{"id":1352,"date":"2014-02-05T21:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T02:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/2014\/02\/05\/spicy-roasted-pistachio-pizza\/"},"modified":"2014-02-05T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T02:21:10","slug":"spicy-roasted-pistachio-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/spicy-roasted-pistachio-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicy Roasted Pistachio Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

These Mediterranean spices pistacchios have a nice earthiness and spicy finish.<\/p><\/div>I was shooting a scene for a commercial recently on a sidewalk in Beverly Hills. \u00a0Between set ups, I wandered into a juice bar and found a little jar of spicy Mediterranean pistachios sitting on the counter. \u00a0I bought them as a snack, but as soon as I tasted them, I thought “Pizza”! \u00a0These would make a great option for a pepperoni-like vegetarian pizza. \u00a0Pistachios add a nice crunch that can almost be “meaty” in their nuttiness and with these spicy ones, I was thinking it would be as interesting as using a spicy salty porky product that I love so much! <\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s get to the pizza. \u00a0This one came out great! \u00a0I ended up making 2 variations of this pizza. \u00a0For the second variation I added some saut\u00e9ed broccolini, which was a great addition. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Spicy Pistachio Pizza<\/h2>\n

Good dough equals good pizza!<\/p><\/div>Peter’s Country Dough<\/p>\n

Herb Oil – for the tomatoes and to drizzle on the dough<\/p>\n

Halved Garden Cherry Tomatoes<\/p>\n

Grated Mozz<\/p>\n

Goat Cheese<\/p>\n

Spicy Pistachios<\/p>\n

Sliced Shallots<\/p>\n

Chopped Italian Parsley<\/p>\n

*2nd Pizza options:<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sauteed Broccolini with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper<\/p>\n

<\/span>Peter’s Neo-Neopolitan Dough<\/p>\n

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Prep:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have 2 cherry tomato plants that won’t stop giving. So, I won’t stop using!<\/p><\/div>The cherry tomatoes will become an ingredient in this pizza, but also function as the sauce. \u00a0Slice them in half and cover with Herb Oil to coat and marinade. \u00a0You can do this in advance. \u00a0For this pizza, I just laid out the tomatoes for this pizza and drizzled some olive oil and sprinkled a little dried basil over the top before baking.<\/p>\n

Add the grated mozz and pinches of goat cheese.<\/p>\n

Lay some sliced shallots around the pizza and sprinkle on the pistachios.<\/p>\n

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That’s it. \u00a0Into the oven.<\/p>\n

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*An interesting thing happened to my pizza on the way to the oven…<\/p>\n

The Pizza Steel gets fired up!<\/p><\/div>I pre-heated the wrong oven! \u00a0My pizza stones, steel and pizza grate are all stored in my lower oven. I accidentally pre-heated the top oven. \u00a0Uh oh! \u00a0I was sitting there with a pizza on the peel ready to go. \u00a0By the time I could get one of the stone\/steels into the upper oven and got it up to temperature, my pizza would be wet and stuck to the peel. \u00a0Besides, I didn’t have all day.<\/p>\n

It was then that a lightbulb went off.<\/p>\n

I took the cold Baking Steel<\/a> out of the lower oven and placed it on the stovetop. \u00a0I turned the two burners to high and it got really hot in just a few minutes. \u00a0With some hot hands, I then placed the hot steel into the hot oven and in went the pizza.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is one great reason to have a metal pizza surface around like the Pizza – Baking Steel or the new cast aluminum Pizza Grate. i love cooking on my Forno Bravo extra thick pizza stone, but these other products offer some options to play with.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the Pizza Steel, this pizza came out great!<\/p><\/div>In about 7 minutes I pulled the pizza. \u00a0Success! \u00a0Nicely done. \u00a0I sprinkled some chopped Italian Parsley over the top and added some of my favorite Chili Sauce from 800 Degrees Pizzeria.<\/a> Delicious! \u00a0The pistachios were like little toasted pepperoni nuts! \u00a0Awesome.<\/p>\n

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*Alternate Version:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For my second version of this I used Peter’s Neo-Neopolitan dough and added some saut\u00e9ed broccolini. \u00a0Again, delicious.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget a little chili sauce.<\/p><\/div>Two great vegetarian pizzas with some “chops” to stand up and be counted amongst the saltiest and spicy meaty of meatiest pies!<\/p>\n

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Enjoy!<\/p>\n

*There are additional photos of the 2nd pizza in the gallery. \u00a0The broccolini added a nice juicy texture and flavor to this pizza.<\/p>\n

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