PIZZA TUESDAYS

Skyr & Brennevín sauce, wildberry jam, caramelized fennel & crimini mushrooms, black lava salt, licorice While we already made one pizza in anticipation of our trip to Iceland, this one was inspired by a lot of the ingredients and flavors we found while we were there. We found that while a lot of traditional Icelandic foods use harsh, acquired-taste Viking flavors like brennevín, licorice and fermented shark, Icelanders themselves tend to offset this by favoring sweet, rich f

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

Baked double-cream brie with homemade cranberry-pecan jam, topped with dried currants, dried cranberries, walnuts, pecans, honey, rosemary, thyme, sea salt & a sprinkle of chili flakes Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough flour for dusting olive oil salt & pepper semolina flour for pizza stone For the cranberry jam: 1 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen) 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup pecans For the baked brie 1 wheel of your favorite double crème brie, sliced into thi

Rhubarb-apple compote (with cardamom, cloves, brown sugar & allspice), baked onions with balsamic vinegar, honeycrisp apples, baked rhubarb (with pear juice & lime zest), blue cheese crumbles, Graham cracker pie crust, walnuts, fresh oregano Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough olive oil flour for dusting salt & pepper Graham cracker pie crust handful of walnuts handful of fresh oregano leaves 1-2 white onions, peeled & cut into about 8 wedges each 1-2 tablespoo

Poached plum jam (with vanilla bean, whole anise star, cardamom, cinnamon sticks, cloves, honey & red wine), shaved manchego, pretzel pieces, arugula, orchid blossoms Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of dough flour for dusting semolina flour for pizza stone olive oil salt & pepper edible flowers of your choosing (we found orchids at Reading Terminal Market, but it might be a good idea to just look up edible flowers in your area—you might even be able to pick them yourself!) h

Spiced apricot jam, goat cheese, cardamom hamantaschen (with apricot preserves, goat cheese, walnuts, pears, ginger, lemon), walnuts, fresh sage Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of dough flour for dusting semolina flour for pizza stone olive oil salt & pepper log of goat cheese handful of walnuts, roughly chopped small handful of sage leaves, stems removed For the spiced apricot sauce: 1 cup dried apricots 1 cup water ½ cup apple cider vinegar ¼ cup sugar 2 tablespoons

Almond butter, guava jelly, sharp cheddar, toasted bread crumbs, roasted spiced peanuts (with cayenne, cumin, salt & sugar), fried plantains Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough flour for dusting semolina flour for the pizza stone olive oil salt & pepper about ½ cup almond butter (ours was from our new friends at PB & Jams) about ½ cup guava jelly (or however much you like with your nut butter) 1-2 plantains, sliced diagonally about ½ inch thick canola oil (or co

Oven-roasted Jerusalem artichokes, plum chutney, Gruyere, candied & spiced almonds, crispy kale chips (with almond butter, cumin, chili powder, dried garlic, cayenne & salt) Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough flour for dusting semolina flour for the pizza stone olive oil salt & pepper 2-3 large Jerusalem artichokes (or sunchokes), scrubbed thoroughly and sliced about ¼ inch thick plum chutney (we got ours here) 1 hunk Gruyere, shaved For the kale chips: 1-2 bunc