When the Moon hits your eye

Like a big pizza pie, that's amore.

I sure enjoy pizza, I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Not just any pizza though.  I mean the fast food chains, Dominos, Papa Johns, are ok, but NOTHING is like NY and NJ style pizza.  I don't know what it is. I think I've posted about pizza in the past.  

There aren't really any good places in DC, although the jumbo slices in Adam's Morgan taste good, but only after having a couple drinks ;-)

Anywho, here's my review of H & Pizza

A few weeks ago, another new restaurant opened up on our favorite street, H Street.  It's called H & Pizza.  It's a "fast" food pizza place the supports local farmers, the pizzas are not pre-made and everything is fresh.  

Perhaps it is because they are new, but the lines are crazy(good for them, bad for me). Hopefully things will calm down. You can create your own pizza with unlimited toppings, or you can choose one of the creations.  People sure do go overboard when you can have unlimited toppings! I saw one guy putting shrimp and chicken and arugula, cheese, bacon and whatever else he threw on the poor pizza.

You get up to the counter and choose your crust, traditional, whole wheat or whole grain.  Then you choose your sauce, classic tomato, spicy tomato, basil pesto, red chickpea, garlic puree(what I got) and mushroom truffle. Your cheese choices: housemade mozzarella, provolone blend, ricotta, asiago, goat and daiya mozzarella. There are also finishes and oils that can be applied after backing. They also have drinks, alcoholic too, salads and desserts.  

Coming out of their oven! Hot and Fresh!

There isn't a lot of seating there, but you can share tables and we met some nice guys there.

 I also LOVE that the tables have ice water on them and, with lemons. I heart water and especially love it with lemon, so that's huge points in my book.  I think they also have water on the table without lemons too.

My delicious choice- gnarlic(super garlicy), but also added mushrooms

The crust was crunchy, but not overly so. 

Gary of course got the meat lovers one

They also add freshly cracked black pepper too if you want it.  

So, will I go back?! You Bet!  

So, if you are in the area, check it out, plus there are a lot of other great restaurants around there too.

Homemade Pizza

Hobby of the Day: Cooking

For some reason I have been craving homemade pizza.  Don't get me wrong, I love ordering it too.  Speaking of which apparently Dominoes is going to be selling a gluten free pizza.  Thankfully I don't have a gluten allergy, but I know that there are quite a few people who do have that problem.  It seems as though more and more food is showing up in the grocery store gluten free.

Gary and I have never made pizza before. Wait, that's a lie, we have pulled it out of the Digiornos box and put in in the oven. Does that count as making it?! Probably not.  If you know me, you know I don't like a whole lot of sauce on my pizza, I don't really like sauce on my pasta either. Even as a little girl I would have my mom put it in a side dish, or on the side of my spaghetti. I was a butter and cheese kinda girl.  Pretty much still am.

It was actually Gary's night to cook, but I gave my input and helped the poor guy out with the dough.  

We bought the self rising pizza yeast and he mixed up that bad boy. I helped him knead it- such the good wife. :-)  We don't have a round pizza pan, so we improvised and used our cookie sheet.  It was rectangular, kinda. I spread it out on the cookie sheet and then Gary went to work creating our white pizza.  He spread on ricotta and added some Italian seasoning, then some chopped up garlic.  Then he spread mozzarella on top and then our toppings.  I LOVE mushrooms and he despises them, so mine was veggie and his was pepperoni. 

We also spread EVOO on the edge of the crust for a little added crispiness. 

Have you made homemade pizza before? What are some of your favorite toppings?