Friday night is pizza night. Whatever the week may bring, good things will happen after work on Friday.
We've really been enjoying our Breville electric pizza oven, which was a pre-wedding gift. As you can see above, it really does a nice job on the crust. After initially being terrified it was a dangerous appliance and would burn the house down, we've since relaxed a bit and are glad of its high-temperature capabilities (600-650 F).
This week's pizza was partly a fridge clean out:
Leftover arugula pesto
Caramelized onions
Diced zucchini and red pepper
Olives
A cheese medley (we had dribs and drabs of chèvre, blue cheese, and Parmesan)
Overloading our pizzas with toppings is kind of our norm (unless we make a marguerita, and even then I have a tendency to over-do it on the cheese). It is a bad habit that I am okay with. This particular pizza ranked about average (and we think our average is pretty good). Its only shortcomings were having an oil/moisture content that was a touch high.
The key to a successful pizza, in my opinion, is salt. It's really hard to over-salt a pizza, and ample salt really amps up the flavour. Don't be afraid to put plenty of it in your dough, and to make your pesto excessively salty!
We've really been enjoying our Breville electric pizza oven, which was a pre-wedding gift. As you can see above, it really does a nice job on the crust. After initially being terrified it was a dangerous appliance and would burn the house down, we've since relaxed a bit and are glad of its high-temperature capabilities (600-650 F).
This week's pizza was partly a fridge clean out:
Leftover arugula pesto
Caramelized onions
Diced zucchini and red pepper
Olives
A cheese medley (we had dribs and drabs of chèvre, blue cheese, and Parmesan)
Overloading our pizzas with toppings is kind of our norm (unless we make a marguerita, and even then I have a tendency to over-do it on the cheese). It is a bad habit that I am okay with. This particular pizza ranked about average (and we think our average is pretty good). Its only shortcomings were having an oil/moisture content that was a touch high.
The key to a successful pizza, in my opinion, is salt. It's really hard to over-salt a pizza, and ample salt really amps up the flavour. Don't be afraid to put plenty of it in your dough, and to make your pesto excessively salty!
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