Friday is normally pizza day in our house, but these are Thai pizzas, a modern mix of western and Thai recipes. A Thai flavoured pizza typically has no tomato in it, and only a little cheese, what it does have is plenty of Thai ingredients. This one is green chicken curry pizza, using Thai green curry paste to add some spice to the topping.

Ingredients  for Pizza
150 gms Wheat Flour
2 Tablespoons Oil
4 Tablespoons Yeast
1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
70 ml Water

Ingredients  for The Topping
1 Tablespoon Green Curry Paste
70 gms Chicken Breast
50 ml Coconut Milk
40 ml Water
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1 Teaspoons Salt
50 gms Grated Cheese

Preparation
1. Mix the yeast with the sugar, salt and water. Leave it for a minute to begin foaming.
2. Add the yeast mix to the flour and oil. Add just enough water to bind it together and knead for a minute to form a solid single piece dough.
3. Set it aside for 30 minutes to rise. To stop a skin forming on the dough, wet a cloth and cover the dough with the damp cloth.
4. Fry the coconut milk with the green curry paste for 1 minute.
5. Chop the chicken breast into bite sized strips and add into the curry pan. Add salt, sugar and water and cook it for 4 minutes.
6. Heat the oven to 150 Degrees C, and cook the base for 10 minutes, it should not be fully cooked, just dried out and slightly risen.
7. Add the chicken curry topping, and the cheese to the pizza. Turn the oven up to 190 degrees and cook for a further 5-10 minutes until the cheese is melted. For Thai pizza its common to have the cheese just melted but not browned.

Serve With
Salad, Coleslaw, Whatever you eat with pizza!

Another pizza with a Thai taste, you can buy a range of pizzas in the big cities now, there’s the western ones with Italian toppings, but also there are Thai ones with toppings from traditional Thai cuisine. This one is a fried pork mince and garlic pizza.

Ingredients  for Pizza Base
150 gms Wheat Flour
2 Tablespoons Oil
4 Tablespoons Yeast
1/2 Teaspoons Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
70 ml Water

Ingredients  for The Topping
50 gms Pork Mince
4 Garlic Cloves
2 Teaspoons Black Pepper
2 Tablespoons Oyster Sauce
2 Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce
2 Tablespoons Oil
50 gms Grated Cheese (Use a mild flavoured cheese)

Preparation
1. Mix the yeast with the sugar, salt and water. Leave it for a minute to begin foaming.
2. Add the yeast mix to the flour and oil. Add just enough water to bind it together and knead for a minute to form a solid single piece dough.
3. Set it aside for 30 minutes to rise. To stop a skin forming on the dough, wet a cloth and cover the dough with the damp cloth.
4. Chop the garlic into tiny pieces. Mix with the pork mince, the salt, black pepper, oyster sauce and light sauce sauce.
5. Fry that mixture for 5 minutes until well cooked.
6. Roll the dough out to an approximately 30cm diameter circle.
7. For this recipe we need to part cook the base before the topping is put on, otherwise it will soak up the oil.
8. Heat the oven to 150 Degrees C, and cook the base for 10 minutes, it should not be fully cooked, just dried out and slightly risen.
9. Add the pork mince topping, and the cheese to the pizza. Turn the oven up to 190 degrees and cook for a further 5-10 minutes until the cheese is melted. For Thai pizza its common to have the cheese just melted but not browned.

Serve With
Salad, Garlic bread, treat it like a western pizza!

Yes the title is correct! Thailand has influences from other countries and although not very common, we do have pizza! This is my own special recipe for Thai pizza. The main part of the pizza is Kaprow Kai – you can see this recipe elsewhere on this site, it is a spicy chicken mince and as a result the pizza is very unusual, with no tomato and a very different flavour. Use a mild cheese like gouda or cheddar so as not to smother the flavour of the mince.

Ingredients  for 2 people
200 gms Wheat Flour
1 1/2 Tablespoon Yeast
1/2 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoon Oil
80 ml Water

Ingredients  for the Topping
150 gms Chicken Mince
1 Tablespoon Oyster Sauce
1 Tablespoon Fish Sauce
1 Tablespoon Light Soya Sauce
4 Red Chillies
2 Garlic Clove
2 Tablespoon Oil
4 Basil Leaves
1 Teaspoon Sugar
200 gms Cheese (Gouda or Cheddar)

Preparation of Base
1. Sift the flour into large mixing bowl.
2. Mix the yeast with 1 tablespoon of water and add to the flour.
3. Mix the sugar, salt, and oil, into the flour then add the rest of the water and kneed it until the flour is well mixed and soft.
4. Form the dough into a ball and cover with a wet towel to prevent a skin forming on the dough.
5. Leave for 30 minutes to let the yeast work and the dough rise.

