I was doing a bit of Christmas shopping three weeks ago when I chanced upon a little crowd in the appliance section of Myer Sydney. I walked closer and saw Pete Evans having a masterclass on creating pizza. With nothing but time on my hands, I gladly joined in to learn a thing or two in making pizza.
Pete Evans is one of Australia’s well-respected chefs and co-host of the cooking show, “My Kitchen Rules”. His passion for cooking started at a young age of 13 years old. When he turned 17, he followed his calling and became an apprentice chef. He currently owns the following restaurants: Pantry Restaurant (Melbourne), Hugos Manly (Sydney), Hugos Bar Pizza (Kings Cross) and Hugos Lounge (Kings Cross). He has written a few books too: Fish, a collection of fish and seafood recipes; My Table – Food for Entertaining; My Grill, which covers the art of barbequing; and My Party, a book dedicated to cocktail food and drinks.
His Pizza Masterclass is part of promoting his signature pizza maker with Breville complete with a recipe book. He was just getting started when I arrived.
I was able to try at least four pizzas, all were delicious and had the perfect crusts. The last pizza he made was a Chocolate Pizza but I wasn’t able to taste it. Creating the pizza with the use of the Breville Pizza Oven takes only awhile so the pizzas just kept coming. I was only able to take photos of three pizzas I’ve tasted.
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| MARGHERITA PIZZA |
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| CHILI PRAWN PIZZA WITH SALSA VERDE |
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| PUMPKIN PIZZA |
Some tips I learned from Pete Evans:
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Tomato-based pizzas are good for meat ingredients.
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Use good cheese
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Use good meats you can find in delis
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Marinate Prawns in chili and oil before putting them on top of the pizza
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Meat and chili are a great combination for pizza ingredients
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Use Chili Flakes instead of fresh chili
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Make your own dough — it’s easy!
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