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Fruit Pizza – never had one but I’m going to!

Cookie Crust: 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar 1 c. softened butter or margarine 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. almond extract 1 egg 2 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp cream of tartar

Preheat oven to 375ºF Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract and egg. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours. Roll into a circle the size of the pan you want to make the…

A study by researchers at Manchester and Newcastle Universities has found that adding five tablespoons of tomato paste to the daily diet of 10 volunteers, their skin’s ability to protect against harmful UV rays improved.

Damage from UV rays can lead to premature ageing and even skin cancer and the scientists say it is the antioxidant lycopene found in tomatoes which provided the benefit.

The lycopene in tomatoes is at its highest concentration…

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/homesandholidays/2008/02/17/it-is-easy-to-grow-your-own-tasty-pizza-toppings-98487-20320697/

Great article on growing your own toppings.

Anybody going to have pizza/savoury pancakes tomorrow?

I’m thinking cheese, bacon and chilli…

Wonder what will be created this year…

February 14th 2007

A chef has flown from Scotland to Italy to create the world’s most expensive pizza for a St Valentine’s Day meal.

Award-winning Glasgow restaurateur Domenico Crolla will prepare the £2,150 (3,000-euro) feast for lawyer Maurizio Morelli and his wife Sabrina in Rome.

Mr Morelli, a gastro-expert, bought the pizza during a charity auction.

The treat named the Pizza Royale…

There’s a World Pizza Championship – April 21st-23rd, 2008 Salsomaggiore, Italy.

This huge international competition open to everyone in the world, returns for its 17th year.

History of Pizza – after looking on the web I’m not sure I would like to say where pizza originates from, although wikepedia has some great pizza information.

anybody got any suggestions for breads or bases – best practice on how to create the right results?

Goat’s Cheese and Sugar-roasted Tomato Puff Pizza by Tony Tobin from Good Food Bites

Servings: 4 Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Ingredients 350g Puff pastry 2 small goat’s cheeses, halved 6 tbsp Olive oil 8 small tomatoes on the vine 1 tsp caster sugar 225g fresh spinach 1 tsp thyme leaves 2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar 1 small bunch wild rocket

Method 1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas 7…