Prompted by a Chef John (“from Food Wishes dot com!”) video, we tried the puff pastry thing, making little pizza vol au vents.
We weren’t crazy about them. The puff pastry was kinda dry, and somehow the sauce and cheese didn’t help.
I think, maybe, we might not like puff pastry. Which is weird because we both really like croissants and other laminated treats.
the first time i tried the puff pastry base thing, my marinara was too loose and saturated the pastry, leaving puddles tomato on top.
hence why now i reduce the marinara to extract and boil off surplus moisture, til is more like a puree consistency.
Is “the queen” also puff pastry?
actually… no, rather the Italian flatbread called ‘piadina’ or ‘piada’, which i only recently discovered
olives, green pepper, tomato and mushroom pizza from Pizza Quest in London, Canada
Turns out olives are low in purines, so better for gout than pepperoni! (which can trigger gout) (We are dealing with gout)
I admit, i prefer pepperoni and mushroom to vegetarian pizza at a regular Canadian-style pizza joint, such as Pizza Quest .
I like some fancy vegetarian pizzas.
That’s a shyte ton of olives, could you taste anything else?
tbh I am becoming fussier the more I make pizza at home.
the guy was also heavy handed with the fresh tomato and mushrooms under the olives. I didn’t mind having a ton of green olives LOL
it was fine, 7/10.
I am trying to find a veggie pizza combination that I like at a regular Cdn pizza joint. Tomato Mushroom Green Pepper isn’t doing it for me.
And the Feta Black Olive one from the same place
makes my fingers swell from the salt LOL.
Do you have a Pizzaiolo near by, they have some good veg options.
looks great
Pizzaiolo doesn’t have locations in London, ON.
When I’m in Toronto, I’m focused on indie slices and I’m not dealing with gout myself. I like Nice Slice on Harbord, Mac’s on Bloor at Dovercourt, Renaissance near Dundas W, and Acute on Dundas W for slices in TO.
Edit: how could I forget Bitondo’s? I order their pepperoni slice once every 2 or 3 months.
Pizzaiolio is certainly a good option in Toronto.
For chain pizza in London, I like Gino’s the best lately. The Gino’s in my hood in Toronto is good.
For chain slices in Toronto, I used to like Mamma’s Pizza the best, Pizzaiolo second best.
Don’t know if your local pizza places would do an appetizing version of this, but one of our neighborhood places would make a pizza with pitted Kalamata olives and double onions upon request. The onions were softly melty, which was key. The contrast between the salty Kalamatas and the almost sweet, silky onions was appealing.
Adding a crumble of Greek oregano to that pie at the table doesn’t hurt either, if you happen to have any around. Happy pizza-ing.
Thanks! Sounds good!
