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One thing that people have accused alcohol stoves of is a lack of versatility. I’ve been working on proving that wrong with Cake recipes, etc. and now with a simple 5 minute pizza recipe from scratch! This recipe works great with lightweight frying pans or pots. You can adapt the recipe to your own pot to make it work.
I tried it out on my recent 3 day trek down the choro trail and it was great, although my choice of sausage was poor.
So Let’s look at the recipe.
Tools:
- 5 or 6 inch frying pan or pot
- bowl to mix ingredients
- Spoon
- Small Alcohol stove (I used a side burner)
- Aluminum foil to cover the pan.
Recipe:
This pizza uses a basic quick bread recipe. I’ve divided into Wet, Dry and Pan ingredients.
Dough Ingredients
- Dry Ingredients
- 0.5 cup flour
- 0.75 tsp baking powder
- 0.25 tsp salt
- Wet Ingredients
- 0.75 tbsp oil
- 0.5 cup water
- Pan
- 1 tbsp oil for greasing the pan
- 1/3 cup of corn meal to prevent the dough from sticking to the pan while baking.
Toppings:
- Pasta sauce
- 0.25 cups of tomato paste (some stores offer it pre-packaged in bags)
- Spices (oregano, basil, garlic to taste) use Italian Seasoning if you prefer
- 2.5 oz Cheese (I prefer a harder cheese like a dambo or gouda as it lasts longer than mozzarella on the trail without getting all oily)
- 2 oz pepperoni or smoked sausage
Recipe:
This recipe assumes you’ve premixed the dry ingredients and packaged them for the trip. On the trail all you’ll need to do is:
- Pan
- Prepare the pan or pot by oiling liberally the inside of the pan on both the sides and bottom.
- Sprinkle corn meal all over the inside of the pan, turning the pan until it is evenly coated.
- Dough
- In small mixing bowl, add water and oil to the premixed dough mixture.
- Spread dough carefully out as much as possible in the bowl and then transfer to the pan.
- Finish spreading out the dough evenly in the pan until it reaches the edges.
- Toppings
- Spread tomato paste around the pan with a spoon, stopping 1/4 inch from the edge to prevent the sauce from burning while cooking.
- Sprinkle spices over the pasta sauce.
- Slice pepperoni thinly and place over sauce.
- Slice cheese thinly and cover pizza.
Cooking
The biggest challenge for this recipe is not burning the bottom of the pizza. The oil and corn meal help, but the biggest factor is the addition of water to the alcohol. Using a stove like my 9 gram double wall energy drink stove this is what I do:
- Cover pizza with tinfoil and seal the edges as much as possible.
- Fill 9 gram stove half full of alcohol.
- Add 12 – 15 ml of water to the stove (I carry a 5 ml (1 tsp) syringe with me, the type used for children’s medicine)
- Light stove, and when the jets start coming out the side, Place the pan directly on the stove.
- Allow to cook for 5 to 6 minutes covered.
- Remove from stove and leave covered for 5 minutes to finish cooking and allowing cheese to melt.
- Remove aluminum foil, slide out of the pan and enjoy!
