Pizza Pie
It’s time for another global food party – last time we made gnocchi and this time we’re doing pizza pie!
Waka, waka, waka
Now I know that pizza pie can refer to just a regular pizza, but I really wanted to do a PIZZA PIE. So I have two offerings to bring to the party.
The first, is a pizza in a pie form – pies with a pizza filling! I made a savoury shortcrust for the bottom pastry, which was then placed into pie tins and blind baked. Then I filled the pie shells with pureed tomatoes, salami, olives, mushrooms and mozzarella. Then it was topped with a lid of (store bought) puff pastry and baked to pizza pie perfection. Despite my lack of pie making experience (and trust me, it showed when I just tried to whack the puff pastry lid on top without wetting it, thinking it would stick by itself) these were still very good. My shortcrust pastry was buttery and soft, and the filling tasted just like pizza. A definite pizza pie success.
My second pizza pie is a pie in pizza form! I cooked up a pot of meat pie filling by browning some diced beef in seasoned flour, and then stewing it with a couple of diced carrots, onions and celery and chicken stock. I made pizza bases from no-knead pizza dough, spread on pureed tomatoes, and then added a thin layer of meat pie filling. Shredded mozzarella went on top of that, and then a piece of puff pastry. Again, it was baked to pizza pie perfection – I LOVED this version, most likely because the pie filling was savoury and moreish.
I did also do regular pizza, but unfortunately Bro ate the ones I was going to photograph (nice one, Bro!). And you may also be wondering about the cupcakes? Well, it’s Penny’s birthday and it can’t be a party without cake. So Penny received vanilla cupcakes with lemon buttercream and pizza slice fondant toppers. Happy birthday!
A big thanks to Dany for coming over and critiquing my pizza pie creations. Huge thanks also to Alastair for doing the mountain of dishes I generated! I hope you enjoyed my offerings to the party – visit the other attendees to see what they prepared:
Addictive and Consuming
Sense & Serendipity
Christine’s Recipes
Eat, Live, Travel, Write
Tasty Trix
Hold the Beef
Enriching your kid
Five Star Foodie
Kitchen Butterfly
Second Helping
Berry Travels
Cafe Campana
Momofuku for 2
Fried Wontons for You
A Food Lover’s Journey
Sweet Cherrie Pie
Tangled Noodle
5 Star Foodie
April 18, 2010 @ 11:52 am
The little pizza pies look so wonderful and I love your filling! The cupcakes look awesome too!
Vee - A Melbourne Munchkin.
April 18, 2010 @ 11:55 am
Pizza pie and pie pizza! Very witty, I love it. Not for the carb-conscious, clearly, but to hell with that!
Jessica604
April 18, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
The fondant pizza cupcake toppers are the cutest things! I have a friend who is getting into custom cakes, so you both have me very inspired 🙂
penny aka jeroxie
April 18, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
Thanks so much! I love the little ones. So cute. I can't bear to eat it.
Pizza pies 2 ways – Perfect!
Trix
April 18, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
Well, your fondant on the cupcake is The. Cutest. Thing. EVER. Really. And the pie interpretation is great – you and Penny both did a pie, but completely different – isn't this a great party??? Clever girl!!
Jo - SecondHelping
April 18, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
Pie as pizza and pizza as pie (not to mention the regular pizza and the cupcakes) – you were very busy!
Yum!
Conor @ HoldtheBeef
April 18, 2010 @ 1:29 pm
Wow, what an effort, but the results are totally worth it! Love the takes on 'pizza pie' and 'pie pizza' – I reckon you could sell the pizza pie concept to Mrs Macs 😉
Cupcake is super cute too!
Cherrie Pie
April 18, 2010 @ 1:41 pm
I love the pie with pizza filling. YUM. great idea!
mademoiselle délicieuse
April 18, 2010 @ 4:32 pm
Haha, I think you're doing my head in with these creations! But I'd be happy to eat all of them any day =)
Stephanie
April 18, 2010 @ 5:15 pm
I love the pizza cupcakes!
