1 milk pizza dough
3/4 cup ricotta cheese
3 bananas, peeled and sliced
2 tbsp unsalted butter
3 oz cooked ham, thinly sliced
Directions
Recipe by: Pizza Make the pizza dough. Preheat the oven to 450F. If
using a baking stone or tiles, place in the oven now.
Roll out the pizza dough and spread the ricotta over it. Lay the
banana slices on top in concentric circles. Brush the butter over the
bananas. Transfer to the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from
the oven and cover with the ham slices. Quickly return to the oven,
reduce the temperature to 400F and bake until the crust is golden,
about 10 minutes.
Serve immediately
Servings: 4 servings
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Categories: Banana; Fruit; Italian; Meat; Pasta
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to follow the history of written cooking instructions back into the far past, at least as far into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and maybe further still. In practice though, these, ancient cookbooks were just very basic pictorial instructions for food preparation.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe in existence, according to historians is a collection of stone tablets in ancient Sumerian describing the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made those who drank it feel `blissful`. Progressing into Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled some scripts describing recipes enjoyed by wealthy roman citizens. In his works, Apicius recounts how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main course and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. Aspicius also informs us how the ancient Romans were skilled in the use of a good variety of herbs, including some that we all recognise such as bay, rue and parsley. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there were two interesting books which were published in the 1300s - a book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, these books are not about the indian curry that is popular today, but rather accounts of the types of food on the tables of the upper classes of that time. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought us many foods and herbs from Arab cuisine, including spices such as coriander, basil and rosemary. These new spices and herbs caused an increase in books on cooking, many of which are now in private libraries. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the rich and powerful families of the West competed with each other to serve up the most extravagent meals, and because of this chefs and their recipes could command a high salary. Even so, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that fine cooking and recipe collections rose to prominence. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, spent years to collecting, verifying, and writing down the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. When we get to the twentieth century, cookery books are in high demand, mostly as a result of higher levels of literacy, increased leisure time and a general increase in wealth. |
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