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    Home » Recipes » Amish Main Dishes

    Throwback Thursday: Chef Boyaredee Pizza and Dorcas Raber's Top-Notch Pizza

    Published: Jun 16, 2016 · Updated: Jun 16, 2016 by Kevin Williams | 3 Comments

    Blue ribbon baker, Carmon Hacker,  took a step back into comfort food with this delicious Chef Boyardee pizza (with added cheese and Italian sausage)

    Blue ribbon baker, Carmon Hacker, took a step back into comfort food with this delicious Chef Boyardee pizza (with added cheese and Italian sausage)

    By Kevin Williams

    Ah, I saw a friend's post on Facebook about her recently made Chef Boyardee pizza (pictured here) and I just sighed. Sighed with contentment.  Few foods evoke such comforting memories for me from my childhood.  Yes,  I grew up in a part Italian family who whipped up delicious pasta dishes, but, as an 8-year-old, I think I enjoyed my cans of Chef Boyardee ravioli about as much as anything my grandma whipped up.  I know, low brow food taste, but don't tell that to an 8-year-old.

    It's probably been 30 years since I've eaten anything Chef Boyardee. I'm racking my brain to think if I ever bought any Chef Boyardee when I moved out into my own apartment for the first time and I just don't think I did.  I sort of graduated on to more homemade foods and frozen microwavable meals.  But the fondness for Chef Boyardee remains...He was, by the way, a real person.

    I think when I was a kid the ravioli was my favorite, but the homemade pizza kits were also something we had at home. Here's a link on how to make your own (or just go out and by the darn kit)

    Pizza is a favorite among the Amish, especially homemade pizza.  Check out Dorcas Raber (Gloria's Mom) recipe for homemade "Top Notch Pizza"

    Dorcas writes:

    A young Amish girl from Michigan stayed in our community for a year. She and her sister came up with this recipe:

    Bake your favorite pizza crust in a 13 X 18 inch greased pan.

    Top with the following:  Velveeta cheese slices, 1 1 /2 cups sour cream mixed with some Hidden Valley Ranch Dip Mix, grilled turkey breasts with spices of your choice, ham chunks, pepperoni slices, diced peppers, diced onions, Homemade barbecue sauce to put on top:

    HOMEMADE BARBECUE SAUCE

    1 /2 cup ketchup

    1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

    1 /4 teaspoon liquid smoke

    3 tablespoons brown sugar

    1 /2 teaspoon chili powder

    1 /4 teaspoon garlic salt

    1 /4 teaspoon onion salt

    1 /2 teaspoon mustard

    Top with shredded cheese.

    Bake at 350.

     

     

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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Mari Orton

      June 17, 2016 at 3:46 pm

      When my two children were small we struggled financially. I would make the Chef Boyardee pizzas using hot dogs for the meat. sounds gross maybe, but they were quite good and my kids loved them.

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      • Kevin

        June 18, 2016 at 8:03 am

        That actually sounds like it wouldn't be bad. Thank you for stopping by, Mari!

        Reply
      • Kalee

        June 20, 2016 at 8:03 pm

        In the 1960s my great aunt made Chef Boyardee pizzas with Vienna sausages on them. She had three teenage boys and all their friends to feed.

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