Pita Pizza

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Well, I had always heard of it Brook, but never made it, until a year or so back, when I finally saw a version in one of the 2 Soprano's Cookbooks someone gave me as a gift (great cookbooks, by the way!).

It's a way to use up left-over cooked plain sketti.

One sautes cold noodles in a big non-stick skillet with olive oil, then scatters chopped ham (smoked salmon), caramelized onions- basically whatever one wants, across the top- then pours a custard of 4-5 whisked eggs, cream and parmesan cheese over all.

From then on- one cooks it much like an omlet- using a spatula to push cooked custard inward to the center of the pan while runny, uncooked custard ooozes and seeps and in turn cooks.

When bottom becomes fully-cooked, slide skillet under a hot broiler to brown the wet top until golden and solid. Slide onto a plate and slice into wedges like a pizza and voila! Spaghetti Pie!

[KYHeirloomer]

Wow! That sounds great.

Sort of like a fritatta made with pasta instead of potatoes.

[Mapiva]

That sounds delicious Chubbs. I've done that without the eggs just like Michael Chiarello described, crispy noodles and served salad on top of it and it was awesome. Thanks for the brunch idea!

[KYHeirloomer]

I guess to be technically correct, "pizza" should be made on a yeast dough base which is baked at the same time the toppings are being cooked. But through the years we've all used other bases and called it pizza.

Who hasn't used English muffins, for instance, to create individual pizza?

In that light, Ana Sortun has a great version of lamejun that qualifies. Her Chicken Lamejun with Roasted Peaches, Pistachio, and Sumac, instead of being made on the traditional manaaeesh dough (i.e., exactly the way pizza is made), uses lavash. The lavash is cut into rectangles or triangles, baked with the toppings, and eaten just like pizza.

So there's another possiblility (although not wheat free).

Occurs to me, if it works with lavash, then it would work with tortillas as well. Either the wheat or corn versions would make an interesting pizza base. And the toppings could be anything that you like.