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27 April 2008

Pizza with Broccoli Raab, Roasted Onions, and Olives. Have I posted this before? OMG so good. I also add crushed tomatoes, because I find pizza without tomato sauce weird (unless it's grana and arugula, which I adore), and I use fresh mozzarella sliced rather than grated, but this is seriously the perfect pizza.→[More:] I have the onions in the oven now, raab cooked and at the ready. Trader Joe's pizza dough is in the fridge, waiting to be rolled out. I have to go pick a lemon from the tree in the backyard (I love California), and I'll be set.

post by: occhiblu at: 20:06 | 19 comments

Man, that sounds wacky, but good too! I made a pizza not that long ago with pureed caramelized onions, some non-button mushrooms (maybe chanterelles?) and asiago mixed in with the mozzarella. It was pretty good, but I also miss the tomatoes in a non-tomato pizza.

Around the same time, I also made a lasagna with some of the same pureed caramelized onions, fresh baby spinach and more asiago. I had tried a crockpot caramelized onion recipe (suggested on these pages I think!), and had tons. It was a tasty, onion-y time!

Anyway...bookmarked for later, that's for sure!

posted by richat 27 April | 20:20

Man, that sounds wacky, but good too!

It definitely requires that one think of "bitter" as a compliment! The raab and black olives play well off each other, and the onions and mozzarella do add some sweetness -- but mostly it's that great bitter-greens taste.

posted by occhiblu 27 April | 20:23

That looks awesome, occhi.

I had Cheez-Its and canned minestrone soup for dinner. I want what you and richat are having.

posted by LoriFLA 27 April | 20:25

There's little food in the house here (and little money to buy food with), so I'm trying to figure out how to make something tasty with what's on hand. I think it's going to be lentil burgers.

But now I want pizza. :(

posted by mudpuppie 27 April | 20:31

It's broccoli 'rabe' I think.

posted by jonmc 27 April | 20:37

I've seen both. As well as "rapini". I have no idea what the split/etymology is (except that "rapini" is the Italian, but that's the one I see least often in the US).

posted by occhiblu 27 April | 20:38

Hmmm. This actually claims rapini is slightly different, but lists a bunch of other names for broccoli raab:

For the record, here are some of the other names also used for these vegetables: raab, rapa, rabe, rapine, rappi, rappone, fall and spring raab, turnip broccoli, taitcat, Italian broccoli, broccoli rape, broccoletti di rape, broccoletto, broccoli di foglia, cime de rape, rape, broccoli de rabe, Italian turnip, and turnip broccoli. There is a related but milder green grown in China which is known as choy sum or Chinese broccoli or Chinese flowering cabbage.

"Taitcat" kinda gives me a "One of these things is not like the other" vibe...

posted by occhiblu 27 April | 20:44

Oh, that sounds fantastically good (both occhi and richat --- oh, and mudpuppie --- lentil burger, yum!), but honestly... now I'm just just craving LoriFLA's Cheez-its.

posted by Elsa 27 April | 20:52

Oh yeah, these all sound great.

We had chipotle pork tacos with a pineapple-apple salsa. A Cooking Light recipe. Delicious. Although now I have leftover canned chipotle peppers... how long will they keep in the fridge?

posted by gaspode 27 April | 21:24

My favorite non-traditional pizza was the product of leftover ingenuity and turned out to be our favorite pizza ever. People of Metachat, I give you cinnamon-scented-squash pizza with caramelized onions. It's on an egg dough, with tomato sauce, mozzarella and parmesan. It's amazing.

posted by Elsa 27 April | 21:33

man, 'spode that sounds good. how's the 'spodette liking the chipotles?

P.S. It seems I cannot capitalize letters sometimes.

posted by richat 27 April | 21:47

Ooooh that sounds great too, Elsa.

richat - the 'spodette seems to really enjoy the spicy foods. She likes a half of Smithwicks with dinner, too.

posted by gaspode 27 April | 21:55

*moans* Ohmygodyoubastardsfromhellaremakingme hungry.

Now I regret having an I'm-writing! dinner of broccoli and toast.

posted by Elsa 27 April | 22:05

Oooooooooh. I do squash risotto a fair amount, with onions and nutmeg, but squash pizza sounds to-die-for. And I would probably throw some Gorgonzola on there. Cuz I'm crazy like that.

posted by occhiblu 27 April | 22:07

Mmm, yes, yes: the roasted squash for the pizza is the leftover smashed squash from The Fella's squash galettes. He makes them with cinnamon, nutmeg, sage (I think?), onion, and plenty of caramelized garlic. I like to spike it with plenty of chili powder or crushed red pepper.

Next time, I'll probably try it with goat cheese or ricotta, whichever I have left-over, topped with parmesan.

Me, not so much with the gorgonzola, but if you like that sort of thing, it's the sort of thing you'll like. It would be a perfect match.

I. Am. Getting. Hungry.

posted by Elsa 27 April | 22:12

Although now I have leftover canned chipotle peppers... how long will they keep in the fridge?

'pode: Put them in a Ziploc and freeze them. They'll keep forever. The sauce helps.

posted by mudpuppie 27 April | 22:24

That pizza sounds lovely. Also, rapini and broccoli raab/rabe aren't the same thing? That's a surprise.

Me, I sauteed some fava beans and green garlic in olive oil. I, too, got a lemon from outside, which I then squeezed all over the beans. Second loving California.

I'm glad to hear the little pode's up for real food.

posted by tangerine 27 April | 22:25

thanks, pups.

posted by gaspode 27 April | 22:29

Ooooooh, fava beans. I think the local market had them, but they were in an unmarked barrel and I feared that my fava-bean enthusiasm would be frightening to any clerk that I asked for confirmation. So I refrained.

posted by occhiblu 27 April | 22:32

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