Most of you know that baking isn’t my thing when there is yeast involved – most because I don’t have an once of patience in me – even if I’m very stubborn. So make a pizza from scratch isn’t my thing at all.
The other evening I really craved for one of my pizzas, Sweden has really good pizza places for take away – we are really spoiled with good pizzas – they are super thin and fantastic adventures toppings. It came with all the Italians and Yugoslavians that moved here for our industrial bloom in the late 50’s – when they had made money enough they open pizza places and that tradition has carried on. My favourite “take way” is with beef tenderloin, onion, and egg – have tried to do pizza with raw egg on – can’t make it work.
So when I do pizza I use Lidl’s (German grocery discount shop in Sweden) frozen vegetarian pizza “Alfredo” come 2 in box for about $4.85/€3.78/£3.00, it has mozzarella and spinach on the base and then I top it up with what ever I fancy.
The other evening I use picked out from the freezer for my pizza; chicken liver, diced bacon, grated cheeses and of course “Findus” frozen herbs.
Can’t give you any measurements here – just took the smallest bags I had.
Fresh ingredients I used, mushrooms, garlic, red onion and tomato.
With the chicken liver I divided the big pieces in half and removed the muscles, washed and patched dry. Then I fried it quick on high heat with Italian herbs, finely chopped garlic and seasoning, have to be still be quite pink inside when put on the pizza. I put the a small amount of chopped chilli on the livers after I taken it of the heat. If you put the liver raw on pizza it will take far too long time for it to cook and also with the blood sipping out, not good. 
With the base still frozen I put on the sliced mushrooms, sliced tomatoes, diced bacon, finely sliced red onion, the chicken livers and finished off with grated cheese and seasoning.
Then in the oven 200C/400F with the base still frozen – when you bake pizza at home, make sure you don’t use a soiled baking tray – instead put the pizza on a oven grid so the heat reach from underneath the pizza too – otherwise it goes soggy in the middle. Bake for about 10-15 min or until the pizza smells and look ready.
To take pictures of a ready baked pizza is nearly impossible, because it will always look dry. When food industry takes photos of pizza the toppings are still raw they “cook” with strong cold tea as coloring or very quickly with blowtorch – been there and seen it.
That’s it.
If my pizza was good … of course it was *smile
“Pizza is a lot like sex.
When it’s good, it’s really good.
When it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.”
Unknown
I am now STARVING!!!
That’s a good sign *smile – thanks a million.
You can’t believe but I am eating pizza now
I love pizza… and yours seems so delicious too… Thank you dear, and and yes, what a beautiful and unforgettable song! You almost took me into the memories… Have a nice weekend, love, nia
Nia, same to you … have a great weekend. I’m a big fan of Dean Martin and I thought this goes well with a pizza post. My pizza’s are maybe not the best in the world – but not far off *smile.
Great pizza!
Great … is the right word for it – give it a try.
Dave doesn’t like chicken liver, but I sure do…we’re actually having pizza tonight. Unfortunately, we don’t have chicken livers on hand. I’ll try it the next time though.
Libby, Dave had bacon on his .. I guess. I’m like him I love bacon with anything – even fresh cod. Another time … I know you will like the chicken lever.
He does put bacon on everything.
I love pizza. Now you’re making me hungry. Love the quote too.
That quote is so great. Love when they are a bit naughty. Love pizza too – but don’t eat it that often. ages since I had a take away.
Nothing like a bit of Deano – feel I need a glass of wine now though – can’t think why!
I would love a glass a wine with my pizza, but it doesn’t taste with wine when dinning alone. Want company for that – maybe best otherwise I would be on the wine the whole day *laughing.
now that is a pizza!!!!!!!!
not so big … but big enough for me and very tasty.
That look delicious!
Thanks, Sue … so easy to make.
I’d need a pan for this, I don’t have a pizza pan … I could make a square one.
Why not do like me .. buy a frozen vegeterian pizza and build with your topping – then you don’t need a pan. I would never do my own dough.
Oh. It comes with a pan… OOOH… I missed that idea, that is a pretty good idea. I have to pay attention to any processed foods because they are “so” high in sodium that my eyes burn, I’m all puffy in the face and body and then I’m irritable.
