Dinner

I was supposed to go to a fundraiser for our SF supervisor but instead I made myself a great meal. I had pizza dough in the fridge (I made it several days ago -- it is wonderful when I let it rise slowly, and it's especially good when I use a little rye flour). I also had new potatoes and ricotta cheese and rosemary. I had roasted the potatoes the day before; I sliced the wedges very thinly and laid them on top of the ricotta I had spread on the dough. Then I sprinkled some rosemary and cheese (a mild cheddar, which was what I had on hand) over the potatoes.

When I took the pizza out of the oven I drizzled it with a little fancy olive oil and scattered a little salt over it. I made a salad from the greens that were in the CSA box I picked up yesterday (very fresh) and added mandolined carrot and tokyo turnips (they taste like very mild radishes). My oven is great for pizza -- it supposedly goes up to 550 but it runs at least 50 degrees above the set temperature, and with the pizza stone the oven gets even warmer. I hardly ever get a soggy crust.