Fried Pizza with Squash Blossoms
Fried Pizza with Squash Blossoms
July 9th, 2018. 2:46pm. Folktale winery, Carmel, California. While sitting on the velvet couch.
My first bite of fried pizza. You never forget your first bite of fried pizza. Why, you ask? Well, simply put, because it’s life-changing.
I know, I probably sound like I’m being a bit dramatic. But, tbh, what’s new for me? Also, tbh, you know I don’t play when it comes to food. And I certainly don’t mess around when it comes to pizza. It’s one of my favorite foods, ever. I’m convinced it helps make the world go ‘round. There’s a good chance it’s a part of my DNA. And, if you come to my house on a Friday night, I’m probably making some because pizza is my Friday night love language. And that was all before my first bite of fried pizza.
Honestly, fried pizza is in a whole other stratosphere from regular pizza. It’s golden, it’s crispy, it’s light, it’s flaky, it’s buttery, it’s melt-in-your-mouth epically delicious. It’s also the perfect vessel for as many, or as few, toppings as you want. In fact, it’s so good, you could probably eat it without toppings and be totally content (may or may not be able to verify this from personal experience). And, despite the fact that it sounds super fancy and extra, it’s actually really easy and simple to make (it takes less time to cook than regular pizza). And, if you use pre-made dough, it becomes even quicker (although, I do have to say, the dough recipe I share below is my tried and true, easiest-pizza-dough-you’ll-ever-make dough recipe so you should probably go ahead and just use that).
You can obviously top your pizza with whatever you choose. For us, squash blossoms just so happen to be in season, so I wanted to take advantage of them while I had the chance. We ended up finding two combinations of squash blossom pizza that we loved, one that’s a little bit spicier and involves sausage, burrata, basil and my ever-favorite Calabrian chilis, and a sweeter option, with rosemary, ricotta cheese, walnuts and honey. Both are equally delicious, and you can’t go wrong with either, so, I highly suggest doing what we did and making two of each. Because there’s nothing worse than a world without pizza…except for when you have to choose between two types of pizza.
However you choose to top your fried pizza, know that it won’t disappoint. It’s fried, after all, and fried things never let you down. Oh, and one last thing. Be prepared to never want to eat pizza any other way ever again. Sorry not really sorry.
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