Saturday, 28 May 2011

Upside Down Deep Dish Pizza

 Another dish from American Deep South


This will greatly resemble yorkshire pudding, just softer. If you ever cooked your own pizza, this is much less trouble in my opinion, and will make easy one-pot family dinner.


200g of shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 tablespoon of oil, fair enough we used olive
1 chopped red onion
1 chopped green bell pepper
2-3 ounces of chorizo, roughly chopped
250g of minced beef
1 x 400g can of chopped tomatoes
1 teaspoon of basil and oregano each

for the "pizza base" which goes on top:
1 cup of milk
1 tablespoon of oil
2 eggs
1 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese

1) Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celcius. Spray a 9 x 13 inch glass baking pan with non-stick cooking spray or drizzle a litte oil. Arrange mozzarella cheese evenly on the bottom of the baking pan.


2) Heat the 1/2 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over medium high heat and cook the onion and bell pepper until soft, but not browned. Add the beef and cook until browned. Stir in the chorizo and cook another 4 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes from the tin and herbsg and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes, watching so it wouldn't dry out. Remove from heat and set aside.


3) Whisk together milk, oil and eggs. Add the flour and the salt to the milk mixture and whisk until well blended and smooth.
Sieve if too lumpy.

4) Carefully transfer the meat mixture evenly over the layer of mozzarella in the prepared pan. Pour the batter on top of the meat mixture, making sure to cover completely. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese evenly on top.


Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Once you have taken it out of the oven it will deflate. Don't worry, it's normal :)

Bon appetite! 

Recipe adapted from deepsouthdish.com

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