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Pizza Pies on Pi Day

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"Carnitas and Jalapeño Pizza" Cedar Park, 2019
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 “Carnitas and Jalapeño Pizza” Cedar Park, 2019

こんばんは and happy Pi Day!

To celebrate the occasion, I made a couple of Costco thin-crust pizzas (the boxed ones in the freezer section of the stores). I like these pizzas but since I had some leftover carnitas and a couple of jalapeños, I decided to replace the pepperoni on one of them with these toppings. I wasn’t sure how the combination would taste, but I think it turned out pretty good! And then the other pizza had double-pepperoni. 😆🍕

Speaking of pizza, whenever I make a frozen pizza, I always feel the need to spice it up a bit by adding oregano, garlic powder, black pepper, and a few shakes of red pepper flakes on top before it goes into the oven. And sometimes if we have some shredded cheese handy in the fridge, I’ll add a little. It takes just a minute but I think it adds so much. 😊

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Homemade Pizza for Dinner

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"Portuguese Sausage Pizza" Cedar Park, 2019
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 “Portuguese Sausage Pizza” Cedar Park, 2019

Homemade pizza – hard to beat! Tonight’s selections were a Portuguese sausage (from Maui) and onion pizza, and a Japanese-style corn and tuna pizza. It might sound weird to Western ears, but it is so yummy.

Hope you had a nice day!

またね～

"Corn and Tuna Pizza" Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/125 sec, ISO2000
 “Corn and Tuna Pizza” Cedar Park, 2019

Pizza Nite

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"Pizza Factory" Cedar Park, 2018
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 “Pizza Factory” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Tonight Mariko had a few friends over for dinner and she decided to make pizza. Not just a single pizza, but multiple pizzas with different toppings! 🍕 She actually made twice as much dough as we could eat, plus the toppings left are enough for another Pizza Nite, which is fine by me since I am crazy about pizza.

If you are wondering about the topping selections, here’s what was available:

  • Italian sausage
  • Jalepeño
  • Ricotta cheese
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Fresh basil
  • Marinara sauce
  • Corn/tuna/mayo (a Japanese favorite)
  • Carmelized onion
  • Tomato
  • Mushrooms

I think we made about 7 small pizzas before we were all stuffed! Oh, in addition to pizza, there was kale, cauliflower, shrimp and cocktail sauce, green salad, and roasted potatoes. And wine! 🍷

"Cooling and Cooking" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/70 sec, ISO3200
 “Cooling and Cooking” Cedar Park, 2018

The ladies are chatting away, even as it gets late, but I have to turn in… waking up at 5:30 am requires an early bed time. 😀

おやすみ！

Pizza Time

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"Homemade Pizza" Cedar Park, 2017
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 “Homemade Pizza” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。Tonight we used our new stove-top pizza oven for the first time and the pizza turned out pretty good! A few weeks ago we bought a Pizza Pronto, which is basically an enclosure with a double-layer pizza stone inside. You put it over the burner and after a while, it will come up to temperature and you’re ready to put in the pizza. After about 8 minutes, the pizza is done. 🍕

Mariko made some homemade pizza dough and we had some leftover tomato-based pasta sauce to use on two pizzas, some pesto to use for another pizza, and then a store-bought CPK pizza. All of them were cooked nicely, and the oven crisped up the dough deliciously. 😀

"Pizza Oven" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO3200
 “Pizza Oven” Cedar Park, 2017

My only complaint is that it took longer than expected to come up to 500° F, and it never rose above that. Our burner is rated at 18,000 BTU so we should be able to achieve more than 500°. I guess it just takes more time? Or maybe the built-n thermometer is broken?

"Baking" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/80 sec, ISO6400
 “Baking” Cedar Park, 2017

Anyways, more “testing” is needed. 😉 Bring on the pizza!

I hope you had a nice Saturday.

またね～