Years ago I remember going to get-togethers where dessert pizza was very popular. I remember they were really good, but I never asked how they were made. Does anybody have a recipe for a dessert pizza?
I first read desert pizza, so was thinking of sorghum dough, a paste with drought tolerant pumpkins instead of tomato sauce, baobab leaves instead of spinach, camel cheese on top, and a dribble of olive oil. Anyone getting hungry?
But for dessert pizza, no idea, sorry, not the sweet type
30 years ago my mother made one topped with all the supermarket candy you can imagine. My daughter wants one like that but I said, "We will do it with fruit if we make one."
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Most of the versions I had seen used a basic chocolate chip, peanut butter or sugar cookie as the base and it is just pressed thin into a pizza pan. Then base cooked and pulled out to add sweet toppings like: marshmallows, nuts, chips, candies etc. Then put back in under broil before serving. Some called for sauces or whipped cream as finishers.
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The ones I remember had fruit all over the top, but no chocolate. Maybe a sugar cookie crust with something spread over that (cream cheese?) and a thin layer of jam(?) and slices of fruit. I remember kiwi and strawberry. Really yummy, although being a chocolate lover, something with chocolate chips would be a treat too.
I want to include the pizza crust recipe in addition to my post above. It has been the best we have tried and we try a lot because we love pizza.
4 Cups Bread Flour
1.5 Cups warm water 1T Yeast
3t Honey 2t Salt
4t olive oil
Mix and knead for 5-10 mins, you know what you are looking for.
Rest for 15 mins.
Divide into 3 balls to make 12" to 14" pizza crust for each ball.
Cover and let rise for an hour.
I use lots of cornmeal to keep it from sticking. I have a Blackstone propane pizza oven with the rotating pizza stone. Wow, it is amazing. If you wait until fall, you can get it on major discount. Major sales then to make room for Xmas junk. I know it can be picked up for $150 and it retails for $500. It is worth it either way but $150 is a great deal.
Put some Nutella and marshmallows on that thing and you are a superstar
That takes me back. There used to be this amazing Austrian/German/Swiss restaurant in NE Portland in my dad's neighbourhood called Reinlander/Gustov's, there was the fancy side and the chill more Americanized side and it was in a building that looked like a Bovarian castle! Anyways they had this thing called strawberry pizza which I enjoyed. I don't know how they did the crust, but it had strawberry slices, on creamcheese of some kind, possibly some jam, and some whipped cream, and likely other things I can't recall. Yum!
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Dian Green wrote:Most of the versions I had seen used a basic chocolate chip, peanut butter or sugar cookie as the base and it is just pressed thin into a pizza pan. Then base cooked and pulled out to add sweet toppings like: marshmallows, nuts, chips, candies etc. Then put back in under broil before serving. Some called for sauces or whipped cream as finishers.
This is the kind of dessert pizza that I have had.
Basically just a big cookie.
Whether you opt for Ree's fruit pizza, a gooey s'mores pizza, or a strawberry nutella pizza, this list of dessert pizza recipes has something for everyone. Not only are they great for feeding a crowd but they also make a fun addition to any potluck, baby shower, or birthday party.
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Somehow it seems more like my idea of a dessert pizza than does the giant cookies called pizzas (maybe because I make bar cookies all the time, which are rectangular). I'm seeing the fruit pizza as more pizza-like because it has layers like a pizza: crust, cheese (probably cream cheese but could use my homemade ricotta or chevre), sauce (jam?), and topping.
The only ingredient I'm not sure about in that recipe is the marshmallow cream because its not an ingredient I use.
After seeing this fruit pizza picture above, I got to thinking about an easy puff pastry my wife makes with crescent roll style dough, brie cheese and cranberry sauce.
Josh Hoffman wrote:After seeing this fruit pizza picture above, I got to thinking about an easy puff pastry my wife makes with crescent roll style dough, brie cheese and cranberry sauce.
I bet that would be pretty good as a pizza.
Actually, that might be a good winter version, since fresh fruit isn't very seasonal right now. I canned some cranberry sauce not too long ago, although I think any homemade jam would work. Maybe then I wouldn't need the marshmallow cream in the cream cheese because the cranberry sauce would sweeten it just enough without the need for the marshmallow stuff.
I guess what I'm trying to figure out is a healthier version of dessert pizza, without highly processed ingredients and not overly sweet.
Oh my! I'd never heard of a dessert pizza before. I was thinking of a hot pizza - like a fruit pudding (Hmm, I wonder whether custard would work as the 'glue')
I found this one, which looks like it may be a slightly healthier option, although still does use lots of date syrup:
Anyway I did find a couple of recipes that look like they would work warm:
freeform summer fruit Looks like it would work with various different crusts.
This one in Dutch looks like it could be a good starting point, but my translation says "puff pastry" and the picture doesn't look like it....
I think I might start with a sweet dough, like for stollen or even (drool) croissants...I wonder whether marzipan would be good for a 'glue' to replace the cheese...Hmm, something like a bakewell pudding mix over a jam spread on the dough, with fruit and almonds sprinkled on top....
Nancy Reading wrote:Oh my! I'd never heard of a dessert pizza before. I was thinking of a hot pizza - like a fruit pudding (Hmm, I wonder whether custard would work as the 'glue')
Well, that's another idea worth trying. I'm thinking ricotta cheese would work well for that, maybe with a canned fruit topping (since fresh fruit is basically out of season!)
I found this one, which looks like it may be a slightly healthier option, although still does use lots of date syrup:
Interesting. I make a chocolate pudding pie with a pecan meal crust (really tasty).
I agree about the amount of date syrup in the recipe. I'm wondering if plain cream cheese would work (softened to make it spreadable). With a cookie crust and homemade low-sugar jam or cranberry sauce, it might be just right for us. I've cut down our sugar intake enough so that it only takes a little sweetening to make something taste sweet to us. Cookie + jam or canned fruit (slightly sweetened) might be just right.
I think I might start with a sweet dough, like for stollen or even (drool) croissants...I wonder whether marzipan would be good for a 'glue' to replace the cheese...Hmm, something like a bakewell pudding mix over a jam spread on the dough, with fruit and almonds sprinkled on top....
I would love it if you would experiment with these ideas (hint, hint!)
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