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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Recreating a Lobster Pizza
Last night was the first run and taste testing of the Fabulous Fortieth Anniversary Pizza and I have to admit it was not 'fabulous'. "How bad could a lobster pizza be?" you might ask. Bad - don't get me wrong, it was not inedible, it was just not what I wanted or expected it would be. The taste of the roasted garlic paste over powered the delicate taste of the lobster and the sweetness of the caramelized onion was predominate. I will re-write the recipe and we will just have to try it again. Tough work, but somebody has to do it. It pained me to waste an entire lobster tail on a pizza that was not perfect, but that's what recipe testing is all about. I think I will eliminate the roasted garlic paste and use butter in which I have lightly sauteed a few cloves of garlic. The manchego cheese was awesome, so that will stay, but I will try sauteing sliced shallots in butter with the lobster for a minute or two and eliminate the caramelized onions. Possibly finishing with kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, a squirt of fresh lemon juice and a hint of fresh lemon zest will complement the lobster. I am open to suggestions on this one, so if you have had a great lobster pizza and want to share what you liked about it, I would love to hear from you. Perla's Puttanesca Pizza is up next for testing. Review to follow.
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The garlic paste was probably too strong - Jen swears she can still taste it after 14 hours! - because I used it on the grilled crust. I have used it on dough that I bake with toppings on a pizza stone or pizza grill and it is amazing...no strong garlic taste - just sweetness.
ReplyDeleteThank you sharing your failures too! Looking forward to the revised edition!
ReplyDeleteBarbara