I’m sure there’s something like this out there already. It came to mind while eating pizza for dinner just now. Here it is.
Ingredients:
- 1 pizza dough bread bowl (see first line in directions)
- 2 beefsteak tomatoes
- 1/4 cup cream or milk
- about 1/4 cup shredded cheese (mozzarella for authenticity)
- “pizza herbs” (basil, oregano, garlic, rosemary, bay leaf, etc.)
- diced toppings to taste (pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, etc.)
Directions:
Make your favorite pizza dough recipe, form it into a spherical shape, let it rise, and bake it. In a food processor, liquify the tomatoes. Pour tomato puree and pizza herbs into a pot, bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat until the bread ball is done cooking. Raise the temperature of the soup to just about boiling again and add the “toppings”. Let simmer until bread is cool enough to cut. Cut the bowl out of the bread, add the milk or cream to the soup and stir in most of the cheese. When the soup is hot enough to steam but not hot enough to curdle the milk or cream, pour into the bread bowl and garnish with more cheese and serve.
I don’t know how well this would do. If there’s anyone willing to test it for me and let me know, I’d appreciate it. Maybe nix the milk or cream, but that would help the cheese along at the end better… I dunno.
Cheers,
Giric
