Welcome back, Geeky Gluttons, to another episode of Munchies & Minis!
For those just joining us, Munchies & Minis is a live Twitch cooking show where I make a tabletop or Dungeons & Dragons-inspired snack and then paint a miniature. To kick the first season off, I decided to start @RaineRysa‘s #52WeeksofDnD fanart challenge. Last week we made some Stuffed Treasure Chest McGuffin Muffins for the challenge word “Quest.” This week’s challenge word is “Chaotic.”
I know I could just throw a mess of somethings on a plate and call it chaotic. But that seemed dismissive to chaotically-aligned characters. The chaotic alignment, whether good, bad, or neutral, flouts tradition and rules for the sake of the individual’s desire, conscience, or personal freedom. That’s why I decided to take a short break from Dungeons & Dragons on this post to celebrate its card game parody: Munchkin.
Recently I found the culinary edition of the game, Munchkin: Crazy Cooks. Just like the original game you can kick down the door as an adventurer of multiple races and classes fighting ridiculous monsters. Except in this edition of the game, you might find yourself as a dwarven french chef wielding a turkey baster against a gluten-free Cereal Killer.
Searching through various munchy monsters like Critter Fritters, the Guaca-Mole, and Germ & Chocolate Cake, I finally found the perfect dish to replicate: The Sweets & Beets Pizza. Think about it. It breaks so many traditions such as pizza for dessert, candy on cheese, and beets with cheese. It kind of works, though. If anything, I’d say this dish is the epitome of the chaotic alignment.
So for this recipe, I made a dessert pizza featuring chocolate, cheese, cherries, and bacon all baked up on a cinnamon sugar crust. The combination makes sense, even if the application does not. And it’s chaotic delicious no matter where your moral compass falls on the spectrum.
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Chaotic Sweets & Beets Pizza
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Chaotic Sweets & Beets Pizza
Equipment: Oven, 12-inch cast iron skillet, small saucepan with lid, pizza cutter,
and cooking spray.
Ingredients:
- 13.8 oz can of pizza dough
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup hot fudge
- 1 TB balsamic vinegar
- 16 oz. fresh mozzarella, sliced
- 1 small beet, sliced thinly
- 14.5 oz can of tart cherries in water
- 4 strips bacon, cooked until crispy then crushed
- handful of chopped fresh basil
- handful of chopped fresh mint
- kosher salt
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 400° F.
- Coat the inside of the skillet with cooking spray. Unroll the pizza dough into the skillet and press to cover the bottom and halfway up the sides.
- Stir the sugar and cinnamon together in a separate dish and sprinkle over the dough.
- Melt the fudge in a small saucepan on the stovetop and stir in 1/4 cup of water from the can of cherries, the balsamic vinegar, and a pinch of kosher salt.
- Turn off the heat. Spread a layer of the sauce on the crust and then cover the pot with the lid to keep warm.
- Cover the sauce with slices of mozzarella, then slices of beet. Scatter the crushed bacon over the cheese and dot the surface with cherries.
- Bake the pizza in the oven 15-18 minutes until the crust is golden brown.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before topping with a drizzle of sauce and the fresh herbs. Slice with a pizza cutter and serve.
I hope that this episode inspired you to start a culinary campaign of your own. Next week I’ll be tackling the #52WeeksOfDnD challenge word “Dexterity” with a heavy-knifework recipe called “Succotash Stuffed Trout.”
Stay tuned for the next episode! Archived episodes are on YouTube.
