When any culture of food flows into a country, it always give birth to a new culture which can be slightly or totally different from the original :)
No country (except Greece and Iran) would deny that the modern form of pizza was born in Naples, Italy in the medieval era. Every country which has imported a culture of pizza has developed their own pizza, including Korea which uses various ingredients including kimchi and Korean-style paste.
Sweet potato was brought into the Korean peninsula more than 400 years ago, and Koreans created pizza with it during the 1990s i Seoul. They topped pizza with tomato paste, cheese, some vegetables and a creamy sweet potato moose.
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It could happen because sweet potato is one of the most popular vegetables in Korea. People usually steam or bake it for the best taste. It tastes like old pumpkin or sweet chestnut, and goes very well with kimchi which is salty, spicy and sour.
Sweet potatoes have been worked on by scientists and farmers so they can control their hardness and sweetness by underground ripening before harvest. For most sweet potato moose, pizza makers use fully ripened sweet potato which has a very soft and sweet flesh.
You would say sweet potato doesn't go well with tomato paste and cheese, but you are wrong. The saltiness of tomato and sweetness of sweet potato creates one of the best combinations of taste on pizza dough.
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Some people don't like sweet potato pizza because it's neither classic nor overly stodgy. But it is true that every Korean pizza place offers sweet potato pizza on their menu. Moreover, it's one of Koreans' most beloved pizza that people of every age can enjoy.
I'm sure that you can't find sweet potato pizza in your country's pizzeria, but if you ever visit Korea then try a piece of it :) You may like it.
Labels: desert pizza, Food, goguma, goguma pizza, Korean cuisine, Korean Culture, Korean Food, Korean gourmet, Korean pizza, pizza, sweet potato, sweet potato pizza, 고구마, 고구마피자Pizza is one of the most popular foods in America. My husband loves it so much that our family has a pizza day every week. lol Do Koreans love pizza too? I cannot say that pizza is a food for all ages in Korea like it is in America, but it is a popular food for Koreans, especially the younger generations. Then, how is Korean pizza is different? 🍕 That is what I’m going to show you today. 😉 Koreans like a lot of toppings on their pizza. Among those toppings, there are some ingredients that you may have never saw on pizza before, such as sweet potato paste, sweet corn, seasoned potatoes, etc. Does anything sound interesting? For me, as a potato lover, I always liked potato on my pizza in Korea. My husband thought it was weird to see potato wedges on top of his pizza for the first time. Then, once he tried Korean potato pizza, he liked it. I tried to keep this recipe simple, yet still delicious. I will also teach you how to make a garlic dipping sauce that Korean pizza restaurant often serve with this potato pizza. Are you ready to try something unique but very tasty? 😉 Then, let’s get started.
Sweet Potato Pizza Dough
Prepare 2 medium size yellow potatoes. We are going to leave the skins on, so wash them good and remove any bad parts.
Cut each potato into 12 wedges. To do that, cut the potato in quarters, and then slice each quarter into 3 wedges. You will get 24 pieces total from 2 potatoes.
Once the water starts to boil, cook for about 5 minutes on high. We will cook the potatoes about 70%. Depending on the type of potato you use, the cooking time can vary, but I recommend you try yellow potatoes for the best result.
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Meanwhile, let’s prepare the other ingredients. Cut 6 strips of bacon into half-inch pieces. I like to use turkey bacon, but you can use normal bacon. Cut 1 cup worth of an onion into ¼ inch pieces.
Mix ½ tsp dried parsley, ¼ tsp onion powder, ⅛ tsp garlic powder, and 2 pinches of black pepper in a small bowl. This way, you can coat the wedges with the seasoning evenly.
Place all the seasoned wedges in a heated nonstick pan. Fry one side of each wedge for about 5 minutes on medium-high.
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After 5 minutes, flip all the wedges to their other side and fry for anther 5 minutes. The bacon is done cooking now, so remove it from the pan and add the onion in the same pan. Fry it for about 5 minutes on medium high. The grease from the bacon can give the onion good flavor.
Preheat the oven to 400 F. All the ingredients are ready, now, so let’s put the pizza together. In this recipe, I will show you 2 different pizza crust options. The first option is using tortillas. Thin tortillas can make for a very crispy thin crust pizza. It is also cheap and easy to use for pizza. So, place 1 tortilla (10 inch) on a baking sheet.
Since, a tortilla is a little too thin for pizza crust, I will use 2 of them. To make them stick together well, sprinkle about ¼ cup of shredded mozzarella cheese on the tortilla. The cheese will melt and glue them together when you bake the pizza.
Korean Sweet Potato Pizza
Spread about ⅓ cup of pizza sauce on the tortilla evenly. Depending on your tastes, you can adjust the amount of pizza sauce.
Divide the cooked bacon and onion in half since we will make 2 pizza with them. Put half of the bacon and onion on top of the pizza sauce.
After 12 minutes, all the cheese will be melted, change the oven to broil and finish baking the pizza in a minute. You will get beautifully baked potato pizza.
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If you want to go for a more original pizza flavor, try my second option for the crust. It is store bought thin crust pizza dough.
The baking time will be slightly different. You can follow the instruction for your pizza crust. Mine was to preheat the oven to 450 and then bake the pizza at 425 for about 12-14 minutes. After that, broil the pizza for a minute. This also yields a nicely golden brown cheese.
While the pizza is baking, you can make great garlic dipping sauce that goes really well with this potato pizza. Simply add all the garlic dipping sauce ingredients in a sauce pan. After the cheese melts and starts to bubble, cook it for a minute on medium-high and then turn off the heat.
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Both of the pizzas got a nicely crunchy pizza crust. Plus the delicious potatoes tasted really good with the bacon, onion, and the dipping sauce for the pizza. I liked both of them, however, if I have to pick only one, I will choose the pizza using tortillas. I really wonder which one will be your favorite. Please try this yummy Korean potato wedge pizza someday and let me know what you think. I have a special announcement for you today.
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