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Default Homemade Pizza, Whole Wheat Crust?

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:11:29 -0400, Kajikit >
> wrote:
>>I don't make the crust for our pizzas at all - I make flatbread pizzas
>>made on oatbran or wholewheat pitabread. They taste wonderful with a
>>fraction of the work (and a fraction of the cost of actually buying a
>>darned pizza crust!) For sauce we use straight tomato paste without
>>any extra salt added and sprinkle it with herbs. In fact, we just had
>>pita pizzas for lunch today. Yum!

>
> I've used the pitas also and they do work very well and give a nice
> crispy crust. But usually I make my own dough.


+1 on the wholewheat pitas; cheap, easy, healthy, tasty. Not a fan of
straight tomato paste though; good in braises where it has time to mellow
but too strong/acidic for a pizza. Fresh tomato drained of excess liquid is
nicer.