Cooking with Asia

Prep Time: 25 Min Cook Time: 10 Min Ready In: 1 Hr 35 Min

Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 1 egg

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

• 1/2 cup white sugar

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in egg.

3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended.

4. Press dough into an ungreased pizza pan.

5. Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool.

6. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust.

7. Arrange desired fruit on top of filling, glaze and chill.

GLAZE:

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

• 1/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice

• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch.

2. Stir in pineapple juice and lemon juice until smooth.

3. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

4. Cool slightly. Drizzle over fruit. Refrigerate until chilled.

Source: AllRecipes.com

When I learned we were making fruit pizza I was kind of excited. I had it last semester when my friend took the class and I got some from the cafeteria and I really enjoyed it. When we were making it I always wanted to know how to make that sweet cream cheese spread which made me happy when I finally was able to make it. When we were making the fruit pizza we really worked well as a team and since you said this was one of the hardest labs we did really well. We worked on time and we all knew what to do and helped each other complete each others tasks. I personally had a lot of fun decorating the pizza with fruit because it was like an art peice that we were making. The thing that brang us down though was that we cut the kiwi the wrong way so it didn't look too nice but the outcome of the pizza was still pleasant. I know I'm going to make this for the homelab so when I do the only thing that I'll change from what we did is that I'll make sure the kiwis are cut a different way to have all the kiwis look the same. When in the kitchen I used a skill that you previously taught us which was how to work with the mixer, with knowing how to operate the machine it helped when I was making the dough for the pizza. I really enjoyed making this and having a taste of it. Now that I know how to make it I think that it's going to be one of my favourite recipes.