Pizza

The only thing I miss now I no longer commute to and from work every day is the chance to read the free newspapers that you always get on the Underground in London. The free papers are a great way to skim through the news, but also to read about new restaurant and bar openings and movie, book and theatre reviews.

I did happen to be on the tube a couple of days ago and I picked up a copy of the Metro and read an article about how you can make Neapolitan-style pizza at home in a frying pan.

Now, pizzas are one item that is on my 'learn how to make' list - along with croissants, souffle, artichokes and numerous other things. So, I thought I might give this recipe a go this weekend. I was going to say tonight, but after I bought the ingredients I read the recipe properly and saw that I need the dough to rest for at least eight hours. Apparently Pizza Pilgrims are handing out free dough if you pop into their pizzeria in Soho so you can try their recipe and technique at home, but I'll try making my own.

My favourite pizza topping is a Margherita with added fresh buffalo mozzarella and prosciutto, so I will be making that tomorrow. We have started a Pinterest Pizza board if you want to check out some other delicious topping ideas.

Do you ever make pizza at home? Have you ever tried this frying pan technique? Or have you tried cooking pizzas on your barbecue? We'd love to hear your tips or learn of new recipes.

Now, this is about as far removed from the humble frying pan technique as you could go...

I saw this AMAZING giant disco ball pizza oven on the Yellowtrace design blog this morning. It is a wood fire pizza oven, designed as a mirror disco ball. And it rotates! The oven was both designed and produced by MadameMohr and it is the centrepiece of the Disco Volante pizzeria in Vienna. Austria.

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