Pizza night at home

Tonight's dinner was inspired by Culinary in the Desert (see My Favorite Blogs on the right hand bar). Joe (the blogger) and Jeff have pizza every Friday, and their whole wheat pizza dough is the preferred substrate upon which to create culinary delights. We tried their dough recipe (found here) and found it to be a sturdy thin crust but still retained a good chew without being dry. Michael, who is sometimes not a fan of whole wheat in things not classically made with it (such as pizza), said that it turned out better than he thought although he would like more rise and wants to play with the yeast and flour ratios.

We used leftover vodka sauce that Michael had made for a dinner party he threw for some of his law school friends while I was in New Orleans, Italian sweet sausage bought from another Joe (the Trader), defrosted frozen spinach that had its water squeezed out, and a sprinkling of shredded mozzarella cheese.

Figure 1. Right out of the oven

Figure 2. Right before entering my stomach