OMG PIZZA
At IGA right now they have a stamp saving promotion where you can collect bakeware after collecting x number of stamps. I spent $350 there in a few weeks, so I got *free* pizza pan the other day. Really, it’s for making homemade pizza and we wimped out and used Boboli crusts, but still. Free! (ish).
We headed down to IGA to pick up the pizza fixins and while we were in the checkout line a young guy behind us was ordering pizza on his cell. He turned to his girlfriend and said “Sweet! On sale for $9.99!!!” Andrew and I looked at our bill for $49 and wondered how Domino’s stays in business. Oh right, their pizza sucks. Suck = cheap.
Anyways, Andrew was in charge of a classic pizza, and I attempted to rip off Earl’s California pizza and came pretty close.
California pizza
- Boboli crust (or make your own if you are not lazy and more interested in spending your Friday night drinking wine and not rising and kneading and rising and kneading and throwing in the air and all that “when the moon hits your eye” stuff).
- Pesto sauce
- Sun-dried tomatoes (get the ones that are not packed in oil, if you can)
- Shrimp (we bought a shrimp ring because it was on sale, and the shrimp were the perfect size. The little ones from the seafood section looked too small and prawns looked too huge).
- Feta cheese
Assemble according to your taste preferences – we used a lot of everything. Man, it was good, but we’d go a little easier on the pesto next time – it was a tad salty, especially with the feta, so balance your pesto/feta accordingly.
Classic pizza
- Boboli crust
- Tomato paste (paste, not sauce – Andrew’s insistence)
- Italian seasoning (added to the sauce paste)
- Garlic (ditto)
- Pepperoni
- Green pepper
- Canned mushrooms (he insisted on canned – he said the “off-set” the green pepper…?)
- Mozzarella cheese
Perfect classic pizza, although again, we’d go a little easier on the sauce paste next time.
