Ingredients
5 potatoes, unpeeled, thinly
1 sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 sweet red pepper, slivered
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp minced fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp rosemary and pepper
1/2 cup shredded provolone or
1 mozzarella
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan
Directions
In bowl, toss together potatoes, onion and oil. Stir in red pepper,
garlic, parsley, salt, rosemary and pepper. Brush 12 inch pizza pan
with oil; spread with potato mixture. Bake in 450 oven for 15 minutes
or until tender, brown and crisp. Sprinkle with cheeses, bake for 5
to 8 minutes longer or until golden brown.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Italian; Pasta; Pizza; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
We are able to follow the history of written recipes back into distant history, in fact as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. However, mostly, these ancient records were just primitive hieroglyphic recipes for food preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe in existence, according to academics is a collection of clay tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel blissful and exhilarated. Much later, in Roman times a roman called Apicius created some scripts describing recipes cooked by wealthy Romans. In his publication, Apicius describes how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and dessert, a style of dining still practiced today. This early Roman chef recounts how the cooks of Roman times made use of a wide range of herbs, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens for example thyme, fennel and parsley. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought back many foods and herbs from Arab countries, such as coriander, parsley, basil and rosemary. These new culinary innovations prompted an outbreak in publications on food, many of which are kept safe in academic collections. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the powerful and rich competed with each other to serve the most extravagent meals, and as a consequence, cooks and their collection of recipes were at a premium. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 1800s that formal cookery and recipe collections reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to assembling, verifying, and recording the recipes of their peers. When we get to the twentieth century, cookbooks are in high demand, mostly as a result of more people being able to read, people having more spare time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Potato Pizza recipe.
