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Pesto Pizza with Truffle Honey: AKA Marc’s nemesis pizza

Posted on by October 28, 2014

This Pizza with Truffle Honey: AKA Marc’s nemesis pizza was NOT created with Marc in mind. If you want to see an endearing post about me cooking for Marc like Ina cooks for Jefferey, check out my post on Anniversary Carrot Cake. This is not that post. Marc hates artichokes. Hates them. And I love them. You might recall just how far I’ll go for artichokes if you read my post on artichoke soup. I’m a little crazy about them. I rarely cook with them, because of how much Marc hates them. Pizza is the perfect opportunity to enjoy them, since I can partition off my section if we’re dining alone, or just make him a different pizza if we’ve got a group. When making something Marc doesn’t like, I tend to pile on other ingredients he tolerates but doesn’t love, like mushrooms and truffle honey. This pizza started out as me enjoying a list of ingredients I usually hold back on for Marc. We both broke into a fit of laughter when we realized that the end result of my anti-Marc experiment created a superfood of evil we’ve now titled Marc’s nemesis pizza. For everyone else, it might just … Continue reading →

Kale and Many Mushroom Pizza

Posted on by September 22, 2014

It’s surprising to me that this is my first pizza post because I love brainstorming pizza combinations. I like to follow the seasons and what’s at the market in terms of toppings. This particular one is special for many reasons. The cheese (and if you can’t find it, sub a smoked cheese or a sheep’s milk cheese), the truffle salt, the roasted kale, using mustard instead of sauce. Pizza is one of my go to meals when I want to make something fancy in the kitchen that won’t scare off or intimidate guests. Everyone likes pizza and can pretend it wasn’t a lot of work if they want to and it doesn’t need to be a lot of work. But this one sort of is. 1 pound mixed mushrooms (shitake (stems removed), oyster and crimini) sliced 2 tablespoons butter ½ cup white wine 1 teaspoon salt (I used truffle for extra mushroom depth) 1 tablespoon oregano leaves (the smaller the better) 3-4 tablespoons whole grain mustard ½ pound idiazabel (very cool slightly smoked sheep’s milk cheese) ¼ pound mozzarella 2 cups kale, ribs removed and torn to bite size 1 tablespoon olive oil Homemade pizza dough (or store bought if … Continue reading →