We had some friends over for dinner and Cards Against Humanity (I won! I am the weirdest, apparently!) and I decided to make pizza. It was really fun, and it turned out super delicious. I put out pepperoni, italian sausage, soyrizo, thin sliced yellow squash, fresh sliced jalapenos, fresh spinach, chopped artichoke hearts, shredded mozzarella. I made a homemade pizza sauce the day before, and used the pre-prepped pizza dough from Trader Joe's- wow it was awesome! Fresh, delicious, easy to use. We tried the whole wheat and the herb seasoned, and they were both good, though I would probably just stick with the herb seasoned from here on out.
I cut the raw dough in half and then rolled each piece out into vaguely pizza shaped slabs and plopped them onto oiled pans. Actually, we only have one cookie sheet, so one crust went into a large stainless steel skillet and one went into a medium stainless steel skillet. Strange, but hey- it worked! After slathering the dough with sauce, everyone piled on their favorite toppings and they cooked for about 12 minutes or so. A pizza made with half of the dough was the perfect size for one person. Very easy! I put soyrizo, artichoke hearts and squash on mine. So good!
For the sauce, I used this recipe: Roasted Tomato Pizza Sauce. It was crazy easy, and I WILL be making more of this while the summer tomatoes are at the farmer's market, to stock up in the freezer. Basically, you just chop up an onion, a bell pepper, two garlic cloves, two carrots. Add this to a crap ton of cherry tomatoes (I used mostly little orange ones), mix with olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme. I imagine oregano would be tasty, too. Roast for a while, let cool. Put the peppers aside under saran wrap to let them sweat and then peel the skins off. Puree with some broth. Done! :) Next time, I will add more tomatoes, I think. This recipe is definitely a success!
The night ended with chocolate chip cookies dipped in Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, and Cards Against Humanity. Good times.
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