To: "homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Homestead] Chicken soup pizza
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:05:16 -0700
Two nights ago I made a standard chicken soup recipe: boil a whole chicken,
get rid of all bones, cut up meat into bite-size, add onion, garlic,
carrot, celery, salt and red pepper. I had thought to use noodles but there
were nice red potatoes at the store so I cut a couple up and put them in.
The soup was good.
But the lack of noodles bothered my noodle. So last night, in a fit to use
up lots of the solids, so I could then add noodles, I made what to me is a
new pizza.
Vegans should now strike the delete key.
Here in the city I use round, flat, Italian herb bread for the skin. I
skimmed the congealed chicken fat and smeared it on as a "sauce." Next went
a thick layer of Mozzarella and Mediterranean cheese mix. Then, using a
fork, I picked out chunks of the chicken and arranged them, then added some
carrots and red bell pepper for pretty. Chris was feeling a bit off her
feed so I peeled a bulb of garlic, cut the cloves in two and added them.
Thirteen minutes at 450 degrees on the pizza stone and I declared it a pizza.
It was very well received by the diners.
Had I known I would do such a thing, I would have strained the solids from
the broth before refrigeration. After a night in the fridge, the whole mess
is like a thick stew and it's hard to separate the solids. Excess fat ran
over the sides onto the stone, making a bit of a mess.