dining with friends
Posted by Meg
I am beyond tardy with this regailing of deliciousness, but last Saturday Boyfriend Patrick and I went to eat dinner at our friend from work (and also from school, for me) Cassie’s place. She makes some of the best pizza dough I have ever had, and her toppings are nothing sort of genius. You’re looking at a pineapple gorgonzola pizza, a shitake mushroom and goat cheese pizza and a Mexican pizza, all to die for (or at least ask for seconds over).
I have the pizza dough recipe, and it’s coming later. It’s written on a scrap that’s been buryed under Gourmet magazine subscription cards and old New Yorkers–I plan on tearing my house apart to find it over the weekend. The dough makes a thin crust, but not a crispy one. It’s still very light, very doughy, but very supportive.
Cassie and her boyfriend, Jason, are vegetarians, so they need a firmer crust to hold up all those veggies, all that tofu. Who knew alternative protein sources could be so weighty? As much as I love the produce, they introduce me to new veggies all the time. They’re also big cheese people–I’m a cheese whore myself. It all works out.
I didn’t go over empty handed. I made the best pico ever, boiled some yucca, and make a yogurt, lime, cilantro dipping sauce (which consists of exactly what it says it does, in whatever quantities you’d like). I imagine we’ll be doing this again in the near future, but next time, I’ll squeeze everyone into my tiny apartment. Ha, perhaps we’ll have small plates.