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40 pizzas / strawberry balsamic.

Strawberrybalsamic
Strawpizza
Pizzastraw

pizza no. 4 : strawberry balsamic.

occasion : we hosted Paul's aunt and uncle for dinner.

crust : our whole wheat usual – but only about half the recipe and rolled out super thin.

sauce : a balsamic reduction of Paul's concoction. Basically we heated about 1/8 C balsamic vinegar & 1/8 C olive oil, salt, pepper & 2 cloves of minced garlic in a small sauce pan until it reduced down. The result was super gloopy (for lack of better word) which is probably because we didn't stir it continuously but it spread well on top of the dough.

cheese : mozzarella and feta.

toppings : bacon & sliced strawberries.

thoughts : we wanted to try something different for the appetizer pizza (we made up a pesto chicken for the main one) and I had recently seen a strawberry & bacon pizza on Pinterest (link to original here). Ours is different, but the gist is the same. We loved it and so did Paul's aunt and uncle. Sweet & savory and awesome.

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22 responses to “40 pizzas / strawberry balsamic.”

  1. Megan Anderson Avatar
    Megan Anderson

    I would have never thought to put strawberries with that combination, but I eat a salad with those ingredients + spinach, so I’m guessing that’s awesome! Going to have to try this.
    P.S. I’m making homemade pizza dough for the first time tomorrow and I’m using your recipe! Thanks 🙂

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  2. amy s Avatar
    amy s

    hi elise – enjoy reading your blog and following you on your many adventures in crafting, cooking, scrapbooking, life, etc. and this post made me think of an appetizer pizza that i enjoy making that is super tasty that you and paul may enjoy it’s a brie and cranberry pizza with pecans
    http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/brie-and-cranberry-pizza/23127e83-29fc-452a-a6ec-ffb43eee033d
    anyway, thanks for the peek inside your world on your site. 🙂

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  3. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    yay!! have fun!

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  4. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    WOW. sounds amazing. thanks for sharing!

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  5. christen Avatar
    christen

    it looks amazing!

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  6. Pink Ronnie Avatar
    Pink Ronnie

    I would never have thought of using strawberries either! Will try and convince the hubby to try this the next time we do a pizza. (Actually, we’ve been doing pizzas once a week for the past fortnight – partly because of you!)
    Ronnie xo

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  7. Megan Anderson Avatar
    Megan Anderson

    Brie is the bomb and I’ve never had it on pizza. I’ll have to try that!

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  8. Lindsay Avatar
    Lindsay

    I would have never thought of this combo…but now MUST go forth and make it ASAP! Looks so yummy and I can’t wait to try it for ourselves;)

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  9. Beth I Avatar
    Beth I

    My husband and I don’t eat meat, but no bacon substitute spinach and chopped cashews. Yummy! Thanks for the great idea!

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  10. alli Avatar
    alli

    try reducing balsamic without olive oil. so YUM! sweet and thick and perfect! dont reduce too far though or youll have balsamic hard candy on your hands- which is also YUMMY but not quite right for pizza 🙂

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  11. Skye Avatar
    Skye

    This sounds incredible! I bet it would also be great with goat cheese.

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  12. Diane | An Extraordinary Day Avatar
    Diane | An Extraordinary Day

    Your pizza sounds wonderful! How much more fun to serve something not only unusual, but lighter, and full of flavor. It’s strawberry season…we’ll have to put it on the menu soon.
    Thanks!!

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  13. J3SS1C4 Avatar
    J3SS1C4

    That sounds like such a weird combination to me, so much so that I want to try it as soon as I can! I can’t imagine strawberries and bacon together though

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  14. Sammy G. Avatar
    Sammy G.

    do you use standard yeast? i know they have fast rising yeast and wasn’t sure if you could use that to cut down the 4 hours? any suggestions?

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  15. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    I think mine is actually rapid rise… it will not cut down on the time needed unfortunately.

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  16. Chrystina Avatar
    Chrystina

    Bacon, interesting twist. I like it. It’s like an awesome salad on a pizza. Great creativity.

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  17. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    That sounds amazing!
    xo Jennifer
    http://seekingstyleblog.wordpress.com

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  18. Lana Kecovich Avatar
    Lana Kecovich

    Hi Elise, this sounds amazing and I’m going to try making it today!
    Just wanted to let you know that when I tried to find this post, I used your “40 pizzas” and “food and recipes” links in the left hand menu and it wasn’t listed in either so you might want to add it to those categories. 🙂

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  19. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    thank you for letting me know! just fixed it. 🙂

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  20. jessica obrien | jessohbee Avatar
    jessica obrien | jessohbee

    have i told you about the FIG pide i ate awhile ago? picture doesn’t do it justice, but it was a sweet/savory combo that i’d never had before. insanely good: http://tinyurl.com/3vcsyr8 lemme know if you work figs in to a pizza! 😉

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  21. pizza Avatar
    pizza

    Thanks for the post, and I have to say that when ever I see fruit or certain vegetables on I pizza, my first thought is that it’s going to taste gross. But after going to a pizza place in Chicago where all of their pizza’s were weird. I have come to love pizza with crazy creations because it just pops with flavors. And after seeing your pizza with strawberries on it, it looks really really good. http://www.chicagodeepdishpizza.com/

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  22. Phil Thomas Avatar
    Phil Thomas

    This is a discusting pile on that pizza. I am so glad that pizza from Calgary is not so nasty as to have such things on their pizza.

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