Yet again, no picture to go with my post. But I had to share this wonderful culinary experience.
A few weeks ago we went to visit some friends up in Salt Lake City. The husband is a friend of Shane's from South Carolina. In his spare time (when he's not being a physics professor and working on mixing techno music) he is a wonderful chef. If you've tried the Tomato Pie recipe from this site, it is based on a recipe I first got from him. Where I buy my pie crust and mayonaise at the store, he makes his from scratch. When he offered to make us homemade pizza, I knew that it would be a great experience.
He started by making the pizza crust with a mixture of whole wheat and regular flour. He showed me how to make it with the Kitchen Aid. I've never had good luck with making homemade bread or rolls, so he showed me what the consistency should be and the key to kneeding the dough. He even made sauce for two of the pizzas from scratch too. One cheese and pepperoni with mushroom for the kids, one veggie pizza for his wife and brother in law (peppers, olives, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, mushrooms). Then he made a chicken ranch pizza for us.
The pizza was wonderful. The nice part about making your own pizza at home is that you can add whatever ingredients you want and what amount you want. You can be creative and it tastes so much better than ordering it from somewhere and it is more healthy (well, as healthy as pizza can be).
