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Pizza poetry~

A Pizza the Size of the Sun

I'm making a pizza the size of the sun,
a pizza that's sure to weigh more than a ton,
a pizza too massive to pick up and toss,
a pizza resplendent with oceans of sauce.

I'm topping my pizza with mountains of cheese,
with acres of peppers, pimentos, and peas,
with mushrooms, tomatoes, and sausage galore,
with every last olive they had at the store.

My pizza is sure to be one of a kind,
my pizza will leave other pizzas behind,
my pizza will be a delectable treat
that all who love pizza are welcome to eat.

The oven is hot, I believe it will take
a year and a half for my pizza to bake.
I hardly can wait till my pizza is done,
my wonderful pizza the size of the sun.

--Jack Prelutsky

Last Night was Pizza Night

So, I am a Downton Abbey fan, and last night was was the airing of the final episode of season 2.  And, as it was Sunday, I needed to do something a little more special for dinner.  My wild hare notion was to make pizza, and because this is a lengthy process, especially if left up to one person to do, I knew I needed to allow at least 2.3-3 hours before my show started.

I always make 4 pizzas, because we eat more than 2, and the 1.5 or so left over makes a good lunch, or breakfast, depending on who you talk to.

Two pizzas were assembled on cookie sheets (then after 10 minutes of baking, transferred to the stone that lives permanently in my oven, for the last 5 minutes).  I have only two of said sheets, and little time for baking.  Note: my show was starting in 30 minutes.

So, I recruited my son to assemble the other two.  Two of the four pizzas were baked in clay pie plates, which makes for a more deep dish pizza.  This seems to work just fine, even though the dough recipe I use is for thin crust.

6:40: two pizzas out, two going in.

6:59: pizzas out, Downton Abbey starting in one minute.  Phew!

Photos up next~

Pizza Night

It's interesting what you can make with what's on hand. I didn't feel like venturing out to the store today, so just opened the fridge to see what might work. I found fresh mozzarella that need using up, some Red Hook sausage, a half can of olives, sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil. In a basket, one large white onion.

Here are the results:

For this one, I added sun-dried tomatoes soaked in olive oil, two minutes before pulling out of the oven.


Pizza with Red Hook sausage. This has a great flavor - first pan-fried, then sliced for the pizza. Add lightly sauteed onions, broken olives, oregano on a thin bed of organic pizza sauce. The crust? Home-made, of course.



This one has pine nuts, sauteed onions, slivers of lightly sauteed garlic, broken olives, oregano, feta cheese.


Red Hook pizza, detail:


Carbs: about 25-20 per 1/8 pizza. This is a good thing for those in our household with Type 1 diabetes. One could even split one dough three ways, and strive for an even thinner crust by rolling out with a pin.