ランスの料理日々– Day 1

Today I finally decided to try on a recipe (more like a sloppy technique) – Fried Pizza. Original recipe from here: http://brainz.org/14-easy-meal​s-every-guy-should-know-how-ma​ke/

Last weekend I had pizza for dinner, but didn’t manage to gobble down 2 regular pizzas like what I’m (or technically, was) usually capable of. So I had leftovers placed in the freezer awaiting for this fated day.

What you need is simple: the biggest frying pan you can find in your house (which unfortunately I didn’t have), a cover for it, cooking oil and (preferably defrosted) pizza.

STEP 1

This is a no-brainer, heat the frying pan with highest heat to remove all moisture. After it’s dry, pour a thin layer of oil onto it and distribute evenly.

STEP 2

After you can see small bubbles forming in the oil, or smoke is coming out, your oil is ready. Turn down your stove to low heat (not medium low, unless you are confident enough not to create a fireball and charcoal pizza like what I just did).

WARNING: Do not heat the oil until it’s smoking too much – this would kill the base of your pizza before the cheese melt.

MY STORY: I was expecting the oil to boil, which in the end it didn’t, except it was smoking like nobody’s business. “What the hell”, I turned the fire to medium-low and placed the pizza onto the pan.

Within a few seconds it turned into charcoal, and best of all, after I removed the pizza from the pan, the pan actually lit up into a ball of flame – till my neighbors yell “API! API!” and went over to check out on me.

At least my kitchen didn’t explode. =P

STEP 3

Cover the frying pan up – this will contain the smoke and heat, hopefully melt your pizza toppings early enough before the crust turns into ashes. (hence defrosting beforehand is helpful)

Wait for around 3-5 minutes and check on the bottom of your pizza (flip it slightly, don’t topple it). If there’s no sign of burn, you may continue frying it until the cheese melts completely.

STEP 4

After the toppings have melted, remove the pizza from the pan and place it on a plate. You may want to place paper towels on the plate beforehand to absorb the excess oil from the pizza. On the other hand, if you still keep the pizza box, you can just place the pizza directly on it, no towels needed :D

STEP 5

Enjoy your crispy-bottom-melty-top fried pizza. Awesome!