I know there are some pizza purists out there rolling their eyes and crying foul, so for you, just think of this as kimchi pork bread. The combination of the sweet spicy sauce with the slightly tart pickled cabbage tastes great on the thin crisp crust. Although the crispy pork belly does add a little something, if you’re vegetarian, feel free to leave it out, the kimchi and gochujang have more than enough flavour on their own.
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Ingredients
for sauce
- 1 tablespoon gochujang
- kimchi juice
- ½ teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic crushed
for pizza
- 450 grams pizza dough
- flour (for dusting)
- cornmeal (for dusting)
- 60 grams Gruyere cheese (shredded)
- 100 grams pork belly (thinly sliced)
- ½ cups kimchi (squeezed of excess juice and chopped)
- 1 scallion (chopped)
- cilantro (for garnish)
Instructions
- Put the oven rack in the upper middle position, put a pizza stone (or baking sheet) on it and preheat to 475 degrees F.
- To make the sauce, just mix the gochujang with enough kimchi juice so that it's thin enough to easily spread (but not watery). Add the sesame oil and garlic and stir to combine.
- On a well floured surface, roll the dough out until it is less than 1/4" thick. Dust a pizza peel (or wooden cutting board) with course ground cornmeal and lay the dough on top. I used a special pizza pan for my toaster oven so I made the pizza directly on the pan.
- Use a spoon to spread the sauce on the dough.
- Top the sauce with a thin layer of cheese
- Top with cheese with the sliced pork belly and kimchi
- Top with the remaining cheese and scallions
- Gently transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone and bake until the crust is golden brown. Remove from oven, garnish with cilantro, slice and enjoy!
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Notes
Dough : the one in this book is perfect
Linda M. says
BTW Last time but I bought premade dough but this time, I made the pizza dough in my bread machine, so very easy indeed.
Thanks again.
—LM
zested says
This looks incredible.I’ve just fired up the grill for bbq pizza and have been looking for recipes involving kimchee. It never occurred to me to put them together. I’m going to make this immediately, if not sooner.
zested says
This looks incredible.I’ve just fired up the grill for bbq pizza and have been looking for recipes involving kimchee. It never occurred to me to put them together. I’m going to make this immediately, if not sooner.
royalcool says
yummmmy!
royalcool says
yummmmy!
DoughPro Pizza Press says
This gives me the urge to do and make some Kimchi Pork Belly today!! Sweet and spicy flavored is one of my favorite. And I am going vegetarian today so It is really a good point out of what I’m looking for =D.
DoughPro Pizza Press says
This gives me the urge to do and make some Kimchi Pork Belly today!! Sweet and spicy flavored is one of my favorite. And I am going vegetarian today so It is really a good point out of what I'm looking for =D.
frank lee says
Korean cooking is expanding like the people. The last twenty five years change has been noticable, in food, dress, movies and public manners. Korea has to grow or remain in the shadows of the past.
Guest says
OMG THIS SOUNDS (and looks) AMAZING!!!
Guest says
OMG THIS SOUNDS (and looks) AMAZING!!!
Marilia says
Bookmarked! Another recipe I cant wait to try.
Anastasiya Malygina says
Hey Marc! Thanks for the recipe! I love your web site! Can you please recommend me a perfect pizza pan, cuz I want to make the round one) Is one of these https://www.bestadvisor.com/pizza-pans are okay? Thanks in advance!