No, not literally. This is what happens over the last few days before you are paid and you are trying to stretch the last $20 you have in your wallet. Thankfully, you have flour in the pantry, a jar of yeast in the freezer and some olive oil on hand for the dough. The toppings are where you begin to get creative. Open refrigerator door: hmmmm.
- Random jar of sun dried tomato spread = sauce
- Pepperoni you didn’t eat on your camping trip = still good! (it’s cured for goodness sake)
- Tomato = only had one so I couldn’t make sauce, sliced it up instead
- Fontina cheese = bought it for another recipe and never used it (whew!)
What’s that? You’ve made enough dough for two pizzas? Ok, cool. Open freezer door too:
- Tiny container of homemade pesto from your neighbor’s basil plant = sauce
- Piece of steak you brought home from that restaurant the other day
- ½ container of grape tomatoes (also left from camping trip)
- Piece of Chihuahua cheese that you actually didn’t shred and put on top of your nachos two days ago (for whatever reason)
The inspiration: having taught the Neapolitan Pizzeria class a few days before. I love it when my job inspires me.
The outcome: two completely different and delicious pizzas, which were equally as tasty the next day for lunch.
The moral of the story: the next time your significant other asks you to clean out the refrigerator, ask her if she would like pizza for dinner.
If you don’t have a rolling pin or pizza peel, stop by Lincoln Square for our Wood Trunk Show this Saturday, September 15 from 11am-4pm for our a free event. If downtown is closer for you, sign up for our Neapolitan Pizzeria class at the Merchandise Mart that same morning at 10AM. Click here to sign up.