Fall is my all time favorite season. There’s something about the
leaves changing and the brisk weatherthat really gets me excited. I also
have to say I’m a sucker for all things autumn flavored. By that I guess
I mean, apples, squash, pumpkin, soups, ciders…they warm the soul. A good
friend of mine and I recently got together to attempt making a pizza that we
felt was “all things fall” My friend and I have been getting together
to make pizzas for about four years. We grab a ball of fresh dough from a
bakery near by her house in Astoria and do our best to come up with the most
delicious pizza possible, though it’s fair to say we’ve failed
on more than one occasion. I don’t know what it is about fresh pizza
dough but it sure can be tough. We’ve tried kneading, pulling, rolling,
pushing pretty much everything you can think of and every time it
ends up too doughy, undercooked or it shrinks up. EXCEPT…for our most
recent attempt. The stars aligned and we achieved culinary
pizza-making excellence! Not only did our crust turn out perfectly,
the combination of sage pesto, pancetta, leeks, squash, apples and goat cheese
made my mouth water and my heart melt! Check out the recipe
here…We added apples to the butternut squash and some cheese and garlic to the sage pesto. I'd love to try this out as a bruschetta as well!
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