You'd better cut the pizza in four pieces, because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

Pizza battle!  Ahh, pizza.  Oh, how I love you so!  Thin, deep, tossed, round, square, meaty, meatless, hot, cold, frozen, fresh, we don't care.  I will eat pizza in any form.  If I ate pizza everyday... I would become round and meaty as well so I'll take you in moderation.  I gotta maintain the sexy, you know.

The battle was Joe vs. Linda.  Joe's pizza was covered with decadent gourmet toppings (chicken, arugula, mushrooms, garlic) and Linda's pizza was an ode to one of her favorite foods: baked scallop roll.  The winner?  Another tie, perhaps?  Nope.  In this battle between man vs. woman, woman wins!

Linda's Baked Scallop Dynamite Pizza

The inspiration for this recipe came from my boyfriend, Joe ("Rice Joe" not "Beans Joe"), who loves sushi.  Then I thought mmm, baked scallop roll from Tommy's Sushi.  Delicious. Then I thought mmm, suzumaru pizza from Sushi Kappo Suzumaru which isn't actually pizza but a baked roll.  Delicious. Then I thought hmm, what if the baked scallop roll and suzumaru pizza had babies?  Those would be some delicious babies!  My mind kept rolling until I thought of this simple yet fantabulous recipe.  I'm not a huge fan of fusion, but baby, this one was good.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of sifted flour
1 package of dry yeast (1/4 ounce)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 cup of warm water
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup of mayo (if you have Japanese mayo, even better!)
4 tbsp sriracha chili sauce (or more, depending on how spicy you like it)
Sesame oil
1 cup of soy sauce
1 cup of mirin
1/4 cup of sugar
8-10 big scallops, sliced into 4 (I bought mine frozen from the Korean store and thawed it in the fridge overnight)
2 chopped green onions
1 sheet of toasted sesame cut into strips or furikake
Toasted sesame seeds

First, the dough.  In a big bowl, mix warm water and sugar until the sugar dissolves.  Sprinkle the yeast on top and wait about 10-15 minutes until it foams.  Add the flour, salt, and olive oil and knead for about 10 minutes.  Oil the bowl, oil the dough, cover in plastic wrap, and let sit in room temperature for about an hour.  The dough should double in size.  This makes enough for two pizzas. 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Heat the soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in a pot until sugar melts which will make a quick teriyaki sauce.  The rest can be used for chicken or unagi!  Mix the mayo and sriracha sauce together in a bowl to make a quick dynamite sauce.  Brush a large baking sheet with sesame oil which will prevent sticking and create a nice flavor and aroma.  Spread the dough out evenly onto the sheet.  Brush teriyaki sauce onto the dough and evenly spread out scallop slices.  Cover pizza with about half the dynamite sauce and bake for 15-20 minutes.  It will go in looking funky, but it will come out looking delicious!  Top with green onions, sesame strips, and sesame seeds.  For more kick, dot each scallop piece with some sriracha sauce.  You can substitute the scallops for shrimp, mussels, and lobster if you have the dough (*buh dum ch*!).  Enjoy!

Hint for the next battle: "The merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenengo, grown deep in the jungles primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum."