Missed International Pizza Party Day yesterday? No worries, rustle up some great homemade pizza! Why celebrate on just one day when you can turn the whole weekend into a pizza-gorging fest?
Mumbai's European-style bistro, Pranzi Ristorante and Lounge offers one of their popular recipes -- it has a 12-inch hand-tossed crust and features tomato sauce, mozzarella and a range of sautéed mushrooms -- enoki, shimeji, along with whatever fresh seasonal picks you can find. Simple, elegant but yum.
Please find the recipe here: Forest Mushroom Pizza
Khadija Sayeed thinks out of the box (and pizza pan) and invents a pizza-ish muffin or muffin-ish pizza -- whichever you wish to call it -- by blending cheese, olives, capsicum, oregano and tomato sauce. A delightful bite-sized treat, it can be a crowd favourite.
Please find the recipe here: Cheese Pizza Muffins
Mexico meets Italy in Chef Varun Bajaj's cheesy, crunchy version of the international favourite made from nachos but with pizza toppings.
Please find the recipe here: Nachos Pizza
Shake things up with Chef Vijesh Modi's focaccia take -- soft, golden focaccia bread is impeccably baked (ie right temp, right time, right crust) and topped with fresh basil, black olives, Parmesan. Cheers!
Please find the recipe here: Focaccia Pizza Bianca
Get healthy, ladies and gents. Make your pizzas with buckwheat, courtesy Nidhi S Raj's recipe. Gluten-free, it has a hearty buckwheat and potato crust that’s crispy on the outside and -- what else -- soft on the inside.
Please find the recipe here: Buckwheat Pizza
Chef Merajuddin Ansari's imagination takes him a-wandering and he conjures a light, fresh phal pijja that is not overly sweet and uses plenty of fruits. This pizza doesn't use maida or even wheat flour -- the base consists of a mixture of oatmeal and almonds. Wah!
Please find the recipe here: Fruit Pizza
It's mighty rare to be served anything called barbecue and vegetarian in one breath. Chef Sabyasachi Gorai does a good turn for veggies when he combines walnuts with pizza sauce in a blender to get a different kinda texture and a new kinda pizza. Yippee!
Please find the recipe here: BBQ Vegetarian Pizza
A sumptuous pizza dessert recipe from Chef Varun Inamdar’s kitchen. He smothers a crisp cookie crust with rich chocolate sauce and tops it with a colourful mix of jelly cubes, crunchy biscuits, pistachios, chocolate corn flakes and an attractive rainbow of M&Ms or Smarties.
Please find the recipe here: Chocolate Cookie Pizza