What could be a worse pizza topping than pineapple? If anyone knows, it’s Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver has caused a stir after revealing a controversial pizza topping.
Love him or loathe him, Jamie Oliver knows his onions. He also knows his pizzas, but that’s not a well-known phrase.
So when he was tasked with giving his top pizza pick, many believed he was having a good stab at some classic British humour.
Oh dear reader, he was not...
It turns out Jamie Oliver, perhaps the most famous chef in the world without a parental warning for foul language, likes to eat pizza covered in grapes.
“That is a mighty pizza. I’m telling you: it’s delicious”
Oliver posted a short video on Instagram showcasing his “grape pizza.” His “favourite pizza of all time” begins in familiar territory: stretching a dough ball into a round, painting it with tomato sauce, then scattering thinly sliced red onion dressed in olive oil and fresh rosemary. All good so far.
Next, he layers on mozzarella before committing blasphemy with a bunch of red grapes. After the bake, he pronounces with confidence: “That is a mighty pizza. I’m telling you: it’s delicious.”
The response in the comments was immediate and animated. Some fans were baffled while others were more daring, vowing to give the combination a try. Cult members. If you are a member of this cult, his official recipe is below:
Ingredients:
- 1½ x 7g sachets of dried yeast
- 5 teaspoons runny honey
- 310ml tepid water
- 500g white bread flour (plus extra for dusting)
- a generous pinch of salt
- a few sprigs of fresh rosemary
- a couple of lugs of olive oil
- two handfuls of red grapes
- 50g pecorino cheese
Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Dissolve the yeast with a teaspoon of the honey in half the water and put to one side. Mix the flour with a good pinch of salt and shape into a pile on a clean work surface.
- Make a well in the centre and, when the yeast and honey mix has frothed up, pour it into the well and mix gradually with the flour until it’s all soaked up. Pour on the rest of the tepid water and mix in all the flour to make a nice, moist, soft dough. Place in a clean bowl, cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes or so.
- Meanwhile, bash the rosemary in a pestle and mortar, add a little olive oil and bash again. Cut the grapes in half and put to one side.
- When the dough has doubled in size, place it on the work surface and knead until smooth. Cut the dough into 4 pieces, knead each piece again briefly and shape them into 4 small pizzas.
- Brush the pizzas with the bashed rosemary sprigs, leaving them smeared with rosemary oil, then scatter with the halved red grapes. Drizzle each pizza with a teaspoon of honey, and, finally, shave some pecorino over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the pizza bases are cooked and the cheese is bubbling and melted.
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