Wow! Been a long time since I posted anything. Been fighting the good fight in my battle with anorexia. I won. Yeah! To celebrate my victory over anorexia I thought it might be a good idea to make some pizza. I couldn't decide what type to make, so I made three different types. That'll show that damn anorexia who's the boss around here.
I had made some tomato sauce two days prior for another meal. I took some of the kickass sauce and added some basil-garlic olive oil to make a pizza sauce. With the sauce already made, knockin' out the pizzas was relatively quick. I started the pizza dough when Lupe's parents and sister came by the house. By the time the chit-chatting out on the patio was done, the dough was ready. Lorena has some pizza making experience, so she took care of forming the pizzas. In the meantime, I had rendered some thick bacon end pieces and had sauteed some spicy chicken breast chunks. The big pizza (16") was topped with the chicken, spicy meatballs, red onion slices, black olives and cheese. That one went in the oven first as we worked on the two little ones. One was a very simple Pizza Margherita-like affair. It was topped with the pizza sauce, ripe garden tomato slices and mozzarella cheese. Just as it was coming out of the oven I tossed some fresh basil on top. Nice. If I could just learn to make my own mozzarella I could have totally homemade Pizza Margherita.
The star of the evening had to be the cheddar-bacon pizza. I wanted to make a pizza that would taste like a bacon-cheddar burger. Topped with sharp cheddar, thick-cut bacon pieces, red onion, jalapeno and blue cheese crumbles, this pizza really hit the mark. The only thing that could have made it any better would have been adding some ground beef to the topping. Absolutely the best pizza I've ever made. Next time I do this one I'm goin' full Monty on it. I'll make it in my new 14" Sicilian pizza pan and add the ground beef. I might even try putting some pickles on it.
Bacon-cheddar pizza. Best thing ever......damn skippy.
