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Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:54 am

On my way to test out new and bizarre pizza crusts today... I've got my white and whole wheat down and am going to test out a chocolate crust and a rosemary crust. I'll hopefully be posting the results of today's experiments. Any weird pizza crust flavors come to mind? I'll try anything that might be possible and might be incredible.

While we're at it - how about alternative pizza toppings? My favorite is currently refried beans (instead of pizza sauce), moz & cheddar cheese, olives, and green onions.
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:41 am

I just read all that and am now immediately hungry again! And its only an hour after lunch! ::panic:: ::FP::

A lot of that sounds really good though! One thing that I like is white pizza sauce. I will have to figure out what it is exactly, but my friend is allergic to tomatoes, so we can't get normal pizza sauce, but still, the replacement is pretty good! Will find out and edit!
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:35 pm

Steak and potatoes pizza is pretty good. Although not that uncommon, white pizza is really good, although I'm not exactly sure whats on it.

Exactly how do you make flavored pizza crusts? Like wouldn't the chocolate melt and burn in the oven? If not I guess you could try doing a stuffed crust pizza with lots of different stuff...mmmm....bacon stuffed crust?
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:46 pm

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Exactly how do you make flavored pizza crusts? Like wouldn't the chocolate melt and burn in the oven?


like with cookies or chocolate cake, these never work ::lol::
 
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:53 pm

An A10 Pilot wrote:
One thing that I like is white pizza sauce. I will have to figure out what it is exactly

Started making a white sauce last night! I start with a thick bechamel and add roasted garlic.

RJ wrote:
Although not that uncommon, white pizza is really good, although I'm not exactly sure whats on it.

Probably some extra virgin olive oil, maybe a little roasted garlic, moz & parm. Yum.

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Exactly how do you make flavored pizza crusts? Like wouldn't the chocolate melt and burn in the oven?

Please to observe...

Here are the steps I've taken so far in this experiment. Make the dough -
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Combine all standard crust ingredients - wheat & bread flours & salt, yeast with warm water and honey, olive oil
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Until it makes a lovely dough
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Spice it up -
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Knead in mix-ins such as fresh rosemary with lemon zest and juice
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Cocoa powder
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Roasted tomatoes with chili spices -chili powder, cumin, oregano, cinnamon
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Cumin, oregano, and chili flakes (I think this will be great for my Mexican style pizzas)
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Get ready to bake-
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Let them rise while the oven heats
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Then roll them out into the appropriate size (these are half-sized for testing)
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Left to right, top to bottom we have
Rosemary
Chocolate
Lemon rosemary
Lemon
Chili
Mexican spice


They're rising now, just waiting for me to bake them up! Be back later with results.
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:38 pm

Oooo excited!

i expect testing reviews! ::flex::
 
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:47 pm

Brick is lucky to have a lady that eats the kind of pizza you do.
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:06 pm

yes.... yes i am. for so much more than just that
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:26 pm

I suggested a crust with some citrus flavors, and also a chili pizza via Skype earlier. awaiting official reviews of those as well. :p
 
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:03 pm

If ivy ::pot:: will make something spicy ::villagers:: then I will ::worship:: just as brick does ::thumbs::

A hatch chilie crust?!?!?!?!?!?!? ::bow2zorn:: ::interesting:: ::zorn:: ::arr:: ::nixon::
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:06 pm

Sorry about the wait, been too busy eating pizzas.... Here's the rest of the story -
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After they rested, I pressed out the mini crusts
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Here's the lemon rosemary one

Then parbaked them
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Chocolate crusts.....nomnomnom
They all smelled incredible while baking, and I had a hard time not eating them once they were out of the oven....

And then, finally, we made massive amounts of pizzas!!!!
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This is the chili crust with refried beans, black & kidney beans, mozzarella, onions, and bell peppers


Sooo... they've all been completely bomb-diggity so far (dance) Mixing in flavors turned out REALLY well.... I was hoping at least one would be awesome, but they all have amazing potential.
We tried MANY combos so I'll just mention the stand-outs (Pictures are weird, I'm sorry. But trust me, they're delicious)...

Lemon pizza crust with mango ginger habenero sauce, mozzarella, pan-fried cod, and carmelized onion - fabulously citrusy, sweet, and salty. Duce thought of the citrus crust since the mango sauce is so awesome and Brick thought of adding white fish since fish & lemon go so well together - it was perfect.
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Then I made the same pizza except with tomato sauce. Completely different - kind of like a tomato based fish stew. Lovely for completely different reasons.
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The lemon rosemary crusts and rosemary crusts were both incredible with a garlic white sauce and fresh mozzarella.... Creamy and heavenly.
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Chili crust - totally different and still a huge hit. All the spices are in the crust, so I just topped it with some plain tomato sauce, black & kidney beans, and mozzarella cheese. It litterally tastes like you're eating chili :D Smokey, deep flavors ftw.
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We were too full to even consider trying the Mexican spice or chocolate.... so that's for tonight! Next up, I'll definitely be attempting something spicy per Laffy's smiley suggestion :)

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Brick is lucky I make the pizzas ::wink:: And I'm lucky cuz he seems to enjoy them
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:56 pm

Dang... so when am I coming to visit??? :)
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:34 am

I vaguely remember having a soft pretzel pizza crust at some point in my childhood and thoroughly enjoying it. Just thought I'd throw that out there :shrug:

Just tomato sauce, pepperonis, and mozzarella cheese for me, though ::roll::
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:23 am

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Dang... so when am I coming to visit??? :)

That is the question. Our door is always open... ::collab::

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I vaguely remember having a soft pretzel pizza crust at some point in my childhood and thoroughly enjoying it. Just thought I'd throw that out there :shrug:

Just tomato sauce, pepperonis, and mozzarella cheese for me, though ::roll::

Interesting thought... May have to be another completely different experiment...
And you should give this weirdness a try. Just sayin.
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Re: The Mad Professor's Lab - Pizza!

Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:39 am

Those pizzas look amazing, if i make pizza it tends to be a real feast of toppings as i cant decide what to leave off but i might try some of these ideas. Nice one OpIvy ::thumbs::
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