I was trying to figure out what I might be able to enter the National Pizza Month Throwdown, and found some inspiration at my local Trader Joe’s. We’ll get to that in a minute, but let’s start from the beginning.
Kitchen ready for pizza prep:
Homemade pizza sauce, grated mozzarella, and sliced provolone:
And here’s the three spicy meats - Spicy Coppa, Spicy Sopressa Salame, and Spicy Capicolla:
I sampled each of them, and they fit the bill for a spicy pie perfectly. I then sliced 3 pieces of each in half, then in half again to make pie sliced shapes:
Time to start working the dough:
When I got the dough into a nice 14-15 inch round, I put it on the Super Peel so it could be topped:
First the homemade sauce:
Then the provolone:
Now the mozzarella:
And finally, the spicy meat toppings:
Slid the pie into the Blackstone Pizza Oven with ease, which was running about a 675-690 degrees stone temp:
Three minutes later, the pie was done. Pre-sliced:
Sliced:
No sense in waiting any longer – Buon Appetito!
The meats were delish, with a nice spicy yet savory kick. We haven’t cooked a pizza at home in a while, and this was a great time to get back into one of our favorite weekly culinary traditions.
Thanks for looking!
Kitchen ready for pizza prep:
Homemade pizza sauce, grated mozzarella, and sliced provolone:
And here’s the three spicy meats - Spicy Coppa, Spicy Sopressa Salame, and Spicy Capicolla:
I sampled each of them, and they fit the bill for a spicy pie perfectly. I then sliced 3 pieces of each in half, then in half again to make pie sliced shapes:
Time to start working the dough:
When I got the dough into a nice 14-15 inch round, I put it on the Super Peel so it could be topped:
First the homemade sauce:
Then the provolone:
Now the mozzarella:
And finally, the spicy meat toppings:
Slid the pie into the Blackstone Pizza Oven with ease, which was running about a 675-690 degrees stone temp:
Three minutes later, the pie was done. Pre-sliced:
Sliced:
No sense in waiting any longer – Buon Appetito!
The meats were delish, with a nice spicy yet savory kick. We haven’t cooked a pizza at home in a while, and this was a great time to get back into one of our favorite weekly culinary traditions.
Thanks for looking!
