Home made Pizza

Eggplant & Pineapple Pizza

Pizza is one of my favorite food. There are several styles on Pizza; stuffed pizza, thin crust, thick crust... I prefer thin crust pizza and my favorite is Hawaiian Pizza with extra Pineapple. When I was kid, I hated the cooked fruits like pineapple in 酢豚, apple in curry, and cooked tomato in gratin. But as I got older, I changed my taste in food and now that I love cooked fruit in savory dish. 

We made a pizza from scratch. Mostly pizza is composed of 3 parts; dough, sauce and topping. For making pizza dough, usually people use "00 flour ( Doppio Zero)" in Italy. But we didn't have 00 flout at home, so we used AP four as a substitute. 

What is "00 flour?"

In Italy, flour is classified either as 1, 0, or 00 and refers to how finely ground the flour is and how much of the bran and germ have been removed. 00 flour is the most highly refined and is talcum powder soft. Sometimes people assume that 00 flour is low in protein and therefore particularly suitable for making pasta. But this is wrong! 00 is a category name for refining and flours of varying protein levels can be milled to the 00 category. Some one said AP flour does the "most consistently satisfying job"in standing in for the doppio zero. 

Some recipe calls for Semolina flour for pizza dough. Usually this flour is used for making pasta.

What is Semolina flour?
Typically hard durum wheat which has been ground into flour. The resulting product is high in gluten and is used for making pasta and breads. You may want to store it in your fridge if you don't use it up within a  month or so as it tend to get rancid because it contains wheat germ.

What is Durum flour?
Durum in Latin means "hard", and the species is the hardest of all wheat. Its high protein and gluten content, as well as its strength, make durum good for special uses.

We used eggplant, red pepper, artichoke hearts, pineapple, Mozzarella cheese, and hot sausage for topping. My favorite was a roasted eggplant. Because it was roasted and the water evaporated, it had a smokey and condensed flavor.

evaluation 5/5