Matthew pulled out all the stops for us during this visit. He made several kinds of beautiful, delicious fancy pizza. Not only fancy pizza, but fancy pizza sauce made from scratch by simmering all day long. Matt usually makes this sauce on New Years, so it’s affectionately called New Years Eve Sauce. So worth the long cook time.
Fancy Pizza:


Fig Pizza
2015-05-12 01:34:26

Ingredients
- Fig
- Caramelized onion
- Robiola cheese
- Cardamum
Instructions
- 1. Caramelize an onion
- 2. Chop figs
- 3. Top with robiola cheese
- 4. Bake for 20-30 minutes, on 400 degrees.
Notes
- Robiola cheese is an italian soft cheese, you could also replace this with brie or another soft cheese if you were having trouble locating some.
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Prosciutto Pizza
2015-05-12 01:43:03

Ingredients
- Prosciutto
- New Years Sauce, or other red sauce
- Bacon fat
- Garlic
- Salami
- Shallots
- Basil
- Gruyere
Instructions
- 1. Chop everything, and shred cheese.
- 2. Take garlic, shallots and cook in bacon fat.
- 3. Toss in a little red wine.
- 4. Spread New Years sauce onto crust.
- 5. Put garlic/shallot mixture on top of that.
- 6. Continue stacking ingredients, and top with cheese.
- 7. Bake 20-30 minutes, at 400 degrees.
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New Years Sauce
2015-05-12 01:49:32
Ingredients
- 4 of each-Mix of tomatoes (cherry, plum, and Roma, or whatever is available)
- 1 Red pepper
- 1 Yellow pepper
- 1 Jalapeno
- 1 Whole head of garlice
- 1 A stalk of rosemary
- Drizzle of olive oil
- 1/2 lb Italian sausage
- Bacon fat
- 1/4 Red onion
- A couple Carrots
- A bottle of cheap wine
Instructions
- 1. Chop all ingredients, and toss in large stock pot.
- 2. Let simmer all day, about ten hours.
Notes
- Matt advises that the exact ingredients and amounts are something you can adjust to your own tastes, or whatever you have around at home. "It's really just a magically chaotic pot of flavors, there is no controlling it."
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Potato & Rosemary Pizza
2015-05-12 01:46:14

Ingredients
- Roasted potatoes
- Pecorino
- Rosemary
- Parmesan
- Pine nuts
Instructions
- 1. Chop potatoes into rounds and cook in advance, either by roasting in the oven, or in a pan on the stove.
- 2. Layer the rest of the ingredients and top with both cheeses.
- 4. Bake for 20-30 minutes, at 400 degrees.
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Spinach & Smoked Apple Bacon Pizza
2015-05-12 01:59:11

Ingredients
- Truffle oil
- Spinach
- Portobello mushrooms
- Smoked apple bacon
- Manchego
- Aged gouda
Instructions
- 1. Chop ingredients, and shred cheese.
- 2. Lightly coat crust with truffle oil.
- 3. Layer ingredients.
- 4. Top with cheese.
- 5. Bake 20-30 minutes, at 400 degrees.
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Some art around the studio:
Matt gets to live and work in his home. He has some enviable work space.


