Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Chicken Alfredo Pizza-Pizza of the Month!



We don't have Olive Garden restaurants in my area anymore. I remember we always used to go there to celebrate any occasion. Mark's 1st birthday was celebrated there! After they closed down here, we have made a point to visit the Olive Garden anytime we are in the US. A few years back, if my memory serves right, January 2007 we were in Orlando and Mark ordered Chicken Alfredo pizza for himself. The pizza looked so good and it was truly delish. After that day forward, he has ordered this pizza mostly every time we are in the US and we go to the US at least twice a year! So this was on back of my head to replicate the recipe and create my version of this very popular pizza. When I made this for Sunday supper, I did get kudos! First of all, it looked even better than the original and for sure, it had much more chicken than the original! I was out of cream so I used bottled alfredo sauce. But I do believe my alfredo sauce is way better than bottled one.


Make this your family favourite also!

take out from Olive Garden!

Chicken Alfredo Pizza
Ingredients
1 pizza base(recipe at the end of this post)
2 cups alfredo sauce(please scroll to the end of this post for recipe)
2 cups shredded mozzarella
2 cups grilled boneless chicken breasts slices
1 tbsp olive oil
1 scallion(green part only), for garnish


How to:
Pre heat the oven to 425° F.
Roll out the pizza base.
Place it on the pizza pan.
Drizzle olive oil on top of the pan, spread with hands.
Spread alfredo sauce on top of the base.
Scatter chicken pieces on sauce.
Cover with as much mozzarella cheese as you want.
Bake for about 20 minutes.
Garnish with sliced scallion.

Basic Garlic Alfredo Sauce

Mix 1/2 litre of half and half or evaporated milk, 3 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese, 2 cloves garlic, shredded and 1 tbsp unsalted butter in a sauce pan. Heat till everything comes together in a thick sauce! This sauce keeps in the refrigerator for a week.

Basic Pizza Dough
1 pkg. dry yeast
3/4 c. warm water
1/4 tsp. salt
1 T. oil
1 tsp. sugar
3 c. flour

Mix ingredients together, adding flour last. Cover and let rise 2 hr.

Sending this to Anzz of Anzzcafe.com for her http://anzzcafe.com/event-valentines-special/



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4 comments:

  1. Very delicious n tempting clicks,yummy!!!

    Erivum Puliyum

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  2. Omg, want to have a piece rite now, such a super tempting pizza.

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  3. pizza looks fabulous, very tempting one..

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  4. Lizzy where have you been all my life... anyone who can bake a pizza like that is my friend for life..:) .. AMazing dear.

    Hey please link it to my event. Would love it..!!

    My event- Valentines Day Special

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