Thursday, October 14, 2010

Celi's Calabacitas Pizza

For those of you who may not know, calabacitas is a Spanish word meaning 'little gourds'.  They are small and light green in color and are sometimes used interchangeably with zucchini.  Of late, calabacitas often refers to a vegetable dish or casserole containing sauteed onion, jalapenos, garlic, corn, diced squash and tomatoes, and herbs like cilantro and oregano.   Mexican crema and asadero cheese are stirred into the cooked squash mixture which can then be served wrapped in tortillas or baked to use as a side dish.  Either way, as vegetables go, it is 'fabuloso'.  I deconstructed this in order to make Celi's Calabacitas Pizza.  I mixed the Mexican crema with sour cream, chives and cilantro to use as a base on the pizza dough which is then topped with half of the cheese.  The squash mixture consists of sauteed Mexican squash (use only thin small ones or they can be bitter), onion, minced jalapeno pepper, fresh oregano leaves, salt and pepper; this is layered on the cheese and is topped with diced tomatoes.  More asadero and onto the pizza stone.  Hopefully, it will taste as good as it sounds; I will know tomorrow after the taste test.  My test run of the calabacitas consisted of mixing together everything that will go onto the pizza dough; it got the nod from my official taste tester, Araceli.  Thanks to all the taste testers at Gadabout, I hope you enjoyed the calabacitas.

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