The fellow, Tom, who made the pizzas for the pick up party Friday night offered a couple of really off the wall ideas that were wonderful!! Well, admittedly, I didn't have them hot from the oven, but they were still really tasty.
The most interesting one was made with Chocolate Pork Stroganoff with rye crust (fired roasted veggies, swt. potatoes and mushtrooms) Tom said he just used a stroganoff sauce. Delicious. I got the recipe for the pork he used off the Epicurious website - dying to try it) matched with the Cab Franc
The vegetarian: fresh grilled zukes, patty pans and a wood sorrel pesto with a white sauce. Matched wtih Chardonnay
The Margherita was just that and very good. Matched with the Merlot, not the best pairing, but not bad.
Thai pizza: a spicy sauce using coconut milk, topped with fresh peas(in pod), carrots, shrimp, basil.
He did a great job. It was funny the year before (exactly) I was the one doing the pizza party and I just couldn't help thinking and comparing the differences and the sameness. A couple times I thought, "I would have done that differently...." But, that didn't last long, we got to talking and comparing out loud and any envy disappeared. To tell the truth, I had alreadly decided I never wanted to work that hard again, but still........... In the end, both of us had done a great job and a lot of the guests asked if I had done the pizzas again and how much they had enjoyed mine last year. (that went a long way to get me over the hump!
) Pretty sad, huh? 
We're off to Oregon tomorrow, so as soon as we're back, I'm going to play with the Thai and the Chocolate Pork.
The most interesting one was made with Chocolate Pork Stroganoff with rye crust (fired roasted veggies, swt. potatoes and mushtrooms) Tom said he just used a stroganoff sauce. Delicious. I got the recipe for the pork he used off the Epicurious website - dying to try it) matched with the Cab Franc
The vegetarian: fresh grilled zukes, patty pans and a wood sorrel pesto with a white sauce. Matched wtih Chardonnay
The Margherita was just that and very good. Matched with the Merlot, not the best pairing, but not bad.
Thai pizza: a spicy sauce using coconut milk, topped with fresh peas(in pod), carrots, shrimp, basil.
He did a great job. It was funny the year before (exactly) I was the one doing the pizza party and I just couldn't help thinking and comparing the differences and the sameness. A couple times I thought, "I would have done that differently...." But, that didn't last long, we got to talking and comparing out loud and any envy disappeared. To tell the truth, I had alreadly decided I never wanted to work that hard again, but still........... In the end, both of us had done a great job and a lot of the guests asked if I had done the pizzas again and how much they had enjoyed mine last year. (that went a long way to get me over the hump!
) Pretty sad, huh? We're off to Oregon tomorrow, so as soon as we're back, I'm going to play with the Thai and the Chocolate Pork.
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