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Three pizzas

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Floydm

Three pizzas

The first was with chanterelle mushrooms on a white sauce.  My wife's all time favourite.

The second BBQ chicken with red onion and cilantro. The kids got to it before I got my camera out.

The third chicken, red onion, and pesto.

All came out well.  I was playing with Reinhart's American style pizza dough.  It is good too and makes a thicker, stiffer slice than his neo-Neapolitan dough does, one that is easier to pick up with your fingers rather than eat with a fork and knife.  It is a good option to consider for a setting where you want people to be able to grab a slice and wander off. 

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dabrownman

These are some fine looking pies....and the mushroom version had to be to die for - your wife is on to something if you ask me.  Next the pesto for me then the BBQ but all 3 are killer - my new descriptive adjective this week.

Well done Floys!

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trailrunner

Great variety…you pleased the whole crowd it seems !  Love the look of that last one especially. c

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Isand66

Awesome looking pizza Floyd.  What kind of white sauce did you use for the mushroom pizza?  I've been thinking of doing a similar version but have not taken the dive yet.

Ian

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Floydm

The white sauce was half an onion fried in butter for 10 minutes or so with one clove of chopped garlic tossed in for the final minute, then about a third of a cup of cream cooked down for about five minutes. Add in some salt and pepper and that's it.  Super simple. 

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Isand66

Thanks.  That sounds great....I would of course have to complicate life and probably add some cheese to the mix, just because.....

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Floydm

I thought about it!  I settled with a dusting of parmesan on top of it all. 

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Skibum

. . . with some very interesting flavour combinations! I totally understand why your chicken and red onion vanished -- looks amazing and I am hungry for pizza! I was just feeding my YW ans sweet levains and am doubling up the batch so I can bake both bread and pizza tomorow. I smoked a whole small chicken in apple wood and few days ago and will use dome leftovers and buy some red onions. and cilantro. It looks like you also have a couple of different cheeses on that one. I would love a slice or ten of that pizza right now! I will have to console myself with some left over smoked spareribs and my black bean chili using smoked stewing beef for the first time. GREAT looking ZA Floyd! Brian

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Floydm

Thanks, Brian!

Yup, the cheese on the BBQ chicken one was a cheddar/mozzarella mix.  

I think I've mentioned that I'm going to be doing a session on pizza making for the cooking club at our neighbourhood community centre. Hence the testing of different doughs and toppings. I want to show them a few "oldie but goodies" and offer few others that are a bit more out there and encourage them to use their imaginations!

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Song Of The Baker

Nicely done with the chanterelles!  My fave mushroom.  Figures an Oregon boy whips out the wild mushrooms on a pizza!...One of my fave pizzas is wild mushroom, roasted garlic, goat cheese, with parsley.

Super crust you got on those too.

John

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breadsong

Wow, Floyd, fabulous pizzas, all of them!
:^) breadsong

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limmitedbaking

The Pizzas look great! I see you have been practicing for the pizza session. I should pick up some tips from you too! Could never shape it and bake it up so nicely.

-Tim

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Mebake

Fine looking pizzas, Floyd. Delicious toppings. the pesto one reminds me of a lovely pizza i've had in a restaurant before: spinnach artichoke pizza.

-Khalid

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FlourChild

Great looking pizzas, Floyd!  I'll be on the lookout for Chanterelles, we rarely get them here but when we do I'll know just what to do with them.

There's a very easy way to make a "white sauce" for pizza that I learned from Mozza:  whip some cream.  Just heavy cream and salt, or you can add flavorings.  I put the cold cream in a chilled coffee mug and whip it with an aerolatte, makes about 1/4 cup- perfect for spreading on pizza. 

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dmsnyder

Very creative toppings. 

I'm on the lookout for pizza topping combos with minimal cheese. I do love fresh mozzarella, but it's a calorie thing.

David