I was watching Ham on the Street a few nights ago (great show - I had never watched it before but it's quite entertaining), and the episode focused on pizza. He visited pizza shops, had a taste test to see if people on the street liked his toppings of carmelized onions and gorgonzola more than pepperoni, and made some pizza on pita bread that I have to try.
But the recipe on the show that I need to try right now is the Pepperoni Pizza Soup. What a great concept, pizza, but in a bowl! At first I thought it would be just some odd approximation of pizza, but this recipe actually sounds doable:
2 1/2 cups tomato-basil-garlic soup (if you can't find it with garlic, perhaps you can add a little in)
1 1/2 cups water
2 gloves of garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni
2 green onions, diced
2 tsps dried oregano, plus a little more
1/3 cup diced pepperoni
1 cup grated mozzarella
1 cup grated cheddar
Preheat broiler. Put tomato soup, water and garlic into large pot and bring to a boil. Add macaroni, onions, oregano, and pepperoni and stir. When macaroni is cooked, pour it into over-safe bowls. Top with mozzarella and cheddar. Sprinkle oregano too. Broil until cheese is brown and bubbling.
I gotta try this. I think I'm going to up the amount of pepperoni and cheeses though. I'm wondering if adding the macaroni will make this more of a pasta dish than a pizza dish. Maybe Ham's option of putting this in a bread bowl will give it more of a pizza look and feel.
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