The best pizza cookbooks?
I've got pizza crust down pretty well, and can whip up a mean deep dish or thin crust reliably, so I'm looking to branch out into some more creative pizzas. My usual pizza is simple: homemade mozzarella (that's the secret to the dough, too: the whey), capers, roasted garlic, chard or spinach, light red sauce, whatever fresh herbs I can get my hands on. So now what? I'm looking for recipes for more creative things: blue cheese pizza, white sauce pizza, ingredients I haven't though to put together yet, etc. What are your favorite pizza recipe cookbooks, in terms of creative pies? Again, i don't really need help with the dough itself, but need fresh ideas for using it. Thanks!
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Becky, have you been to http://www.pizzamaking.com/ . lots of interesting discussion in the forums
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Channa
Jan 25, 2010 07:47 AM
Whenever I hear of a fabulous pizza place, I look for their menu on the internet. After all, they have combos that people are willing to pay for. I enter the most interesting combos onto a Word document, along with a photo, if available. My list is divided into sections -- White Sauce, Vegetarian, Pesto, Mexican-style, Ethnic (Thai, Indian, etc), BBQ, Salad Dressing, Chicken, Sausage/Bacon/Pepperoni/Prosciutto/Ham, Anchovy/Sardines/Tuna, and Dessert/Fruit pizzas. Of course, there's some overlap, but it's workable.
At the end is my master list of individual ingredients, arranged into Sauce, Cheese, Veg, Nuts, Seafood, Meat, and Other.
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Pizza making.com is a preferred pizza information source.
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honkman
Jan 24, 2010 04:24 PM
Peter Rainhart's "My search for the perfect pizza". Talks a lot about the history of pizza (Europe, US) but gives also good recipes for the different types of pizza etc.
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todao
Jan 24, 2010 03:12 PM
I'm not sure whether you're looking for a list of unusual ingredients for topping a pizza or if you want to try new styles of those delectable pies.
Here's one that I think may come close to both targets:
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Chicago-S...
