Happy National Pizza Day!
Am I blindingly busy right now? Oh yes. But that isn’t going to stop me from paying homage to PIZZA! This is a photo of the best pizza I have ever eaten in Marselle France. It was hands down the best, too. And I’ve eaten pizza in Naples. I sure do love a fork and knife kind of ‘Za and that is exactly what I’m trying to recreate today. I know I won’t get the crust as good as this was but I’m going to give it a whirl.
While Theo Shane was living his best life at school and enjoying his Valentine’s Day party, I decided to utilize my pizza loving Coco. She. Loves. Pizza. Like in her soul. So, when I asked her if she wanted to have a pizza day, she just about lost her mind. To the store we went…
Now it was time to make the dough! This girl loves to get her hands dirty so she was very ready for all of the flour.
Like I said this is just how I made my dough. I’d love to go back and get a lesson from a chef in Europe but for now here is how we did it…
We were very excited to get all of the fixin’s for our pizza. She wanted cheese and tomatoes on hers. Don’t worry it only takes us twice as long in any kind of store because my social butterfly really needs to talk to…everyone.
what you do:
Add flour, salt, and yeast to Kitchen Aid and mix well.
Slowly add in water until well combined.
Cut dough into six pieces and form into rounds.
Drizzle with olive oil and cover for about an hour or so.
Sprinkle the counter with flour and keep pressing down until you have about a 10 inch pie.
Add your toppings and throw into the oven for about 5-7 minutes. These are small pizzas they don’t take too long.
How about her very satisfied chef’s pose here?
Colette went with a classic fresh mozzarella, parm, tomatoes, and spinach. She was very pleased with the her decision.
To recreate my French pizza, I brushed the crust with olive oil and garlic, then I used greens, cherry tomatoes, assorted olives, fresh parmesan and mozzarella. Was it as good as it was in Marselle? Nothing ever will be, but it was indeed very delicious!
To finish our girl’s pizza day, we of course had a little cheers! We had the best day, and I can’t wait to continue teaching The Kilgore Kids all about good food and their way around the kitchen.
