PIZZA TUESDAYS

Spicy roasted cauliflower, shredded rainbow carrots, tahini lemon dressing, toasted pine nuts, dates, dried apricots, grated pecorino romano cheese, fresh parsley & mint It has been the coldest, grossest April of—I assume—all time, so this pizza was a sort of sad (albeit very delicious) attempt to transport ourselves to some warmer Middle Eastern or North African climate instead of trying to use fresh spring produce when it is, for some reason, still winter. Vegetables + tahi

Spicy shakshuka with cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, red bell peppers, Middle Eastern spices, feta, baked eggs, homemade za'atar pita chips, fresh parsley & mint I always get nervous about putting baked eggs on a pizza, because it's so hard to get the timing right. You want the eggs to be cooked, but also runny, but also you want the pizza crust to be cooked and not burnt. So if we're doing egg pizza, we usually go fried or poached or something else that can be made separately an

Sliced avocado, strawberry-rhubarb salsa with onion & jalapeño, garlic tostones (fried plantains), crumbled cotija cheese, squeeze of fresh lime juice This is the perfect pizza for a warm April day, when spring produce is in season but your heart says it's time for summer. And to go along with the theme of being impatient, see: this plantain recipe. While most sweet fried plantain recipes require you to wait until the plantains are super ripe and nearly black, these Puerto Ri

Roasted artichokes with curry aioli, roasted red peppers, cherry tomatoes, manchego cheese, fresh oregano In the past we've taken the time to labor over the preparation of whole fresh artichokes, but this pizza is all about the cheater's way out. Fresh is usually the superior option, but sometimes you just have to be okay with using canned vegetables. And I'm okay with it. Artichokes are a pain. Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough flour for dusting semolina flour for pi

Roasted plantains with homemade jerk seasoning, stir fried onions & bell peppers, queso fresco, homemade pomegranate BBQ sauce drizzle, fresh cilantro For this recipe, we were experimenting with creating our own rubs and sauces. As a meat-eater/vegetarian couple, we don't really cook much meat at home, which means jerk rubs and BBQ sauces don't make their way into our kitchen with a lot of frequency, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy a nice complex mix of mystery spices. S

Balsamic-marinated strawberries, lemon-mint ricotta, caramelized onions, mozzarella, garlic-roasted cherry tomatoes, fresh basil This pizza is an updated version of one of our earliest pizza creations, back when we were just starting to experiment and we didn't know how to take a good picture to save our lives. We also didn't write anything down back then, so all we had was a dark photo and our questionable memory. But we were pretty sure we remembered it being tasty, so we w

Savory rhubarb-cranberry jam, caramelized onions, pan-fried chipotle goat cheese, walnuts, fresh thyme Fried goat cheese can be temperamental, but it's totally worth it for that crispy-on-the-outside, melty-on-the-inside result. A good trick is to keep it cold before frying it, so it doesn't start to melt prematurely and fall apart in the hot oil. Since you're going to be shaping the cheese discs with your hands, this might mean putting them back in the fridge for a bit after

Sautéed ramps, roasted new potatoes & purple radishes, Pecorino Romano cheese, tarragon vinaigrette Ramps are one of my favorite seasonal finds. Maybe it's because of the idea that if I really wanted to, I could go forage for them on my own—even though in reality, I just purchase them at farmers' markets. But there's a world where it could happen. Someday, maybe. Or the appeal could also be because ramps are one of the daintiest members of the allium family, and yet are still

Caramelized red apples, crispy bacon, Asiago, popcorn, Granny Smith apple slices with blackberry caramel sauce drizzle This week's recipe was inspired, obviously, by carnival food: popcorn, caramel apples, and of course we threw in some bacon for good measure (think of it as a corndog substitute). It's sweet, it's salty, it's better than winning a goldfish. Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough salt & pepper olive oil flour for dusting semolina flour for pizza stone a cou

Vegetarian fesenjan (with walnuts & sumac), roasted eggplant, pomegranates, fried noodles, parsley & mascarpone Fesenjan is a Persian dish that is typically made as a chicken stew with walnuts and pomegranates, but we found a recipe a while back that made a vegetarian version with eggplant, and it is supremely delicious. We actually make a version of this sauce every couple of weeks because it's so easy to do—we let it cook down to an even thicker, pastier consistency and jus