What Dish do you do best? Recipe must be included

[Guest]

Lets see what the Pens culinary experts can dish up..

[Guest]

My best Pizza is Chilli Basil and Peperoni combo;

The base is a 50/50 mix of self raising flower and Greek yoghurt [left to rise then rolled as thin as possible]

The sauce is my own reduced from diced tomatoes[canned] Garlic, oregano and onion

Topped with a generous serving of thinly sliced peperoni, scattered Fresh chopped hot chilli, fresh basil leaves and a very thin scattering of Mozzerella cheese cooked in a preheated oven [at 220c until just brown..

[ism22]

My best Pizza is Chilli Basil and Peperoni combo;

The base is a 50/50 mix of self raising flower and Greek yoghurt [left to rise then rolled as thin as possible]

The sauce is my own reduced from diced tomatoes[canned] Garlic, oregano and onion

Topped with a generous serving of thinly sliced peperoni, scattered Fresh chopped hot chilli, fresh basil leaves and a very thin scattering of Mozzerella cheese cooked in a preheated oven [at 220c until just brown..

Yeah I don't mind making a pizza either - can you cook for us all before the next chookies game?

Every month I make a heap of dough, split it into parts and freeze it so that I can do a pizza whenever I want.

I'm also an a keen gardener, so like to use what I've got as much as possible. Great time of year for it because I've got heaps of tomatoes (for tomato paste & toppings) plus a lot of herbs going wild. My usual recipe is:
- Tomato paste (home made... tomato, basil, oregano and a few other things)
- Herbs scateered lightly across the paste (marjoram, thyme, basil, rosemary and a couple of curry leaves).
- VERY thinly cut zucchini on top of the herbs.
- Not too much cheese, but a mixture of 80% taleggio and 20% bocconcini.
- Dust is with salt and pepper + give it a spray of olive oil.

I'm in a city apartment (yep, balcony garden), so no wood fired pizza...etc. However, with the oven on full for 5 minutes (pre-heated of course) this comes out alright. When it's out, I top it lightly with wild roquette + a mixture of whatever fresh herbs I see fit.

The recipe's never the same (sometimes I add pancetta, eggplant, roasted pumpkin, tomatoes, or whatever's growing well at the time). Simple, light toppings and fresh ingredients - IMO that's all a good pizza needs.

[2026]

Gelbisons, Lamrock Ave Bondi makes the best pizza in Sydney imo. Capricciosa is my fav. They also make an amazing crab pasta with fresh blue swimmer. Their muscles in a watery red chilli sauce are also to die for.

[2026]

My top 4 Pizza places

Gelbies - Bondi
Gigi's - Newtown
Pizza E Birra - Surry Hills
Maranellos - The Bra

[horrie hastings]

My top 4 Pizza places

Gelbies - Bondi
Gigi's - Newtown
Pizza E Birra - Surry Hills
Maranellos - The Bra

Is that Gigi's now that that have gone completely vegan or before that ?
I used to be a big fan of Gigi's but the last two visits I had the worst two pizza's possibly I have ever had, they were not up to Gigi's usual standards and the last one had half the ingredients missing, this wasn't long before it went totally vegan, after the last visit I vowed I would never go back and when I learnt that they had now are totally vegan that sealed the deal.

Just opened fairly recently in Alexandria is Maxi's pizza, it used to be called something else but new people took it over and now the place does some excellent pizza's , definitely my favourite local one now. Anyway this discussion should be for tops feeds in Sydney section.

I'm going to post my tuna cannelloni recipe when I get a bit of time.

[Guest]

Is that Gigi's now that that have gone completely vegan or before that ?
I used to be a big fan of Gigi's but the last two visits I had the worst two pizza's possibly I have ever had, they were not up to Gigi's usual standards and the last one had half the ingredients missing, this wasn't long before it went totally vegan, after the last visit I vowed I would never go back and when I learnt that they had now are totally vegan that sealed the deal.

Just opened fairly recently in Alexandria is Maxi's pizza, it used to be called something else but new people took it over and now the place does some excellent pizza's , definitely my favourite local one now. Anyway this discussion should be for tops feeds in Sydney section.

I'm going to post my tuna cannelloni recipe when I get a bit of time.

All rubbish compared to mine.. Its about what you make? not where you eat...

[2026]

Yes they've gone vegan but i still love their food.

Something happens to me when i eat good pizza. Hard to explain but i kinda go quiet and stop talking and become oblivious to what's happening around me.

