Artisan Bread in Five Pizza Party!
Thanks everyone for your well wishes. I do appreciate all of your kindness and support. I am feeling a little better, still not back to my “normal” self yet. I have lost my love for cooking, baking, and eating. So sad!! I might need Josh to take over for awhile if this week doesn’t get better.
But today is all about partying with pizza! We recently invited some friends over for an Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day pizza party. Josh made the master recipe a couple days prior to the party. This made hosting so much easier. The day of the party we made a homemade sauce, collected a bunch of toppings, and pulled out the dough from the refrigerator. Talk about simple!
When the guests arrived Josh rolled out the dough for everyone. We let our friends create their own pizzas. We had a bunch of toppings to choose from: peppers, olives, tomatoes, onions, pepperoni, canadian bacon, fresh basil, and of course mozzarella cheese. It was a ton of fun!
Our friends were amazed at the ABin5 crust. It really is SO easy and SO delicious! Next time you are in the mood for pizza, give it a try. And if you are looking for a fun dinner party idea, try an ABin5 pizza party. It was loads of fun! My pizza sauce recipe is below and if you want the dough recipe buy the book: Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day.
Pizza Sauce Recipe
Olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
Fennel seeds, a dash
Crushed red pepper, a dash
2 cans of petite diced tomatoes, drained
1 can of tomato sauce
Salt/pepper, to taste
Fresh basil, a small handful, chopped
Italian seasoning (I use a blend by Emeril)
1. Heat a little olive oil in a large sauce pan. Saute onion until tender.
2. Add in garlic, fennel seeds, and crushed red pepper. Saute for a minute or two.
3. Add in diced tomatoes and tomato sauce.
4. Season with salt, pepper, fresh basil, and Italian seasoning.
5. With an immersion blender, puree the sauce until you get the consistency you are looking for. I do this to make it more of a “sauce.” If you don’t mind the tomato chunks, you can skip the blending part. If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can transfer the sauce to a regular blender and puree.
6. I let my sauce simmer for at least 30 minutes to bring out the flavor.
7. Spread on pizza dough when ready. You can freeze leftover sauce!
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Hey, I saw the pizza pic on tastespotting without realizing it was your blog! Nice!
Hope you’re feeling better, Maria!! And as soon as you’re upt to it, I hope you come out to CA so we can go to the Ferry Building together
This pizza party is a great idea!! I really need to get ABin5. Everyone’s pizzas look great.
yowsa, what a fantastic looking crust! I hope you get your cooking/baking mojo back!
Your pizza looks great – I love the puffiness of the base and (to mind mind) the perfect ratio of topping to base. Yummy!
i really hope you’ll get better soon… in the meantime, those pizzas are so inviting…
Aw, so sad you still aren’t feeling better! Hopefully this week things will turn around. The party looks like it was so much fun though! Great idea!
So sorry to hear that you have not been well Maria. That sure is five-star pizza – I love the puffiness of the crust, and the toppings sound devine. Get well soon!!
And so now I’m craving pizza…thanks!
What a fantastic party idea!! I’m totally going to have to do it, that book really is amazing, love it!
Such a great way to have a party. Glad you are starting to heal
the best parties are the ones where food is involved and that food can be personalized. love the pizza porn, maria–not much pleases me (food-wise, that is…) more than gooey, melted cheese.
Terrific looking pizzas! I hope your feeling better soon.
Looks delicious – I love pizza! Great idea for a party – I have to pick up that book.
Looks so wonderful, what a great idea for a dinner party!
That pizza looks great! The artisan bread in 5 is such a great base for all sorts of things, and now we can add pizza to the list!
Now THAT is a party that I want to go to! I hope you are feeling somewhat better …
Beautiful! I could definitely use a slice, I’m starving!
Maria that looks great. I wish I could have some of that right now…
I love homemade pizza – yours look great and the sauce sounds really good.
Wow! These look terrific. You must have had a great party.
I’m so sorry you’re still feeling sick
Your pizzas look so delicious! That crust looks like it was made in a brick oven! I think I need to go eat lunch because I’m hungry now
I’ll take some pizza! Any kind will do!
so much fun!!
That looks incredible!
Your pizza looks fab. Nothing beats homemade pizza.
That crust looks delicious! I love homemade pizza, and wish I had more patience for rolling out the homemade dough – mine always keeps shrinking! Something I’ll have to practice I guess@
Your pizzas looks so good. Hoping you’re back to yourself soon!
YUm!! That looks so good!!
WOw that last pic of pizza with the stringy cheese…. *drool* Great pizza!!!
I just love using this dough for pizza. These pizzas are gorgeous.
How fun! I love making pizza at home, it’s so easy and delicious.
those pizzas look great!
Ooo – that looks doughy and delicious. Lucky friends! Glad you’re starting to feel better too.
I have that book out right here and was reading the recipe for pizza dough. I want to make a white pizza but I think I should just try the basic recipe first.
Do youmix yours by hand or in your stand mixer? I’m thinking to try by hand. I know my food processor is only a 11 cup one and I’m not sure about my Kitchenaid. It’s a tilt head one.
Hope you’re feeling better and that your week is a good one.
~ingrid
oh my god, it sure does sound bad, if you’ve actually lost your joy for cooking and baking and eating! I hope you recover soon!
but then…how can you not with such wonderful food with great people?
Wow! The pizze look amazing!! YUM!
This looks like so much fun! I love the thick crust!
That sounds so fun and looks so delicious!!!!
I really need some homemade pizza now!
Sounds like a fun time! I think I’m having pizza for dinner tomorrow night