The next pie we chose to make was the Lady Zaza, created by Ann Kim and served in her restaurant in Minneapolis. We are blessed to have access to SE Asian foods here in the PNW, so sourcing the ingredients was easy. This is a Korean spicy sausage pizza with Kimchi and a couple of other hot ingredients. It has serrano peppers, a hot kimchi, sesame oil, gochujang and a blistering hot Korean Chili Sauce, tomato sauce as well as scallions and both white and black sesame seeds to finish. It is without a doubt, one of the most delicious pizzas I have ever tasted. It is the definition of moreish. Both Heather and I said that even though it was so hot, we could not stop eating it, and, because we now have a few of the ingredients, we will be making it again next week. The best words for a chef to hear are, “Put that in regular rotation!” This was one of those pizzas!
Ingredients:
- Korean spicy sausage
- Napa Kimchi
- Serrano peppers
- Sesame oil
- Gochujang a
- Tomato Sauce
- Hot Korean chili Sauce
- Scallions
- Both white and black sesame seeds
Considering that we failed to use all the ingredients the first time we made it, because the pizza was so hot (spicy) we went back to the original recipe, and realized that we had not used tomato sauce in the base, but instead, we only used hot chili sauce. Oops! So, we went again, this time making a spicy tomato sauce with hot chili sauce to offer a little acidity and sweetness. The result was MUCH better, and in fact, this is the best pizza we have made so far!
It looks so great before it goes in the oven!
I cannot overstate how wonderful this pizza is. The Lady Zaza by Ann Kim is truly a special pizza. It’s spicy, and really delicious. If you make pizza at home, make this one!
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