Over the summer, I caught an episode of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie at Home and he did a piece on pizza. As many know, pizza in Italy is far different from how it’s presented in the rest of the world.
He showed a really neat idea, which was to make a rectangular pizza that would like satisfy everyone’s tastes at your party or for your family.
He made the pizza dough, rolled it out onto the baking tray, saved some dough and rolled into 2 thin strips and he made a cross on the surface of the dough. This cross would be your borders for the four uniquely flavoured pizzas you will make out of the large rectangular one!
I tried this method out and it’s a great presentation, offers something for everyone and it allows you to experiment a little.
Today I chose to make the Quatro Gusti pizza with the following toppings:
- The Greek pizza with olive oil, garlic, olives, red onions, sun-dried tomato and feta
- The Margherita with tomato sauce, mozzarella and fresh basil
- The Pesto with Grano Padano, basil pesto, artichoke hearts and mushrooms
- The Canadian with smoky bacon, mozzarella, pepperoni and sauce
Have fun with your pizza, try different combos, make it for guests…they’ll love it, you’ll love it and you become a master at gourmet pizzas!
What original idea,love it.
Oh yeah! That looks magnificent!
mmmmm..pizza!
Don’t know what you did but something in the last 12 hours worked – your feed is now working fine…there were 24 posts waiting for me this morning ;-)
Pizza loos great – I’ll have all 4 sections, please!
Katie, I copy/pasted the new url to my site feed…I guess the old one was dead. Pizza…no pizza for you…2 weeks!
I saw this episode as well Peter. Thanks for the reminder!I have a pizza crust in the fridge all rolled out and ready to go, but I have ingredients only for a pizza marguerita (margarita?).
Val, use youe imagination and try some new toppings and clean out your fridge…no rules here!
What an excellent idea! Pizza for everyone! That will work great at my house as I have some who like meat and some who like just veggies! I do pizza at least once a month and will give this a go next time!
Cheers!
Peter, this pizza is a fantastic idea – everyone would be more than pleased!
Hey, this is an amazing idea! It would work so well in my family… hawaiian for me, meat lover for Mario and pepperoni and cheese for the kids… love it!
There you are Janet…you’ve been noticeably missed!;)