Are you someone who always orders the same toppings from the pizza delivery service? Are you a bit boring and unadventurous when it comes to your pizza? Whether you’re always a Hawaiian, or you’re resolutely Margherita, then let us introduce you to four innovative pizza recipes that might just tempt you into something different next time you’re ordering or making pizza.
Cauliflower Crust Breakfast Pizza
Yes, the cauliflower breakfast pizza is a thing. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. It’s delicious and makes a great, healthy start to your day. This also has the benefit of being suitable for those who cannot eat traditional dough-made pizza bases.
Ingredients
Cauliflower, part skim mozzarella, eggs, basil pesto, fresh mozzarella, shredded parmesan, basil leaves, tomatoes
Preparation
Depending on the size of pizza you want to make, take a cauliflower head and cut it into small pieces, keep them as short as possible so that they can be placed in the food processor. Shred them properly until they become like a paste and then cook for 5 minutes with a tablespoon of oil to remove the moisture.
Take eggs and beat them properly before adding mozzarella cheese to them and mix well. Mix the cauliflower with egg and mozzarella after it has cooled down and kept aside for a few minutes to settle.
Now spread the mixture in and create a base. Next, place this base in the oven on a lightly greased sheet. Spread the base evenly and let it cook for 15 minutes until it’s a golden brown crust.
Once the crust is ready, you can cover it with tomato paste or pesto, add cheese (as much as you want) and top them off with sun-dried tomatoes and bake for another five minutes.
Now cover the base with at least five raw eggs and place the mixture back in the grill and let it cook for 15 minutes, now your delicious cauliflower egg pizza is ready.
Pizza Cubano
Pizza Cubano is an innovative pizza with slices flavoured with traditional sandwich fillings.
Ingredients
Flour, Pizza dough, mustard, dill pickle, small onion, rotisserie chicken shredded, thinly sliced ham, leaf parsley, cheese, green salad.
Preparation
The process of making Cubano pizza is not that difficult; you preheat the oven to 220-degree centigrade and cover the baking sheet with parchment paper.
It is a good idea to make the dough yourself and keep it frozen for a few hours but if you want to save time then buying a pre-made dough is fine. The dough should be formed into an oval shape, 14 inches long, and then placed on the sheet; this different shape is because we want to give it a sandwich feel.
Spread the yellow mustard on the base, but you can also use cheese or tomato paste instead of mustard. Sprinkle pickle and onions on the top, then add chicken and ham along with parsley.
Once everything is on the base, then add cheese. Usually, you use Gruyere cheese for Cubano pizza, but mozzarella cheese is fine too.
Now your pizza is ready to be placed in the oven; cook it for 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Once it’s cooked, serve with a green salad.
Seekh Kebab Pizza
Seekh Kebab Pizza originated from South Asia and has a distinctive taste which is new to many around the world. It is a complicated recipe, but well worth the effort.
Ingredients
Pizza base, Seekh kebabs, lime juice, charcoal, salt, chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, cheese, onions, corn, olive oil.
Preparation
The first step is to prepare the pizza base. To do so you need to roll the dough properly and keep it fermented for at least a few hours if not more. Take a minimum of four seekh kebabs which are usually made from beef, but you can choose chicken kebabs instead if preferred. Cut the kebabs into relatively small pieces depending on the original size.
Mix the curd with the ginger garlic paste and shake for a couple of minutes. After that, add salt, chilli powder, and cumin powder along with garam masala and stir again. And finally, add lime juice and colour to make the base ready.
Add onions and sweetcorn to the diced pieces of seekh kebab and mix them thoroughly. It is also a good option to make the kebabs yourself in which case you can add onions and corn in the beginning, to give it a different taste.
Now mix the kebab mixture in with the other ingredients and cook them on a low heat until the liquid is reduced right down and the meat turns brown. Use as least oil as possible, usually around 1 or 2 tablespoons.
Once it is all brown, heat charcoal over a flame allowing its fragrance to transfer into the bowl before placing the mixture into the bowl. Next, add a tablespoon of butter and cover with a lid for at least ten minutes.
Finally, preheat your oven to 220-degree centigrade. Spread the ketchup on the pizza base you readied, and add as much cheese as you want. Finally, place the mixture on top, sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Sweet Potato and Chorizo Pizza
Have you ever heard of a spicy potato pizza? We bet you haven’t. But it’s really good. Take our word for it.
Ingredients
Cornmeal, pizza dough, sweet potato, red onion, olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper, spinach chorizo, provolone.
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 230 degree Celsius and cover the base with parchment paper. A pizza size of 16 inches is recommended but it can be of any shape including round, oval or rectangle because potatoes are challenging to mould.
Take a bowl and place the sweet potatoes in them. You should peel them after boiling and slice them as thinly as possible. Slice the onions as well and add chopped rosemary into the mixture.
Now add salt and pepper as per your requirement before adding spinach, chorizo and adding as much cheese as you like. Once the mixture is ready, let it settle down for half an hour. It’s a good idea to place it in the fridge, but not compulsory.
Finally, place all the mixture onto the dough and bake until the potatoes have become light brown and the crust is golden. It will take around 15 minutes for the pizza to be ready.