Preparation For Spicy Chicken
1. Chop the chillies and garlic and fry in the oil.
2. Add the chicken mince and stir fry for 2 minutes.
3. Add the fish sauce, light soya sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar, and fry for 2 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and add the basil and stir.

Preparation For Pizza
1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees celsius.
2. Roll the dough into a pizza shape.
3. Put the base into the oven for 10 minutes to part cook it, this is important, the oil in the chicken will soak the bread base unless it is precooked.
4. Add the spicy chicken topping to the pizza and cook for a further 5 minutes.
5. Grate the cheese over the pizza and put it back in the oven cooking until the cheese is cooked (about 10 minutes).

This sausage pizza uses Thai pork sausage. A steamed sausage you make yourself from good quality pork, making this pizza completely hand made. I’ve also added a little Thai chilli paste to spice it up, you can omit this if you don’t like spicy foods.

Ingredients
30 gms Sliced Pork Sausage
30 gms Chopped Red Pepper
2 Tablespoons Chopped Spring Onion
2 Tablespoons Chopped Coriander Leaves
2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce
2 Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Chilli Paste with Soya Bean Oil
1/4 White Pepper
2 Tablespoons Oil
2 Garlic Cloves
50 gms Grated Mild Cheese

Ingredients  for Dough
100 gms Wheat Flour
1 Tablespoon Fresh Yeast
1 Tablespoon Oil
1 Level Tablespoon Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
Water

Preparation
1. Mix the yeast with the sugar and 2 tablespoons of water, stir and leave it to foam for 5 minutes.
2. Mix the flour, oil, the yeast mix, salt and enough water to form a dough. Add the water a little at a time, and mix until the flour forms a stiff dough.
3. Knead the dough (pull and fold it repeatedly) to strengthen it.
4. Cover with damp kitchen paper and leave in a warm area for the dough to rise. I leave it for 30 minutes in the sun.
5. For the topping, heat oil into a frying pan.
6. Chop the garlic and add to the pan and fry for 10 seconds to just release the garlic smell.
7. Add all the other ingredients and fry for 2 minutes.
8. Heat the oven to 190 degrees celsius.
9. Roll the dough into a pizza shape.
10. Place on a baking tray and precook the base for 5 minutes, this will prevent it getting soggy when the topping is added.
11. Add the topping (but not the cheese) and cook for another 5 minutes.
12. Add the cheese and cook to just finish off the pizza.

Yum dishes are typically spicy salad dishes, this version has been adapted to a pizza recipe. So you can enjoy all the taste of Thai Yum salad dishes with a familiar cheese as a mild contrast flavour.

Ingredients
40 gms Canned Tuna
2 Tablespoons Chopped Onions
2 Tablespoons Chopped Coriander Leaves
2 Tablespoons Chopped Mint Leaves
2 Tablespoons Chopped Celery
2 Tablespoons Chopped Chillies
2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
50 gms Grated Mild Cheese

Ingredients  for Dough
100 gms Wheat Flour
1 Tablespoon Yeast
1 Tablespoon Oil
1 Level Tablespoon Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
Water

Preparation
1. The Base: Mix the yeast with the sugar and 2 tablespoons of water, mix and leave it to start bubbling for 5 minutes.
2. Mix the flour, oil, the yeast mix, salt and enough water to form a dough. Add the water a little at a time, and mix until the flour forms a stiff dough.
3. Knead the dough (pull and fold it repeatedly) to strengthen it for 3-5 minutes.
4. Cover with damp kitchen paper and leave in a warm area for the dough to rise. I like to leave it for 30 minutes in the sunshine.
5. For the topping: chop all the ingredients, and mix the tuna in. Make sure they are thoroughly mixed.
6. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees celsius.
7. Roll the dough out to a pizza shape and place in the oven for 5 minutes to pre-crisp before adding the other ingredients.
8. Add the tuna topping (but not the cheese) and place back in the over for another 5 minutes.
9. Add the cheese and finish off the pizza in the over for a few minutes to just melt the cheese.