| One of the best things about making your own | | | | well. The salt tenderizes the meat and also adds extra |
| delicious pizza at home is that you get to choose | | | | flavor. Don't worry about the chicken becoming too |
| exactly what ingredients you use and combine them | | | | salty with this method, most of the salt will be left in the |
| however you like! | | | | water. |
| However instead of just cutting them up and chucking | | | | Brining Method |
| them on, there are a few simple methods you can use | | | | 250 ml water (1 cup) |
| when preparing your ingredients that will really bring | | | | Juice of 1 lemon |
| them to life, both in terms of flavor and in presentation. | | | | 15g salt (2 1/2 tsp) |
| Today we will look at a few different tricks to use | | | | 1 clove of garlic, mashed |
| when preparing ingredients. | | | | 1 tsp fresh or dried chopped Rosemary leaves |
| Onions | | | | To brine the chicken, mix all of the above together. |
| Finely sliced onion rings are a common ingredients on a | | | | You can use more or less rosemary, lemon, garlic, and |
| lot of my home made pizzas. But there are two very | | | | other herbs depending on taste or what is called for in |
| different ways to prepare this ingredient. If sliced and | | | | your pizza recipe. |
| scattered over the pizza raw, white or brown onions | | | | Then just add as much sliced chicken breast fillet as |
| give a crisp texture and a refreshing, tangy bite when | | | | you want to use. This quantity should be enough for at |
| the pizza is eaten. However, you can also prepare | | | | least 2 breast fillets. Stir the mixture well, cover and |
| onions by precooking them. To precook onions, slice | | | | place in the fridge for at least 1 hour before using. |
| and add to a frying pan with a dash of olive oil. Saute | | | | Shake of any excess liquid before using on your pizza. |
| over medium heat until the onions are softened - we | | | | The other method I use to improve the appearance of |
| are not looking to color the onions at all, just sweat | | | | chicken fillet is to quickly grill the fillets in a griddle pan |
| them a little. For an extra flavor kick, try adding a | | | | before I slice it up and use it for a pizza topping. |
| crushed and chopped clove of garlic, and a little salt | | | | I just preheat the griddle pan fairly hot, brush it with |
| and pepper. Onion prepared in this way will still have a | | | | olive oil, and cook the chicken for a minute on each |
| little texture, but they will be softer than if they were | | | | side - just long enough to get nice marks. You aren't |
| added raw. However the flavor will be very different - | | | | trying to cook the whole fillet here, as it will finish |
| you should now get a sweet taste that might work | | | | cooking in the oven. |
| better with the ingredients on your pizza! When | | | | Once you have nice marks on the fillet, remove from |
| deciding what method to use, think about the overall | | | | the heat and rest on a cake rack so that the fillet can |
| impression that you want to create with your pizza, as | | | | dry out a little. This stops your pizza from becoming |
| well as what would work with the other ingredients. | | | | soggy. |
| Chicken | | | | Finally, slice the grilled fillet into smaller pieces and use |
| There area couple of tricks that I like to use to really | | | | on your pizza! |
| bring chicken to life. The first is called 'brining'. | | | | Hopefully these tips give you something to think about |
| Brining is done by soaking any meat in a mixture of | | | | when next preparing your own home made pizzas. |
| salt and water, sometimes with other flavors added as | | | | |