Pizza

Kill Bill

Curry sauce, mozzarella, roasted chicken, yellow bell pepper, tomato and red onion, finished with lime, basil and cilantro.

KPDb7.9/10

🎬 Pairs well with Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) – Yellow tracksuit, yellow peppers.

Dough

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Prep

  1. Chicken. Use any roasted chicken: leftover or rotisserie. Dice or shred it and toss it with a spoonful of the curry sauce so it doesn’t dry out in the oven.
  2. Tomatoes. Slice them, scoop out the seeds and pat the slices dry, or their juice pools in the middle of the pizza.
  3. Pepper and onion. Slice both thin. The pepper stays crisp through the short bake.

Build

  1. Stretch the dough ball to about 14 inches.
  2. Top in this order:
    1. Curry sauce, spread thin, leaving the rim bare. A thick sauce works best; a thin one makes the middle soggy.
    2. Mozzarella.
    3. Chicken.
    4. Yellow pepper, tomato and red onion.
    5. Optional: mascarpone in small dollops spread around the pizza. It melts into creamy pools that go well with the curry.

Bake: home oven

  1. Preheat at the oven’s max (500–550°F) for 45–60 minutes with a baking steel or stone on the top rack.
  2. Bake 7–9 minutes, until the bottom is browned and the cheese is bubbling.

Bake: outdoor oven

  1. Preheat to about 650°F on the stone, checked with an infrared thermometer.
  2. Bake 2–3 minutes, turning the pizza every 20–30 seconds.
  3. Done when the rim is browned and the cheese is bubbling.

Finish

Lay thin lime slices over the top, then scatter torn basil and chopped cilantro. Squeeze a slice over a piece before eating if you want more lime.