Everybody’s favorite Hawaiian pizza consists of Canadian bacon, pineapple, and onions. There are many variations but this is the basic recipe. It’s easy to make with ingredients that can be found worldwide. For an added treat top with shredded Parmesan cheese or sesame seeds. Ingredients 1 12-inch thin crust pizza dough 1/2 cup Red Pizza [...]
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BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe
Barbecue chicken pizza is a family favorite. It’s very easy to prepare because the only sauce you need is barbecue sauce. Very tasty if you like robust flavor. Vary the amount of sauce to suite your taste. There are not many ways to vary the recipe because BBQ is the upfront flavor which will strongly [...]
Pizza Stone
A pizza stone is a flat stone or piece of ceramic or earthenware used to evenly distribute oven heat to pizzas or other baked goods, more or less mimicking the effects of cooking a pizza in a masonry oven. The thermal mass and porous nature of the stone used also helps absorb moisture, resulting in [...]
Neapolitan Pizza
Authentic Neapolitan pizza is characterized by soft, flexible crust with a blistery, charred cornicione. There are very strict rules proposed by the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association which control ingredients and methods that would be impractical to follow in most home kitchens. In response there’s a growing Neo-Neapolitan trend which attempts to reproduce the best elements [...]
Crust
In America the entire bread component of a pizza. The end-crust, the edge or lip of a pizza, is known as cornicione to Neapolitan pizza aficionados.
Mozzarella Cheese
Mozzarella is the cheese used for pizza. The de facto standard. It is a mild, delicate, and milky cheese which will complement most any toppings without competing for flavor. Another plus is it melts well without becoming oily. Mozzarella is readily available and affordable. A similar cheese, Fresh Mozzarella, can also be used for pizza [...]
Gouda Cheese
Gouda cheese has its origins in Holland where it was first developed in the city of Gouda some 800 years ago. Today it is made and sold all around the world. This creamy cheese has a light, buttery, and nutty flavor. The young variety, aged between 1 and 6 months, slices easily and melts well [...]
Canadian Bacon
Canadian bacon is a pork product. Depending on where you are in the world it could refer to entirely different products. For the purpose of pizza making, Canadian bacon is a salty, slightly-sweet, and juicy loin cut which has been popularized by so-called Hawaiian pizzas served in American Pizzerias. Real Canadian bacon, that is if [...]