Hash Brown Pizza

This recipe involves 3 components :-

a) Pizza Base

b) Hash Brown

c) Pizza Topping

Recipe

* For the pizza Base dough, follow the same recipe as that used to make Bread. You can find the recipe for making the bread on my blog here.

For Hash Browns

• 2 medium sized potatoes – par boiled (Thin skined preffered as they have less starch. Starchy potatoes make the hash brown less crispy and mushy)
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• 4 tsp oil for pan frying (if desired, you can also fry the hash brown)

For Pizza Topping Though the topping is entirely your choice and can have in-numerous combinations, i have suggested a topping i used for my pizza. Any fresh vegetables used for toppings works well 🙂

• 1/2 cup Tomato sauce – Made using 2 tomatoes, 1 medium onion and 2 garlic cloves in 1 tsp olive oil. (Alternatively, you can give this pizza base a twist by using DSB’s Tomato Sichuan Sauce. Find the recipe here)
• 5-6 Olives – pitted and diced (you can use either green or black olives)
• 1/2 cup Bell Peppers/ capsicum – Red/Yellow/Green
• 1 small zucchini – thick /sliced vertically
• 4-5 button mushrooms – Thick slices
• Salt to spinkle
• Pepper to sprinkle
• Oregano to taste
• Paprika to taste (you can also use powdered Chipotle)
• 1 tsp Olive Oil
• 1 tsp Cream cheese/ Mayo
• 1 cup shredded cheese – Mozzarella + Cheddar

Method

As a pre-preparation, it is recommended that you make the hash browns first.

For Hash Browns

1. Take the par boiled potatoes and remove the skin.
2. Now using a grater (with big holes), shred the potatoes. Add in the salt and pepper and mix carefully to avoid breaking of the potato shreds.
3. Form patties of 1″ dia of about 1 cm thickness.
4. In a skillet/pan, add 2 tsp oil and pan fry the hash brown patties till crisp and golden brown.

You can also add in a zing to these hash browns by adding paprika and oregano for making your pizza spicy.

For Pizza Base

1. For forming pizza Base dough, follow the same recipe as that used to make Bread. You can find the recipe for making the bread on my blog here.
2. After the dough has risen once, punch to remove excess air and roll it into two 9″ dia pizza (about 1/4 inch thickness).
3. Now you can either bake it half way right now and store to use for the pizza later or put the toppings and bake it together.
4. Pre-heat your oven to 375 F.
5. For the toppings, you can either stir fry the veggies in 1 tsp olive oil before placing on the pizza base or you can even use them raw like i did.
6. On the pizza base, spread a generous amount of tomato sauce. Now place 6-8 hash browns towards the outer edge of the pizza and arrange the mushrooms, bell peppers and zucchini towards the centre of the pizza. Sprinkle salt, pepper, paprika and oregano to taste.
7. Sprinkle a good amount of shredded cheese mix on top and arrange olives on the top.
8. Add little cream cheese/mayo on each hash brown and top with a sliver of olive. As an interesting twist, you can make holes in the hash brown and fill them with the cream cheese/mayo.
9. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or till crispy and brownish on the edges.
10. For an added flavor, you can add some extra virgin olive oil on the top of the pizza before serving.