Kevin's Pizza Kitchen

In his pizza making, Kevin has become quite the fan of the Pennsylvania Macaroni Company. This is the place that he orders his flour. His parents actually visited this place not too long ago and the pictures were amazing! Before Christmas, he decided to use some of his birthday money to buy some other things from Penn Mac. He ordered 5 lbs of sausage, a few pounds of pepperoni, and a few pounds of cheese. I really wish that I had taken a picture before he unpacked the box and of the meat and cheese. The sausage was a link sausage......and it was one continuous link!



The fascinating part of the process was the way that it was all packed and shipped, to insure freshness. The box was lined with styrofoam and then the meat and cheese were packaged with freezer ice packs. The other fact worth mentioning here is that it arrived from Penn Mac in 2 days (or less....I can't remember!). And the pizza on Christmas Eve was great!

Back to Kevin's pizza obsession..............

As you remember, Kevin got a pizza cookbook for Christmas. So pizza has become a weekly meal at our house. So far we've tried Chicago-style Deep Dish pizza (pictures a couple of posts ago), New York-style pizza, and this week we had Neapolitan-style pizza. I must say that I really like this pizza obsession so far (for the most part)! The pizza has been delicious! I think that this Neapolitan crust is definitely the best dough. I'm sure we'll use this recipe a lot from here on out. You have to know the story behind this Neapolitan pizza dough...............

One day last week, Kevin called me from the office and, after snickering in the phone, admitted to ordering 20-something pounds of Caputo flour off of the internet!! In the next few seconds, several things went through my mind beginning with.......ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? Then I couldn't help but laugh.......one of the things that I love most about Kevin is that when he decides to do something, he goes all out and does it well! The pizza is no exception! I'm sure you won't be surprised to find out that one of Kevin's "most wanted items" right now is a pizza peel. Click here to see what that is.........he claims that this is a much needed tool for his pizza kitchen. I think that a real peel will work better than my glass cutting board, the current make-shift one.

So what kind of pizza is next, you ask???? I'm not sure, but I won't be surprised if in my next post, I'm telling you about the shipment of tomatoes that we just received from Italy!

Enjoy these pictures of our pizza last night.........the Neapolitan recipe made 5 pizza's this size.........yummy.........is your mouth watering yet?

Kevin's Pizza Obsession

Over the past few months, Kevin has become quite interested in making homemade pizza. He even got down our bread maker that we got for our wedding and had never used and made homemade pizza crust. Then on Christmas Eve, he made pizzas for my whole family and they were delicious. Kevin is good at trying things out and "experimenting" in the kitchen......and usually it turns out very good. He asked for a pizza cookbook for Christmas and got one from the Benson crew. He's been reading it ever since and decided that we would make Chicago style deep dish pizza tonight. This pizza making stuff is serious business.....not to be taken lightly at the Kilgore household! Tonight's pizza was very yummy......I think that when you see these pictures you'll wish that you were here!

You're eyes are not playing tricks on you............that piece of pizza is 2 inches thick! WOW!

This finished product.....right out of the oven!

Kevin "checking" on his pizza........he couldn't open the oven door because that would let out too much heat!