Pumpkin Pizza

Today the day came to try a recipe I have been wanting to try out for a long time, pumpkin pizza  with  butternut squash, courgette, basil  and yes, mozzarella cheese

The day began with the now customary Saturday morning trip to the Stuttgart market to gather the goods :-)

  

amongst my distractions were these big shake'y seed pods. I was super tempted to get a few 

and also

 

Carrots...

(!) 

For the pizza base I used Jamie Olivers Recipe HERE, i mean im not prepared to go on guess work when yeast is involved (!)I made half of his suggested portions to make 3 decent sized pizzas

..It worked REALLY well although their was a bit of a heart stopper when I thought I had bought something else instead of yeast. ( its hard, they have different words over here, and "hefe" could be anything...right?)

Sauce
Cup of Tomatoes
Cup of Pumpkin
4 cloves of garlic
Sugar to taste
olive oil

Boil tomater, garlic and pumkin, drain and mash. Return to heat and add olive oil and sugar for 10 mins until sauce looks like a pizza sauce ( y'know like...)

Put in a fridge and cool...

Roast the Pumpkin, Squash and Corgette ( i got a nice yellow one!)  whole, with a doucing of olive oil and salt. Leave to cool and chop into slices

Prep the pizza base, apply sauce first, mozzerella second. Then follow up with  basil, squash, pumpkin, and corgette. Drizzle with oil and put in oven until cooked (? until it looks cooked i suppose)

I honestly think the secret weapon
ingredient here is the fresh basil. After my 1st basil plant died a week after buying it, I decided that I would take a risk with another. I made sure to douse the leaves with olive oil before ovening to prevent them from going black. Here's to the longevity of my new plant...(if it manages to get through the withdrawal symptoms from living in a chemical pumped gas house)

epic fail

As i said, 3 pizzas were made..

 

Round two c. 18.00 with the Heilmanstr. krew
Round three c.21.00 with the remaining Heilmanstr. Krew

ruairi :-)

 

"Star" of Stuttgart

10 reasons why I love “Star Kebap & Pizza”!!!!! 

( but probably shouldn’t)

1. My first late night practice session in Stuttgart they re-opened after closing and gave me 2 litres of apple juice, and even tested if it was fizzy! I was very gracious and they blessed my onward journey 

( 50 seconds to my flat!)

2. I had my first time ( ...kebap) courtesy of “Star”. I know kebaps have a tough run in the UK, but over here they are at the pinnacle of the high end dining experience...

my first ♥

3. My first and only kebap ( spelt kebap, take note people) was handed to me through a glass screen as a joke...it was funny and I laughed :-)

4. They make the pizzas fresh in front of you, including rolling the dough and dolling them up, ovening them …. You get the idea?

5. Its always open, even on Sunday when everything is closed, and once 5pm comes, I mean EVERYTHING is closed….except you “Star”

6.  They put a WHOLE bag of mozzarella on a mozzarella pizza and its not a half ass brand, I can see from the counter :-) They will put anything you want on a pizza…

7. They have a pizza deal on Friday, all pizzas 3 euro.. I think I may need hypnotherapy…

8. Did I mention that they are cheap? Massive pizzas are 4 euro, see pizza deal on Fridays for discounts

i know, a crap picture, trust me its real' good

9. I was told by an actual Turkish person that the owner is a master kebap maker/builder/administrator thingy…

10. Its super super clean and they always play appropriate music.. ( cheesy euro pop etc etc )

11. they sell MASSIVE bottles of apple juice-yum…

ok game over people…ten was enough right?!!

OK, I sure I could go on, but I don’t want to sound obsessed  or anything of the sort. If you happen to be in the greater Stuttgart area (anyone…!?) and  want a pizza ( or indeed a kebap) go to “Star”. Its near my flat, don’t ask the street name, something straße…

i dont think they have a website either...

(!)

ruairi :-)