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Accidently good pizza

by Stuart Yaniger » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:23 am

We've done a few variations on the pear-and-blue-cheese pizzas, so just for fun last night, I used thin sliced Asian pears, sharp Cheddar, cilantro, and diced jalapeño.

My. Goodness.
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Re: Accidently good pizza

by Bill Buitenhuys » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:11 am

Nice accident, Stuart. I've done pear and jalapeno with fontina but the addition of cilantro and more bite to the cheese sounds yummy.
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by Stuart Yaniger » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:22 am

The Asian pear is nice because (besides its flavor) in a hot, fast bake, it retains some crispness.
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Re: Accidently good pizza

by ChefJCarey » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:50 am

Stuart Yaniger wrote:We've done a few variations on the pear-and-blue-cheese pizzas, so just for fun last night, I used thin sliced Asian pears, sharp Cheddar, cilantro, and diced jalapeño.

My. Goodness.


Grumble, grumble.

I must admit I've made a lot of what some might consider bizarre pizzas in restaurants over the years. (When one tries to come up with a new one every day that kind of stuff is going to happen.)

But, my personal druthers are very basic. I rarely stray far from the original Naples notions. I think they came up with a good thing.

However - damn, I must be hungry this morning - the combo you put together sounds good to me.
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Re: Accidently good pizza

by Cynthia Wenslow » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:58 am

I often do this, with the exception of the soap weed, and sometimes it's green chile, not jalapeno.
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Re: Accidently good pizza

by Thomas » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:06 pm

Stuart Yaniger wrote:We've done a few variations on the pear-and-blue-cheese pizzas, so just for fun last night, I used thin sliced Asian pears, sharp Cheddar, cilantro, and diced jalapeño.

My. Goodness.


Both my pears and jalapenos are ripened and you've given me something new to do with them--this weekend.
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Re: Accidently good pizza

by Jo Ann Henderson » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:05 pm

With the exception of the cilantro, I've had a similar combination in an omlette. Fabulous!
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