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CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Tomato Pie

A Utica classic. Tomato Pie. It’s not quite a pizza. Most of the time we eat it cold. It’s almost ALWAYS seen at parties. It’s so, so good! From Wikipedia: A unique food that is popular in Central New York (Utica, NY). Tomato pie is a pizza-like food that is common in Italian-American families. It is usually served at room temperature, not hot. This “tomato pie” is not made with fresh tomatoes and the name “pie” most likely derives from the term pizza pie. The basic recipe features pizza dough covered with thick tomato sauce, then sprinkled with grated Romano [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-27T14:32:57-04:00March 27, 2011|Taste of Utica|5 Comments

CEimB: Mushroom Onion Basil Pizza

And she did it HER way. This week was my pick for Craving Ellie. Pizza! You can buy a 10 oz pre baked thin pizza crust or you can make your own. Let’s go all the way here and make our own. If you have a bread maker, simply add the following ingredients in the order your bread maker’s manufacturer suggests. Otherwise, it’s really easy to make the dough from scratch using your hands, very little muscle and a clean countertop. To make 2 Lbs of Pizza Dough *For the Ellie recipe, you may only need 1/2 pound to get [...]

By Joanne|2010-11-03T16:18:04-04:00November 4, 2010|CEimB|14 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Pizza Dough

On page 54 of our book there is a superb, easy recipe for Pizza Dough. Posted by Toni (Leone) Guzski. The recipe may also be used to make pizza frite. Apple crumbles cut the ingredients in half to make one very large rectangular pizza. The ingredient quantities listed will make 2 large pizzas. 9 cups of flour 3 cups of water 2 TBS of sugar 2 TBS of shortening 1 tsp slat 1 pkg (or 2 1/2 tsp) yeast Dissolve the yeast in water (above) add shortening, sugar, and salt. Add the flour a little at a time. Knead the [...]

By Joanne|2010-05-09T18:38:50-04:00May 9, 2010|Taste of Utica|7 Comments

In The Bag: May is Broccoli and Blue Cheese

ITB: MAY hosted this month by Scott at Real Epicurean. Check out the site to see what is going on in his neck of the woods. He has chosen Broccoli and Blue Cheese as our key ingredients for May. Nothing else came to mind except Broccoli Blue Cheese Bread. It works as a great appetizer for cocktail parties, picnics, you name it. It's easy and full of flavor. Don't let the "bread" part fool you. The dough is Pizza dough. A very easy recipe for which a bread machine was used to do all the hard labor. The blue cheese should [...]