m'living social pizza adventure

I can't pass up a pizza making/beer tasting adventure. Living Social threw a gathering that was great for meeting new people and having a good time with current friends. It was held at BoHo at Hollywood & Highland. Overall, great time.

As for the pizza making, it fell a little short if you already make pizzas on your own. The chef there gave a history lesson on where pizza originated from, and I summarize his summary, "Pizza originated in Italy where it was actually more like a flat bread. When they came over to America, we made it our own." Couldn't help but feel there is more to it.

Anyway, we did not get to make our own dough (understandable as it is a long process) and only one member from the audience got to toss the example dough. Otherwise, each person got a pizza box with perfectly shaped dough and then went through an assembly line of ingredients and added what they wanted.

Not the pizza making experience I wanted, but it just shows that you have to make your own experience!

m'pepperoni

This was a fun one. I didn't have the amount of charcoal that would create enough heat to finish the pizza off on the grill, so I lifted the grate off and continued baking in the oven.

I used my Mozza dough, sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni from the store. It got a little runny during it's move to the oven, but as per, it tasted great.

m'grilled sausage, panna & scallions pizza

This was a delightfully unique pizza recipe, of course from the Mozza book, that called for "panna," heavy whipping cream whipped in a chilled bowl until thickened to soft peaks. This was used to sauce the pizza.

Before laying on the sauce, however, I did a little prep work by cutting thin slices of red onions and scallions. I lightly salted the surface of the dough and brushed the edges with olive oil. I then added the panna and topped with ripped slices of mozzarella, chicken sausage as well as the onions and scallions and finally threw onto the grill.

Although the whipping cream certainly seemed like a strange idea, it made a fantastic pizza.

m'grilled red pizza

The streets will run red...with sauce!

For this simple, yet delicious pizza, I dabbed my flattened Mozza dough with some olive oil, added marinara sauce and through it on the grill. Once finished cooking, I garnished with oregano and served.

m'grilled bbq chicken pizza

It tasted as great as it looks. Bender and I lightly seasoned chicken tenders with seasoning salt, pepper and a bit of Creole and then cooked in olive oil on the stovetop for about 10 min. After, we doused them in a bit of bbq sauce and added hot sauce for a light kick.

I rolled out my Mozza dough and brushed olive oil onto the surface. I evenly poured on bbq sauce and then continued with my toppings. Sliced mozzarella, shredded gouda and parmigiano (compliments of the bender), sauced up and sliced chicken tenders, and chopped red onions were thrown on the pizza and then went straight to the grill (also added a light creole seasoning to the crust before throwing on.) Chopped cilantro was added at the end for garnish.

Delicious.