Make classic Boscaiola Pie with Jim Lahey's no-knead crust, topped with sausage, mushrooms and red onions.
Besides doughnuts, pizza is my all-time favorite food. When I got Jim Lahey’s cookbook My Pizza, my husband and I were inspired to make homemade pizza the next night – and again the week after – because this is simply the best pizza you can make at home.
As pizza connoisseurs know, the secret to great pizza is amazing crust – flavorful with good chew, crisp in some places, charred in others. It’s no surprise that Jim, famous for his simple no-knead bread method (detailed in his first book, My Bread) and founder of New York City’s Sullivan Street Bakery and pizza restaurant Co., knows how to make fabulous crust. The no-knead method takes minimal effort and allows flavor to develop slowly as the dough rests. It’s pure genius. And once you’ve mastered the crust, Jim’s creative, fresh toppings are just icing on the cake (or pie, in this case).
Try a couple pizzas from My Pizza today:
- Bird’s Nest Pie – I couldn’t resist trying this unusual springtime pizza. It doesn’t use any sauce, but you’ll never miss it with the base layer of cheese topped with shaved asparagus and eggs, all melding together beautifully. The recipe calls for quail eggs, but Jim notes you can use regular chicken eggs, preferably small.
- Boscaiola Pie – This classic pizza is topped with tomato sauce along with sausage, mushrooms and red onion.
- Ham and Peas Pie – Jim was inspired by a common Italian pasta sauce to make this pizza. It’s topped with a creamy béchamel sauce along with prosciutto, peas and fresh mint.
Use fresh spring asparagus to make this unusual Bird's Nest Pie.
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We made a duck confit pizza at home once using leftovers from a cooking class. Duck confit, caramelized onions, gruyere cheese (with a sprinkling of goat cheese too), olive oil, and very thinly sliced leeks. YUM
Yum…all the comments are making me hungry ^_^
I love feta cheese and olives on my pizza. so delicious. and i like a thinner crust but not as thin as a cracker.
Spinach, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, green olives and feta with red sauce…love, love, love it!
My favorite pizza is made of whole wheat dough, tomato sauce, parma or serrano ham, artichoe, fresh mozarella, sliced garlic, olives and after it baked, top it of with aragula Yummi
all different kinds of cheeses
roasted eggplant, garlic and sauteed spinach. MMMMmmmmmm
Favorite pizza? Any pizza, but St. Louis style, works for me!
Would love to win this cookbook.
I'm just a sucker for super thin crust pizza, with roasted tomato sauce, a thin sprinkling of cheese, and some delicious red pepper flakes and freshly cracked black pepper.
sausage, mushroom, onion and green pepper.
Love making pizza
Simple tastes here – I love pepperoni pizza.
I love arugula on pizza! Also if I’m making at home, I love to put spinach and turkey pepperoni.
stick with the basic – just cheese.
Homemade asparagus pesto with melted fontina on hot grilled pizza dough, yummy!!!!
I love a traditional plain or pepperoni, but also love a goat cheese, fig preserves, prosciutto and arugula pizza.
Margarita, I love its simple elegance.
I really love italian sausage and pineapple pizza, but i do want to try that bird's nest pie. i know where i can find quail eggs!
No doubt my favorite is Buffalo Chicken Pizza, with ranch as the "sauce". It is also good with regular pizza sauce but I definitely prefer using ranch to blue cheese. AND if it's with pizza sauce there needs to be ranch on the side to dip it in!
Hot sausage and mushrooms!
Prosciutto, soprassata,grilled shrimp carmelized onions,shitake mushrooms…yum
I love a good neopolitan style thin crust pizza with a bit of great sauce and fresh, salty mozzarella! There is none better!
Love pizzas made on the grill
Bird's Nest Pie is mouthwatering. I love the simplicity of there being no sauce yet the ingredients combine to make one in your mouth. Sounds delicious!
I've always loved meatballs on a pizza!
I lika Salami and anchovies covered with mushrooms and olives
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