[2026]

All rubbish compared to mine.. Its about what you make? not where you eat...

I'm an average cook BigCoqosaurus so i have to head out sometimes.

[horrie hastings]

Its about what you make? not where you eat...

Oh boo hoo, someone already ruined your thread

Noticed what I put in the 2nd last line of my post and where the discussion should be

[ism22]

Gelbisons, Lamrock Ave Bondi makes the best pizza in Sydney imo. Capricciosa is my fav. They also make an amazing crab pasta with fresh blue swimmer. Their muscles in a watery red chilli sauce are also to die for.

TOUGHEN UP OP!!! This thread is all about your favourite pizza shop in town. Don't go all soft on us now caaaaarnt...

The Charing Cross on Bronte Road is where I spent much of my teenage years. More for the vibe than the pizza though...

The rest have either closed down or changed. A few I can think of that still exist are:
- Arthurs Pizza on Oxford st (Paddo). W@nk@ of a landlord kicked Arthur out and kept running the joint himself, under the same name. Massive dog act and it was nowhere near the same quality/vibe.
- The Paragon in Goulburn. BIGGEST most filling pizza around. I have family in Canberra and Sydney so always duck in there during the trip. Retro Greek cafe complete with slinky vinyl booth seats, paintings of Greek gods, an ornate roof and water fixtures. Golden place to fill up while driving!
- Big Al's in hmmm Sharks territory somewhere. Forget the suburb name. Big guy runs it and he's a character. Used to arm wrestle him as a kid.
- Lavios in Cammeray. Some awesome old wog dude called Lavio has dug his feet in and refused to move despite the north dhore turning more and more into a place I CBF eating in (poor food and too much lame-as w@nk@ry - they clearly haven't eaten out in Paddo for the past 30 years to see how lame they all are!) Anyway, if you walk in drunk at 1:00am, Lavio will still be there drinking his Sambuca. Hit him up, share a drink and grab an awesome pizza! Such a champ... him and the oldschool Chinese place nextdoor are the best!!
- Oh... and Two Fat Chefs in Rushcutters Bay. I lived around the corner as a kid (yep, I grew up behind the cross and my childhood was like that book - Aunts up the Cross). I worked there delivering pizzas. Boss (Steve - fat Greek dude) was an a-grade ar$3h0le. However, he was a character. He always sat out the front playing backgammon and laughing because there was a red light camera and a speed camera. People would ALWAYS speed to get through the light, so they'd get booked twice (red light and speeding). He'd sit there chortling his fat @r$3 off while this happened. Oh, and I was a fresh face so he always made me deliver pizzas to the local brothels (he loved it because he knew I was a kid and didn't frequent brothels like he surely did). Anyhow... joke was on him because brothels always tipped $50+. The madames would collect the money from the girls (out the back) and then just give me it all. They wanted it to all happen as quickly as possible, and were loaded with cash so didn't give a fark about change...

Meh, every town has a good pizza shop with an equally good story behind it

[eddie]

Recipe for toast.

Shove cat off top of breadbox.
Search for bread without mould on it.
Feed all bread to horse and drive to shop.
Place bread in toaster.
wait.
Search for receipt for the faulty toaster.
Search for glasses.
Give up and open a beer.

[2026]

What's your favourite Breville toastie?

1) Leftover lamb roast with plastic Bega tasty cheese.
2) Hot salami or chorizo with cheese
3) Fetta and spinach
4) Blue cheese and mushroom
5) Ham, Cheese and tomato

As a grom, and although my mum was the greatest cook on this earth, and cooked every night i loved - Can spag and cheese(but it's farking messy). Continental frankfurt and cheese.

[horrie hastings]

What's your favourite Breville toastie?

1) Leftover lamb roast with plastic Bega tasty cheese.
2) Hot salami or chorizo with cheese
3) Fetta and spinach
4) Blue cheese and mushroom
5) Ham, Cheese and tomato

Left over chicken and chilli risotto [which my better half makes so not going to post that recipe ]
Ham and creamed corn.
Salami cheese and tomato

[2026]

Left over chicken and chilli risotto [which my better half makes so not going to post that recipe ]
Ham and creamed corn.
Salami cheese and tomato

I love risotto but it's so hard to get it right.

Apparently Cooper Cronk is a very good cook and is rumoured to be heading to the Merge this year.

Seems like contracts mean sh*t these days.

Would we be interested?

Pearce/Cronk?
Hastings/Cronk?