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Old 27-11-2008, 08:27
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I can't stand cheese so I never have a pizza. I just don't think they are available (commercially) without the gooey stuff.

However I did once try to make one at home with some success.

Anyone else the same, and are there any recipes for such?

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Old 27-11-2008, 08:35
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You could make a calzone.

I make pizza dough, roll one out, spread a bit of tomato passata and fill with something similar to a pie filling (chicken cooked in stock with leeks and peppers, for example) fold over and cook in oven. I do add some mozzarella though, but you could cut that part out. It's great done with minced beef too.
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Old 27-11-2008, 09:13
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I don't eat cheese either, however, I can manage Mozzarella as it doesn't taste of cheese, and actually only adds another texture - you should give it a go.
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Old 27-11-2008, 09:20
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I don't eat cheese either, however, I can manage Mozzarella as it doesn't taste of cheese, and actually only adds another texture - you should give it a go.
Gawd no ! - that's one of the worst for me. The smelly feet odour alone makes me want to retch!

Dairylea was all I could ever manage.

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Old 27-11-2008, 09:22
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Gawd no ! - that's one of the worst for me. The smelly feet odour alone makes me want to retch!

Dairylea was all I could ever manage.

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The world trembles in fear at the concept of a Dairylea Pizza.
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Old 27-11-2008, 09:25
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Have you tried fake cheese? I think it is sold at holland and Barrets.
I am lactose intollerant, but I don't think I can leave without cheese, so I've learnt to cute down the cheese I use in my home made pizza. I have made a pizza without cheese before, but it didn't taste right.
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Old 27-11-2008, 10:07
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Gawd no ! - that's one of the worst for me. The smelly feet odour alone makes me want to retch!

Dairylea was all I could ever manage.

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Mozerella does not taste of anything, or in fact smell of anything. I have a friend that hates cheese, so I understand it and all that, just saying mozerella does not smell ot taste funny, although I can see why someone would be put off by it's texture.
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Old 27-11-2008, 11:47
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Mozerella does not taste of anything, or in fact smell of anything. I have a friend that hates cheese, so I understand it and all that, just saying mozerella does not smell ot taste funny, although I can see why someone would be put off by it's texture.
Just realised I'm getting mixed up with parmesan.


Not easy knowing your cheeses if you don't like them ...

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Old 27-11-2008, 12:12
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I think I recall Pizza Express doing a cheese-less pizza - not sure if they have menus online but you could check. Also in Pizza Hut you can ask for no cheese.
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Old 27-11-2008, 12:13
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In Italy, Pizza Marinara is usually available which is a pizza topped with tomato, garlic and oregano.
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Old 27-11-2008, 12:50
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Just realised I'm getting mixed up with parmesan.


Not easy knowing your cheeses if you don't like them ...

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I hate to be sat at the same table as anyone eating Parmesan, it stinks
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Old 27-11-2008, 13:07
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Pizza Express definitely do a cheese-less Pizza. I also had one recently in a restaurant that had a base made with creme fraiche. That was beautiful.
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Old 27-11-2008, 13:09
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Creme fraiche is a great ingredient. I use it a lot in cakes, it makes them incredibly moist.
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Old 27-11-2008, 13:40
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Creme fraiche is a great ingredient. I use it a lot in cakes, it makes them incredibly moist.
I use Greek yoghurt in cakes a lot too and recently experimented with a Turkish dish that you could sort of turn into a pizza in theory that had a yoghurt sauce as the base and then spicy mince on the top ... might try that again this weekend in fact!
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Old 27-11-2008, 14:05
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You can also make an indian pizza using paneer which whilst technically a type of cheese is radically different in taste to conventional cheeses.
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Old 27-11-2008, 17:38
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If you are ordering or making a pizza then you can always ask for it without cheese. I call them glorified garlic breads


Ainsley Harriott once did a potato pizza. He said it was an authentic pizza from some region of Italy but I suppose there are many recipies for tarts, flans or flatbreads that would be similar.
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Old 27-11-2008, 21:14
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G, try Domino's in Glenrothes, they are really skeengy (tight) with their cheese that you hardly get any anyway lol
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Old 28-11-2008, 13:55
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I often have a Tesco Finest Ham, Mushroom & Mascarpone Pizza. Although the pizza has a small amount of other cheeses on it too I thought I would mention it as you could use Mascarpone on your pizza. It does work really well and is very much like creme fraiche.

Years ago I went to South Africa and tried a vegetarian Pizza called a Fetatarian, from what i remembered it had Onion, mushrooma, feta cheese and a mint yoghurt sauce. I know you wont like the feta but despite this pizza sounding a bit odd it was really nice so I think you should try different yoghurt type alternatives - you will be surprised how well they work!

Good Luck
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Old 28-11-2008, 14:01
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I don't want to sound ungrateful here, but the general gist of the replies has been - 'try this cheese - it's not very cheesey' or 'try this, there's not much cheese in it'.

I'm after some actual ways to do pizza completely without. Mascarpone and creme fraiche count as cheese to me BTW.

The mention of a potato replacement is along the lines I was looking for.

I've even done a bit of rummaging and found that they do cheese free pizzas in Philadephia (slightly ironic) but alas, no recipes.

Thanks anyways,

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Old 28-11-2008, 14:28
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I had a little search for you for the potato pizza. I know some of the receipes below include cheese but you might be able to get some idea's of how you go about making them leaving the cheese out and using other ingrediants.

Hope this helps!

http://blog.cookingwithtraderjoes.co...ato-pizza.aspx

http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/sp...hen/pizza.html

http://www.chefmaestro.com/potato_pizza_recipe.html

http://recipes.wuzzle.org/index.php/66/1735
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Old 28-11-2008, 14:43
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Sorry, didn't realise you wanted no dairy related toppings - I do think if your base tomato sauce is rich / flavoursome and you have nice toppings like roasted veg or chillied chicken it'll still be nice without cheese or a cheese replacement.
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Old 28-11-2008, 14:49
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I had a little search for you for the potato pizza. I know some of the receipes below include cheese but you might be able to get some idea's of how you go about making them leaving the cheese out and using other ingrediants.

Hope this helps!

http://blog.cookingwithtraderjoes.co...ato-pizza.aspx

http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/sp...hen/pizza.html

http://www.chefmaestro.com/potato_pizza_recipe.html

http://recipes.wuzzle.org/index.php/66/1735
Thanks v much.

Going to check them out!

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Old 28-11-2008, 14:53
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Your welcome

I think the Rosemary potato pizza looks really nice.

Lets us all know if make one and how you got on.
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Old 28-11-2008, 15:10
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I don't want to sound ungrateful here, but the general gist of the replies has been - 'try this cheese - it's not very cheesey' or 'try this, there's not much cheese in it'.

I'm after some actual ways to do pizza completely without. Mascarpone and creme fraiche count as cheese to me BTW.

The mention of a potato replacement is along the lines I was looking for.

I've even done a bit of rummaging and found that they do cheese free pizzas in Philadephia (slightly ironic) but alas, no recipes.

Thanks anyways,

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Hey - I suggested you go for a calzone which doesn't need any cheese inside it
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Old 28-11-2008, 15:12
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Hey - I suggested you go for a calzone which doesn't need any cheese inside it
You were another honourable exception. I think maybe people just thought I was asking something other than I was.

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