potatoes and green peas.

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