Pizza was a culinary preparation originally designed to be a complete dish. Dough replaced pasta and sauces replaced broths. The toppings of pizza are the ingredients where individual chefs and restaurants have a chance to show their flair for originality.
Rumour has it that connoisseurs from every country and all media sources are looking for original and tasty seafood specialty pizzas to feature this year. This is a wonderful opportunity for pizza-centred restaurants to grow away from heavy, salty and traditional toppings, to more extravagant and light tastes.
Here is a great seafood combo pizza that will dazzle pizza lovers.
Start with your select in-house crust. When it is chilled and ready to shape, add spices like crushed basil, thyme, and sparsely placed bits of sea salt. The spices should be visible in the crust and large enough to retain taste. Coat the edges with olive oil to create a tender golden “glow” after cooking. Leave the crust extra thick pan-style and roll the edges for a traditional look.
Apply normal amounts of mild sauces and white cheeses, but add something a little special. Infuse the sauces with a squirt or two of citrus to bring out the flavour of the seafood ingredients. The citrus can be lemon, lime, orange, pummelo or anything else on hand as long as it is flavourful.
Top with green and black olives, mild peppers, button mushrooms and garlic. A goodly amount of exotic vegetables like artichoke hearts and bamboo are also a great addition.
Now for the centre ingredients, saturate the pizza with large vein-less, tailed prawns, chopped sea scallops and closed live clams. The clams should be about five centimetres apart and placed lip-up because they will spread open as they cook. Instead of red meat and processed grease, this pizza will be infused with natural juices and a rich sea-flavoured bite. This is a hearty type of pizza, but it is incredibly tasty and a bridge between elite dining and fun foods.
This particular pizza combination is best served with an aged continental or California Cabernet, or a thick stout with a prominent head. Pizzas like this are served to VIPs throughout the world in place of other complicated, multi-course dishes.
Olivia Pizza is constantly striving to discover fresh combinations for customers to enjoy and tell their friends, family and coworkers about. The best pizza in the world will inevitably come from a shop that is flexible and open to ideas for amazing new tastes.