Tag: pizza

Homemade Pizza

Homemade pizza really can be made in less time than it takes for delivery, crust included!

The crucial element is the dough recipe, which I found on COOKIE + kate years ago and have been using ever since. It’s versatile, comes together in less than 20 minutes, and tastes great. Plus when you make your own dough, you can roll it to your desired thickness. Win/win! My other recommendation is use the highest quality ingredients you can find, organic and fresh really make a difference in something like this. Personally I like caremelized onions, bacon, chicken, basil, oregano, and parmesan and mozzerella for the cheeses.

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I also use this basic white pizza sauce, but if you prefer tomato based, knock youself out! Any sauce will work!

  • 1/2 cup estra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp minced fresh garlic
  • 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 tsp dried parsley

Frozen Pizza

I love pizza and at some point I’ll give you my tried and true quick crust recipe and favorite ingredient combos for homemade pizza, but here I just wanted to share a recent discovery. I had pretty much written off frozen pizza because every time I tried one, it just felt like a poor imitation of what I was actually craving. Then I saw this at Whole Foods a few weeks ago and decided to give it a try. What a revelation! I’m not going to say it tops homemade pizza, but this comes as close to the real thing as I’ve ever had (give it a rest DiGiornio). I place it right on the rack and 15 minutes later I have a really tasty pizza with a firm crust (but not a cracker) and perfect sauce to ingredient ratio. If you live in an area with a Whole Foods, I encourage you to give it a try.