fifty more to go. . .

pizza number two was a success! four cheese with homemade almond pesto and white sauce. it turned out to be super rich, and i could only muster enough room for 2 pieces. i dined alone will the mister slept in order to be ready to work at 12 am. but he ate a cold piece and said he couldn't rate it because it was not fresh and hot. (maybe he was being nice, as i didn't particularly care for this pizza.) i'm afraid to say this, but maybe too much garlic from the pesto and white sauce. i never thought those words would come out of my mouth, but i've got indigestion like you wouldn't believe.

four cheese pizza:

crust from scratch (still not the recipe i've been meaning to use; having two exams this week is kicking my rear!)

almond pesto

white sauce

fresh mozzarella

grated romano

cheddar

and a bit of feta

one and counting

so, it's over and done with. i made my first pizza of this whole year long commitment. todd kept saying, "what are you going to name this pizza?" i couldn't think of a name, so i'll just list the ingredients. though my first failure of this whole experiment was not making the new crust recipe that i found online....i just didn't have the time. next time.

finely chopped artichoke,

grape tomatoes,

a little red onion,

feta,

mozzarella,

a new homemade sauce from sarah b.

after it was finished baking, i added some fresh basil and parmesan cheese.

todd rated it a 7.5, "what, i can't give you a ten on your first pizza." i should've said it wasn't my first pizza.

we enjoyed a side salad as well, with red leaf lettuce, grape tomatoes, and some parmesan cheese....

it is my only hope that these fifty two pizzas will inspire and create, and hopefully even challenge us as well. and of course increase with taste and interest.

the beginning is near

we've decided our first week of pizza making will ensue this wednesday. i've a new recipe for a crust that will ferment and blossom in the fridge overnight. my friend sarah made some pizza sauce with tomatoes from her mom's garden, and it smells so garlicy good. can't wait to use it. so i think we'll just start it at that, new crust, and new sauce will ring in week one of pizza.