Making pizza seems like a daunting task, until you find out it’s pretty darn easy. With a few good ingredients, you too can make them at home. Here I was, thinking what to do for my husband’s 50th birthday? I was going to invite people over for a small party, however his idea of turning 50 is low key. Simple homemade food, something fun and yummy, and just the two of us. Aweee…. so sweet, I know :-). “Kind of like that one year we made homemade sushi. “, he said. We made California Roll on one of his birthdays and it was so fun. Trust me, I’m all for dressing up, putting my face on to dine out at a fancy place. But staying home in a messy bun, hanging out in the kitchen with a really good glass of wine, having awesome homemade food is my kind of night, too.
For those of you who have a fancy pizza oven, like an outdoor one in the backyard (hello, I want to be your friend!) or a portable one, you know who you are. All are so great, but regular oven in your home kitchen can produce awesome pizzas, too. If you have a pizza stone, definitely use it. You can bake it in an oven at 500 °F. Or on a baking sheet for 475 °F. Use the best ingredients you can find, good cheeses, meat, olive oil, etc. You can make them with whatever toppings you want, the possibilities are endless. Mine was the white pizza with English truffle Cheddar, fresh Mozzarella, goat cheese and arugula lemon Dijon vinaigrette. I was totally inspired by Ina Garten’s white pizzas with arugula. My husband loves pepperoni, so he made one with three cheese tomato sauce, Gruyère cheese, sharp cheddar, Mozzarella and uncured pepperoni. Another not so secret ingredient we used was the garlic oil, it added so much flavor to the pizza crusts.
Let’s cook some food!
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