Mozzarella – Let's Cook Together

Traditional Pizza

Denis Martel — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:49:50 +0000

Try baking the pizza on the BBQ. Place one baking sheet on the opposite side of the burner you have turned on (fairly low heat). Turn the sheet from time to time to make sure the pizza bakes evenly.

Ingredients:

2 pizza dough
500 to 750 ml of salsa, medium hot
5 or 6 garlic cloves (yes, I love garlic. If it is not your case, you can always diminish the quantity!)
One green pepper thinly sliced
One dozen sliced mushrooms
A few sliced green olives
A few marinated hot peppers
One sliced onion
20 slices of Mexican salami (if you like spicy food. If not, use Genovese regular salami)
600 gr mozzarella shredded
100 ml parmesan cheese

Method:

Roll and spread the dough on two pizza baking sheets
Spread the salsa on top of the dough
Sprinkle the garlic
Add the mushrooms, green peppers, olives, hot peppers and onion
Sprinkle the two cheeses
Add the cold cuts
Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes at 350⁰ F. After 15 minutes, switch the pizza from the top grill to the bottom and vice versa

Seafood Pizza

Denis Martel — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:45:24 +0000

There is nothing comparable to a homemade pizza. I save time by using salsa instead of preparing a sauce from scratch. Moreover, the vegetables from the salsa add a nice touch to the pizza.

The Seafood pizza is a nice change from the traditional pizza. You can also make one seafood pizza and one traditional pizza to add variety to your meal.

Instead of baking the pizza in the oven, I sometimes bake it on the BBQ, adding some wood chips to give it a smoky flavour.

Ingredients:

2 pizza dough
500 to 750 ml of salsa, medium hot
5 or 6 garlic cloves (yes, I love garlic. If it is not your case, you can always diminish the quantityâ€¦)
A few sun dried tomatoes, cut in julienne
1 sliced onion
50 ml capers
Smoke salmon
One can of cocktail shrimps, or even better, 20 big fresh shrimps, cut in 1 cm pieces
600 gr mozzarella shredded
100 ml parmesan cheese

Method:

Roll and spread the dough on two pizza baking sheets
Spread the salsa on top of the dough
Sprinkle with garlic
Add the sun dried tomatoes, capers, smoked salmon, shrimp and onion
Sprinkle the two cheeses
Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes at 350⁰ F. Half way through, switch the pizza from the top grill to the bottom and vice versa.

Chicken Breast Stuffed with Asparagus

Denis Martel — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:00:51 +0000

After readying so many cookbooks, you sometimes come up with ideas. I was telling myself that chicken breast stuffed with asparagus should be good but I could not find any recipes., so I had to develop one!

Ingredients:

4 skinless chicken breast flattened
40 ml brandy
40 ml maple syrup
4 slices of prosciutto
4 asparagus, blanched for one minute
Salt and pepper
200 ml grated mozzarella cheese
30 ml olive oil
Bernaise or brown sauce, your choice

Method:

Place a chicken breast between two piece of waxed paper, with a cast iron frying pan (or something as heavy), flatten the breast
Repeat with the other breasts
Place the chicken escallops in a baking dish and marinade with the brandy and maple syrup for about 2 hours
Drip dry the escallops, place a slice of prosciutto on each of them
Cut the asparagus in two and place two pieces on each escallop
Salt and peer and add one quarter of the grated cheese per escallop
Roll the escallops and, using a butcher rope, attach them
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil and brown the escallops until cooked (about 12 to 15 minutes)
Serve with a drizzling of sauce