Mark @ Cafe Campana
April 18, 2010 @ 5:29 pm
You certainly embraced this challenge with both hands. I like all your different permutations of the theme. Cool cupcake too.
Anh
April 18, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
This is so sweet, Agnes! 🙂 I have to say I am attracted to the cupcakes the most. Sugar craving!
OohLookBel
April 18, 2010 @ 9:58 pm
Love the look of the pastry on you pizza/pie. It's so flaky and gorgeous!
Agnes
April 18, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
5 star foodie: Thanks – both versions were very tasty. 🙂
Vee: It was a very carbalicious party! Carbaholics only!
Jessica604: I loved making the fondant pizza cupcake toppers. It's like playing with Playdough or clay 😀
Penny: hehee, you're welcome! Thanks for the party – pizza pie was a fantastic idea!
Trix: It was a fantastic party! Everyone brought all different variations – it's so great!
Conor: yes, Mrs Macs should totally do a pizza pie! I had a rather epic cooking weekend, but with lots of tasty results.
Cherrie: we had the pie with pizza filling for dinner today – and it was SO DELICIOUS.
mademoiselle: hehee, pizza? pie? It's piezza!
Stephanie: the cupcakes were really fun to make. 🙂
Mark: It was a fun challenge – pizza pies rock!
Bel: can't go wrong with puff pastry 🙂
Emma @CakeMistress
April 18, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
Enamoured with the pizza cupcakes, they're cute as a button! Yay, I'm not the only one who sees Pacman in a sliced pizza either 🙂
Amy Alexandra
April 18, 2010 @ 10:38 pm
Yummm. I'm really glad I made pizza tonight, or I'd be rather hungry for some.
Christine@Christine's Recipes
April 19, 2010 @ 12:00 am
Witty words and lovely pics. You extended the meaning of our party to a different level. Love it.
reanaclaire
April 19, 2010 @ 12:32 am
absolutely ravishing!!
Rick
April 19, 2010 @ 12:57 am
The cupcakes are magical.
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Kitchen Butterfly
April 19, 2010 @ 1:07 am
Loveeeeeeeeee the cupcake and love the pizza pie. Love anything with puff pastry to be honest but this sounds superb
Cherine
April 19, 2010 @ 2:38 am
The cupcake looks fantastic:)
Tangled Noodle
April 19, 2010 @ 4:20 am
This trio of pizza pie pizzas is so topsy-turvy brilliant! I would love any and all of them. 8-D
Valen
April 19, 2010 @ 10:58 am
This is great! What wonderful ideas!
Shirley
April 19, 2010 @ 7:38 pm
Love the idea of a stuffing rather than a topping. Holds well and can stuff more.
Agnes
April 20, 2010 @ 8:43 pm
Emma: I was rather pleased with myself when I made the fondant pizzas. I'm so glad I went to the effort!
Amy: I hope your pizza was good!
Christine: Thanks! The party was fun. 🙂
reanaclaire: thank you!
Rick: cupcakes are pretty awesome. 🙂
Kitchen Butterfly: oh I'm the same – I adore puff pastry as well!
Cherine: I thought they were were too, if I can blow my own horn. 😉
Tangled noodle: Now that I've shared the brilliance of the piezza, feel free to try it out anytime 😉
Valen: thanks 🙂
Shirley: yes! Although I always have the problem with overstuffing things – haha.
Celeste @Berrytravels
April 20, 2010 @ 10:27 pm
I'd gladly eat any of these! My fave tho has to be the pizza in pie form. Your pie looks absolutely perfect too. /major envy!
So so yum, thanks for sharing! Your pizza pie contribution has to be my favourite of all the different variations!
imasugarjunkie
April 21, 2010 @ 11:38 am
ooh these look so good! The cupcakes are cute and I love the idea of pizza in a pie!