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Smoked tomato, aubergine and mushroom vegetarian pizza (with pics)

Stormbringer
Stormbringer Posts: 2,530
edited January 2017 in EggHead Forum

My mother visited us over the recent holidays, announcing she had started following a vegetarian diet. She also wanted to see what we could cook on our Big Green Egg.

Obvious solution – a vegetarian pizza with her favourite herbaceous plants … smoked tomato, aubergine and mushrooms. We all really like the subtle extra seasoning that the applewood gave to the finished meal.

Pizza recipe ⟹ http://wp.me/p7qSlA-2Qx
Cold smoking guide ⟹ http://wp.me/p7qSlA-2Oc
My pizza cooking guide ⟹ http://wp.me/p7qSlA-2vj

A kaleidoscope of colourful toppings:


Aubergine being smoked in the afternoon:


Cooking in the egg:


Checking the base is good ... yep:


Ready to cut and eat:


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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,839
    Pics look great. Thanks for sharing.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Excellent looking pie! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,530
    Cheers. This meal really bought home how effective a cold smoke can be to enhancing ingredients, and the end result. Highly recommended. 
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
    Stormbringer said:
    Cheers. This meal really bought home how effective a cold smoke can be to enhancing ingredients, and the end result. Highly recommended. 
    Did you salt the aubergine as well before smoking?
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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,530
    edited January 2017
    Eoin said:
    Stormbringer said:
    Cheers. This meal really bought home how effective a cold smoke can be to enhancing ingredients, and the end result. Highly recommended. 
    Did you salt the aubergine as well before smoking?
    I left it unsalted. I did consider this, but was concerned that it would remove moisture. Have you done this with salting first? If so, did it work out well?
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Stormbringer said:
    Eoin said:
    Stormbringer said:
    Cheers. This meal really bought home how effective a cold smoke can be to enhancing ingredients, and the end result. Highly recommended. 
    Did you salt the aubergine as well before smoking?
    I left it unsalted. I did consider this, but was concerned that it would remove moisture. Have you done this with salting first? If so, did it work out well?
    That's the whole reason why they salt them - to remove moisture.  I just pre-bake.
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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,530
    nolaegghead said:
    Stormbringer said:
    Eoin said:
    Stormbringer said:
    Cheers. This meal really bought home how effective a cold smoke can be to enhancing ingredients, and the end result. Highly recommended. 
    Did you salt the aubergine as well before smoking?
    I left it unsalted. I did consider this, but was concerned that it would remove moisture. Have you done this with salting first? If so, did it work out well?
    That's the whole reason why they salt them - to remove moisture.  I just pre-bake.
    Yep, appreciate that and it's why I didn't use salt, so that I didn't end up with dried aubergine on the pizza.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Yeah, I never understood that.  SWMBO makes moussaka every now and then and she does the salt treatment.  I guess you don't want free water in casseroles.
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