So, last night I was in the mood for pizza but didn't have any tomato sauce or mozzarella cheese. No problemo. I had fresh basil. I made a quick pesto with basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts, freshly grated parm, salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil using my mini-prep food processor. Pesto served as the sauce on my first pie. I topped it with goat cheese and (after the pizza was cooked) sundried tomatoes.
I made the second pie in the style of a white pizza. I topped the crust with slices of provolone then added a mixture of sauteed onion, spinach, artichokes and ricotta cheese. After baking in the oven at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes, dinner was ready. I think my favorite last night was the white pie - it was fabulous.
The beauty of it all is that although I did not have traditional pizza ingredients, I was still able to make delicious pies with other ingredients I already had in the fridge. Yet another reason to love pizza...it can be anything you want!
Nice, Cuz! Mom turned me on to your blog. Luv pizza too, but can't get decent stuff round here. I want to get one of those ceramic grill/cookers that you can line with brick and get up to 800* to take my homemade pies to a whole new level. Ciao!
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