Susan is unlike anyone else I've ever met. She is incredibly kind, intelligent, and funny. She brightens up my life. I am so lucky to have her as a friend. I love her dearly and miss her terribly already. I can't wait to see her again in May!
As always, we had a wonderful time together. It's always so great to just hang out and catch up. We watched Singing in the Rain and two Marx Brothers movies. We had a great time laughing and watching YouTube videos. We also had a great time cooking pizza!
The funniest part of this evening was when we realized that we prepared enough dough to make 6-8 pizzas! So, we went back to the grocery store and got more ingredients. We ended up making three different kinds of pizza instead of just one and froze the rest of the dough.
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| Key Ingredients: Bread flour, semolina flour, yeast, super fine sugar, salt, water, and olive oil |
The trickiest part to making the pizza was definitely making the dough. We were supposed to make a well in the middle of the flour and pour in the water/olive oil mixture. This worked well until we started moving the flour into the well and the walls broke. Water and olive oil started spilling everywhere, including on my pants! However, we were able to stop it and catch enough of the liquid. Next time, I think we'll make a larger well and add the liquid in two parts.
Margarita Pizza
Also known as the classic pizza. We decided to use fresh tomatoes instead of tomato sauce because my mother warned that pizzas often turn out soggy if your oven isn't hot enough. It turns out ours is. It successfully pre-heated to 500 degrees Fahrenheit!
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| Tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil |
Goat Cheese and Apple Pizza
So delicious. Who doesn't love goat cheese? Susan and Jon agreed that this was in their top 2 favorites. I personally found it to be a little dry. Maybe next time I'll add a little bit more oil. I know it sounds weird, but I also think I might want to have mine with a bit of honey.
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| Key Ingredients: Goat cheese, apples, walnuts, and arugula |
Mushroom and Raclette Pizza
This was my favorite of the three. We wanted to get fontina, but oddly enough, Fromagination (our local cheese shop) doesn't sell it. This is odd because they sell really obscure cheeses. The storekeepers recommended using raclette instead. Susan reassured me and Jon that this was a great melting cheese. I'm glad we listened to her! Yes, Yum!
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| Key Ingredients: Tomatoes, raclette cheese, sauteed mushrooms, and sage |
It was wonderful to see Susan and Azula reunited. Zuzu was incredibly affectionate with Suzy, just like she was when we first met her at the Dane County Humane Society five months ago.
Azula had a great weekend. She saw Susan and got a new box to play in!
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| Azula in a pizza stone box |
