Since discovering this I went to my local kitchen store and picked myself up a nice pizza stone.
The first thing I needed to tackle was figuring out how to deal with a ball of fresh pizza dough. To be quite honest I am went through 3 pizzas before I really had something that was "ok". I need to continue to improve it. I think the key is to put a little olive oil on the pizza when you are spinning it out. For some reason this made the pizza easier to stretch.
This brings me to another point. Spinning a pizza is possibly the most fun thing in the world. I have stared in awe at my local pizza spots for years and I employed the techniques I witnessed in doing it at home. it is easy and fun! use your fists. Stretch it out slowly. It is easy as pie and super happy fun times :)
Now I have to admit I still need to do work here but the olive oil discovery on the dough definitely changed things for me. I am going to try again soon and see if I make an improvement. In this pizza the crust was still too thick but was super close to wonderful. Almost there!
Ok now let move on to what I put on the pizza :)
Here is an ingredient shot:
I used simple goodness....
Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
Fresh Sage
Sweet Italian Sausages
Vine Ripened Tomatoes
Red Chili Flakes
Salt
Pepper
Parmesan Cheese
Black Truffle Infused Olive Oil
Simple!
I started by heating up a pan and tossing in some truffle oil. I took the sausage out of its "casing" and tossed the chopped up meat in the pan. Once it began to brown I put in about 1.5 tablespoons of fresh chopped sage and salt to add a nice flavor to the meat and balance the truffle flavor.
I coated the dough in a thin layer of truffle oil. Put on nice thing pieces of mozzarella everywhere. Layered on the sausage and then thin sliced vine ripened tomatoes. From there I put on the chili flakes (about 1 teaspoon) and then tossed it in the over until it was nice and crispy.
I finished it with more sage, more chili flakes, salt, pepper, and Parmesan cheese.
What did I get? Deliciousness! I need to improve the crust but I am well on my way to a perfect pizza at home! YUM YUM PIZZA!
Finished Product:
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