We’re only supposed to have 2400 mgs (I believe) of sodium in our diets per day and now that I read labels? Oh. My. God. There is so much sodium in processed foods it’s not even a little bit funny.
I could read the label though
it’s a good idea!
Sue, frozen food are not processed – have a look. It doesn’t need to be processed just because it’s frozen. What so called fresh products with long shelve life is processed.
No it doesn’t come in a pan – you just put it on the oven grid. You should never bake pizza in a pan – because it needs heat from underneath too – otherwise is goes soggy in the middle.
Oh … good
I didn’t know that. I know some of those hot pockets and things they make like TV dinners and things like that have high amounts of sodium in them. So I figured many of the frozen things would. I just read a pizza box here the other day and it had quite a lot in it as well… Maybe it depends on the brand. Ya know? I’ll have to check into that.
Yes, I know… and soggy pizza is quite icky.
I love brick oven thin crusted pizza’s, they are so delicious!
Sodium is salt and it has nothing to do with processed food. Your breakfast cerals has one of the highest contens of salt and so has cheese.
All the salt we need for our day we get in our jam on our toast in the morning. Fruit and berries has salt in them too.
If we stop eating everything we like – what kind of life would that be??? We have to have some gulity pleasures at times.
One day we shouldn’t eat butter .. next day it’s okay. Next day we get cancer from whiskey a month later a whiskey per day is good for you blood. How can we win – I think if we eat after our common sense we will be okay.
I know what sodium is. Soda also has a high content of it as well. I read the cans, processed things in cans more specifically and one can of a particular brand had like 670 mgs sodium in it and then those Ramen noodles? Were about the same. I thought… Oh my.
I have to be careful, so it has forced me to eat better which I’m grateful for, more unprocessed foods, fresh veggies and more fruit.
I understand what you’re saying though, there is always someone saying something about food and it’s contents and what’s good for us and what isn’t.
Common sense is a good idea. Afterthought: I love butter. Oh, it’s soooo good.
You’re so right … but there is people that smoke, drink and oversalt their food – and they live until they are nearly 100. A lot of it has to do with our gense of course. I think we should enjoy life and everything with a moderation. If I read the labels on everything I buy food wise, I would stop eating at all.
Look on all the shit they put into cookies, sweets and chocolate.
Still I don’t want to deny myself some good bad stuff once now and then. I eat maybe max 6 pizzas per year and hamburgers even less .. expect my own.
I understand completely. I’m not a fan of depriving myself of things either. Everything seems to have warning labels on it these days, there’s all the experts talking about what we should and should not have… it’s quite a lot of stuff.
(raises glass – Clink!) Here is to enjoying what we like when we like it
cheers, sue ,,,,! let us enjoy what are able to.
Yes ma’me!
Absolutely!
p.s. I have to read the labels actually now a days because the processed things do wreak havoc on my body. My eyes get all puffy and I get all bloated and everything.
Cept for chocolate
haha!
Ice cream too! Ice cream, some of the brands? Have the same effect on me as well. So I do the moderation thing and try to pay attention.
poor thing! my really gulity pleasure is ice cream can it for breakfast too. Glad that chocolate is okay for you. I’m sure there is salt in that too. *smile
I had ice cream for lunch the other day, quite enjoyed it too.
Yah, it kinda sucks but it does force me to make better choices.
So it’s all good…
I had ice cream with my mum .. today. I just love it. The problems you get .. will mean that you eat healthy and that is a good thing for you.
How was the wedding by the way.
I love ice cream too! I had a very nice time at the wedding, thank you for asking. It was in an amazing building, they had it beautifully set up and it was almost like having a private house with a big event. Very nice… I had a good time, I must say
Everyone looked amazing, it was a very beautiful affair
Wonderful .. to read that you enjoyed yourself … and that you didn’t have any problems … wonderful news. I told you so *smile
Yes you did.
All I did was not pay attention and simply enjoyed myself. I think it’s possibly the last time I’ll see any of them. It was a nice bon voyage, for what it’s worth.
It’s okay, it is what it is.