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cheeses, and many vegetables that are truly inspiring. Loaded with the healthy antioxidants of whole grains, tomatoes, onion, and peppers is an example. Eaten cold or warm, pizza can be a healthy meal or snack made with non genetically- modified( gmo) ingredients.
THERESE LAYTON
Wolfgang Puck is one of my favorite chefs, with many published recipes to his credit. He wrote about a classic pizza of Italy, quattro stagioni or“ four seasons” pizza. This pizza offers four different kinds of toppings that reference the four seasons. So here are my pizza examples – fresh tomatoes and peppers for the summer months, mushrooms for autumn, asparagus in the spring, and grass-fed ground turkey or beef in the winter.
Wolfgang Puck wrote that his four-season pizza is divided into sections. He created four distinctly separate sections by making an X of thin dough strips on top. In the recipe I am sharing, the four toppings on his pizza are mushrooms, tomato, prosciutto and crabmeat. Substitute your favorite ingredients. There are no rules. Artichokes, sautéed shrimp, roasted bell peppers, thinly sliced turkey or salami, pineapples, and gruyere cheese offer variety.
The new year offers possibilities and pairings for pizza and for trying new recipes. Let’ s look forward to a healthy happy 2017 and eat your favorite pizza year-‘ round!!!
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WOLFGANG PUCK’ S PIZZA RECIPE
published in the Detroit Free Press May 15, 2015. Serves 8-10
PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE
6 ounces mushrooms, cleaned and sliced 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper ¼ Lb of cooked crabmeat 1 medium tomato 8 thin slices prosciutto, cut into julienne strips 1 ½ cup tomato sauce 2 cups each shredded mozzarella and Fontina 2 tbsp shredded basil 1 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan
Prepare the dough at least 1 hour ahead.
Put a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500 degrees.
In a sauté pan over high heat, sauté the mushrooms in the oil until tender, 5-7 minutes; season with salt and pepper and set aside.
Remove any shell from the crabmeat. Cut the tomato into 6 slices.
On a floured board, stretch out 3 dough balls to 10- inch circles. Divide the remaining ball into 6 pieces and roll each into a 10- inch strip. Spread the sauce evenly among the 3 circles, leaving narrow rims. Evenly distribute the cheese.
Place 2 dough strips across each pizza to divide it into quarters.
Garnish a quarter of each pizza with tomato, another with crabmeat, another with mushrooms and another with prosciutto.
Slide a pizza onto the hot pizza stone. Bake until golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes.
Slide the pizza from the oven to a cutting board. With a sharp knife, cut into slices. Sprinkle basil over the tomato and Parmesan over the mushrooms. Serve immediately. Repeat with remaining pizzas.
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