Corn, Kewpie, and Shrimp Pizza

THIS AUTHOR DOES NOT PERMIT “RE-BLOGGING” WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT.
                                                                                                           

https://1tess.wordpress.com

►  This pizza exemplifies the combination of a familiar form treated with an unusual approach.  Applying mayonnaise, and corn to pizza dough may sound unsettling, but give pizza a chance! (sorry John Lennon) ► The toppings include shrimp, fresh tomatoes, bacon, corn, onion, garlic, and a garnish of pretty parsley and a grid of Kewpie mayonnaise. ► But that’s not all; instead of regular tomato sauce, the base is aurora sauce, which is made from ketchup, mayo, tomato paste, chutney and spices. ►Very nice flavor, if a bit rich, but if you consider an American pizza with a ton of cheese and sausage, well one can’t call it health-food, but it is a bit more conservative. ► Be sure to see my notes about “Aurora Sauce” later in this post.
►Favorite Pizza Toppings from “What Japan Thinks” ► 1 Bacon ► 2 Seafood ► 3 Onion ► 4 Corn ► 5 Salami ► 6 Tuna	Aurora Sauce ► ½ cup tomato ketchup ► ⅓ cup kewpie mayonnaise ► 2 Tablespoons tomato paste ► 2 Tablespoons hot mango chutney ► pinch of cayenne Combine the ingredients and blend until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use. Use leftover sauce on pasta—it’s spicy, sweet, and smooth. ►Thaw a package of frozen pizza dough, or better yet make your own.
► 7 Mushroom ► 8 Ham ► 9 Potato ► 10 Green pepper ► 11 Sliced tomato ► 12 Raw (parma) ham	Pizza Toppings ► ½ pound shrimp, cooked and peeled ► ½ cup fresh tomatoes, diced ► 5 ounces bacon, cut into small squares, cooked crisp ► 1 cup corn (nibblets from 1 ear) ► 1 small onion, thinly sliced ► 2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced ► chopped parsley, a good handful ► Kewpie mayonnaise
► 13 Basil ► 14 Garlic chips ► 15 Meat (bolognese) sauce ► 16 Snow crab ► 17 Teriyaki chicken ► 18 Barbeque chicken	►Boil the shrimp to cook. Peeling the tomatoes will make your pizza more elegant. ►Fry the bacon until crisp, drain the bacon on paper towels. If you take pictures of frying bacon, clean your camera lens: that is why these photos did not turn out well… ►Pour of any extra fat from the pan, add corn, onions, and garlic. Deglaze pan with a bit of water.
► 19 Anchovies ► 20 Red pepper ► 21 Pork ► 22 Beef ► 23 Olive ► 24 Broccoli	►Pre-heat oven: 450°F ►Stretch the pizza dough into two 9 or 10-inch rounds. (I had to make one rectangular pizza to fit my pan.) ►Spread aurora sauce, add tomatoes, shrimp, corn-onions-garlic, top with bacon. ►Bake 20 minutes. Garnish with parsley and Kewpie.
► 25 Gratin (grilled cheese?) ► 26 Cod roe spiced with red pepper ► 27 Egg ► 28 Salmon ► 29 Ruccola cheese ► 30 Shredded seaweed	► Aurora sauce in Japan オーロラソース (oorora soosu = aurora sauce) is different from French aurora sauce: ► Make chicken velouté sauce (chicken stock thickened with roux, then reduced) ► Add cream and butter to the above to make suprême sauce. ► Add tomato purée to the above to make aurora sauce.
► Note about purchased pizza dough: A one-pound package makes a 9 or 10-inch pizza. Chicago (Midwest) pizzas have thick crusts, but pictures of Japanese pizzas appear to have thin crusts. So I stretched the dough to cover a large cookie sheet. Even so, the crust was disappointingly soft. Really, should have made my own.

Advertisement