Hi folks. I have to say I am really enjoying being part of the Vintage Recipe Swap. Christianna of Burwell General Store uses vintage cookbooks and every month she chooses one recipe for the group to adapt. There about 30 of us right now and some changes are coming to the swap. I have to admit to being really excited to see what's in store for us next. It is so rewarding to take a recipe and turn it on it's head, make it something else. Some months it's easy, some months it's hard. This month's recipe was an intriguing one. We were to take a wild rice dressing and make it something else. I went around and around trying to think of something unique. Should I do this, what if I did that? Then it came like a bolt of lightning. Pizza. It's where my mind always goes. I had done a pizza with a previous recipe so I really did not want to do it another time. But the pull was too great. The last one was a dessert, so I figured a savory was acceptable. Then I'll never be able to adapt another into pizza again. Yikes, there's some pressure. Am I up to the challenge? Of course I am, I love playing with food. Just consider me 5 years old and always in trouble at the table. It's who I am.
Once I made the decision to make pizza it became how and what to use. I had done a rice pizza eons ago when I was on a health kick. Seems like a lifetime ago. I had no recollection of how I did it or what kind of rice I used. I wanted to do a Hawaiian pizza as Hawaii has been playing on my mind lately. I figured ham would be kind of a bad choice with rice though. So I did just straight up pineapple on it. I was lucky I had any left. Once I chopped open a fresh pineapple I could not stop eating it. I must have eaten half a pineapple while making the pizza. Lucky for me pineapple is good for you. Addictive but healthy.
I think if you are a healthy eater this will appeal to you big time. It's a bit outside the box, pizza but a healthy spin to it. I cannot do whole wheat flour so this is a good way to make it healthy without having to use that. My son who usually likes anything did not care for it. Not sure if that's a bad sign or not. Hubs thought it was good. I thought it was okay. I'll be honest, I'd rather have normal crust. But then I'd also love the world to be drizzled in chocolate so there you go.
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked wild rice blend
- 2 eggs
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- ¾ cup pizza sauce
- 1 and ½ cups shredded mozzarella I like the new pizza mozzarella's on the market, they melt perfectly
- ¾ cup chopped fresh pineapple
Instructions
- Cook up your wild rice first. Bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add some salt. Toss in 3 cups of rice and let boil for a few minutes. Turn down to a simmer and cook for about 40 to 50 minutes. Fluff with a fork and simmer about 3 to 5 more minutes.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Add beaten eggs and butter to the rice and mix well.
- Press the mixture into a pizza pan that you have already sprayed with non stick spray or lined with parchment.
- Spread your pizza sauce over top the rice.
- Sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese.
- Top with chopped pineapple.
- Place the pizza in the oven on middle rack and cook for about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove, cut and serve with a smile.
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If you are looking for a healthy alternative to pizza dough this is for you. Well except for all that mozzarella cheese slathered all over it. Whatever. Food police! Pfftt!
If you want to learn more about the vintage recipe swap hear on over to Burwell General Store. Please check out my fellow swappers and enjoy their creative and lovely recipes. See you next month when the next challenge will be the anti-pizza.
Toodles and smoochies. xx
Jamie
Everyone loves pizza - this is a great idea!
Jenn Kendall
this is so creative! love it!
laurarees
And yum. I'll have to try this one soon. Seems like it'd make a good lunch to take to work. Pizza is always good reheated, right?
Rachel
woohoo pizza! my mind goes there a lot too...but I've never heard of rice pizza! This looks like exactly the kind of thing I'd make some weeknight when I can't decide whether I want rice or...pizza. Brilliant swap!
Sandra M.
Oh wowwww..what a great idea! Now you got me craving some of your delicious looking wild rice pizza! Awesome job sweetie!!! Buzz ya!
Mary
Oh, I love this. What a great twist on the recipe! How fun.
Deeps @ Naughty Curry
this is so new & different! looks lovely
Alli Shircliff
That is so great that you always default to pizza...I do too! My best friends are always joking with me that that is all that I want when I go to restaurant. What a great idea to make a crust out of wild rice!
Buttercream Blondie
I love this Kim! Wild rice pizza is so creative & it sounds so good!
Shumaila
How creative Kim! That looks absolutely delicious! And I love that you added pineapple too!
Cooking Rookie
Such a neat idea! I am so curious to try! Beautiful shots too 🙂
Kim Bee
Thanks. This was oodles of fun.
Kim Bee
Thank you so much.
Kim Bee
Pizza is awesome reheated. Glad you like this one.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. It was a bit out there but it's nice to experiment from time to time. I was kind of shocked my son did not like it. He's usually pretty adventurous.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much Sandra. Thinking about you today.xx
Kim Bee
Thanks Mary. I really enjoyed this swap. It is such a riot playing with recipes.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. It was tons of fun to make.
Kim Bee
I am so glad I am not the only pizza crazy person out there. We must eat it at least three times a week. And my daughter works at a pizza place. It's pizza overload but I love it.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. I haven't had it in years.