when we wander: Like A Big Pizza Pie, That's Amore

Growing up as a New Yorker, loving pizza just comes naturally to me. It's like...a skill. But it wasn't until I arrived in Italy that my full appreciation for the food really blossomed. It was then that I was introduced to Sunday night dinners with the family and real, homemade, magnificent, light pizza.

Whip up the dough a couple hours in advance. You'll need:

1 KG (2.2 lbs) flour
50 grams of yeast
2 cups of water
2.5 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoons olive oil
A pinch of salt & a pinch of sugar

Throw the flour into a bowl. Add the yeast to one of the cups of water and stir until it dissolves. Then create a hole in the center of the flour and pour the yeast/water in. Add the remaining cup of water, olive oil, milk, salt and sugar and mix. Then cover and place into the oven (which should be turned off) for two hours. If it's winter and super cold, you can turn on the oven for 10 minutes, turn it off and THEN put in the dough to sit.

Last night, we had some extra time before dinner so we made zonzelle for an appetizer. Roll out the dough, throw it into a pan with olive oil and let it sit for a few minutes.

Voila! Add some proscuitto, stracchino and rucola and you've got one of my favorite snacks!

Now for the pizza!! Roll out the dough, sprinkle some flour onto your pizza shovel (or whatever you're using to transport) and then carefully scoop that pizza up!