Sunday is designated 'Family' (plus random friends/boyfriends) day and involves me, my cousins and flatmate cooking. Any excuse to have food really. Now, it hasn't been my turn to host for a few weeks and so I felt the need to impress. I bring to you rustic Pizza a la thelondoner.me
For starters we made cheesy mushrooms and garlic bread. Cheesy mushrooms are really easy - lay out some portobello mushrooms in a baking dish, add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed garlic (I love my pestle and mortar), oregano, salt, black pepper and parsley. Cover with foil and bake at 200 degrees for about 20mins, you can then add cheese (if you want) and continue to bake until the cheese is bubbling. Adding breadcrumbs is another option.
For the garlic bread I used the recipe for pizza crust from http://thelondoner.me and topped it with garlic, butter and oregano.
For the main dish we had thelondoner.me inspired pizza topped with homemade pesto and tomato sauce (the recipes for those are also on her website) and I can vouch for how easy this meal is to put together. Only thing was, I'm missing a food processor so I just used my pestle and mortar to grind together my pesto. Also, one pizza was a bit too big so I rolled the crusts and stuffed it with mozzarella which was delicious.
We had the pizza with a mixed leaves and cherry tomatoes side salad topped with tzatziki dressing. For this you need more garlic (you definitely won't have any vampires stalking about now), half a pot of yoghurt, half a grated cucumber, juice of a lemon, finely chopped mint leaves, olive oil with salt and pepper to taste.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for the yummy dessert after, which was covered in frosting. Enjoy with 'Singing in the Rain' after.
For starters we made cheesy mushrooms and garlic bread. Cheesy mushrooms are really easy - lay out some portobello mushrooms in a baking dish, add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed garlic (I love my pestle and mortar), oregano, salt, black pepper and parsley. Cover with foil and bake at 200 degrees for about 20mins, you can then add cheese (if you want) and continue to bake until the cheese is bubbling. Adding breadcrumbs is another option.
For the garlic bread I used the recipe for pizza crust from http://thelondoner.me and topped it with garlic, butter and oregano.
For the main dish we had thelondoner.me inspired pizza topped with homemade pesto and tomato sauce (the recipes for those are also on her website) and I can vouch for how easy this meal is to put together. Only thing was, I'm missing a food processor so I just used my pestle and mortar to grind together my pesto. Also, one pizza was a bit too big so I rolled the crusts and stuffed it with mozzarella which was delicious.
We had the pizza with a mixed leaves and cherry tomatoes side salad topped with tzatziki dressing. For this you need more garlic (you definitely won't have any vampires stalking about now), half a pot of yoghurt, half a grated cucumber, juice of a lemon, finely chopped mint leaves, olive oil with salt and pepper to taste.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for the yummy dessert after, which was covered in frosting. Enjoy with 'Singing in the Rain' after.
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