Pizza my love- Chanterelle and truffle cheese pizza

{these babies were almost mistaken for trash LOL}

{homemade pizza crust}

{truffle cheese nirvana! Check out those truffle bits}

{finished product!}

Now that grad school is behind me for the remainder of the year, I can finally put away the instant ramen and microwave dinners and actually put together a decent homemade meal. My long hiatus from the kitchen caused me to get a little carried away at Whole Foods, but in the end it was sooooo worth it. After I fell hard for truffles (first on our trip to Seattle, and later on our visit to the French Laundry), I decided to re-create Tom Douglas's Truffle Cheese pizza from his infamous Seattle pizzeria "Serious Pie". From what I remember, every bite was nothing short of perfection. The crust had just the right crisp to it, while the truffle cheese and chanterelles came together in harmony to form a melt in your mouth nirvana. It's THAT good I tell you. Anyways, so yeah If I was going to make a pizza, I had to be sure it had 1. truffle cheese and 2. Chanterelle mushrooms, which both unfortunately come at a steep cost, weighing in at $32.99 per lb. I almost had a heart attack when D asked me if these "rotten looking mushrooms" could be thrown out along with the other garbage for tomorrow's trash day. To my horror, when I looked up he was holding the bag of Chanterelles. It's funny now, but I'm sure it wouldn't be had he thrown it away. I'm happy to report that my attempt to recreate the best pizza ever was pretty successful. We've eaten it for two nights straight, and now I think I'm on some kind of truffle high!

The recipe is simple:

I used this fool-proof (and I say this because I was able to make it) thin crust recipe courtesy of Kitchn.

• 1/2 cup good quality mozzarella cheese (shredded)
• 1/4 cup truffle cheese (the non-goat cheese kind)
• 1/2 lb chanterelles

1. Preheat your oven to 500 degrees

2. Lightly grease your pizza pan with vegetable oil then set your crust on top

3. Sauté your Chanterelles with olive oil in a pan on medium high heat for approximately 4 minutes.

4. Top your pizza with the Chanterelles, add a pinch of salt

5. Sprinkle 1/4 c of mozzarella, followed by 1/4 c of truffle cheese shavings on top

6. If you're feeling crazy, add a dash of truffle oil

Bake for 10 minutes until golden, and voila! Enjoy =)

D and I like it with plenty of red hot pepper flakes!

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xoxo

Cravings around the kitchen

{first, feast your eyes on these juicy berries I used for my 4th of July cheesecake I ate half of them before I even topped the cake with them}

Now for the fun stuff...

Although I'm a firm believer in always keeping hard copies of favorite and secret family recipes, I can't stop coveting this little gadget.  I saw it in a magazine I was browsing through during my plane ride to Austin, but it was only today after I became fed up of staring at my collection of random recipes scribbled on post-it notes littered all over my kitchen did I decide to check it out.

Meet the Demy:

It has the convenience of a 5x7 recipe card except with a boat load of other helpful features like a spill resistant/easy to clean touch screen, three timers to keep up with complicated recipes, easy uploading capabilities for both mac and pc, and MORE.  Oh how nice this thing would look on my kitchen counter.  The only thing stopping me is its hefty price tag of $299.95.  That means over $300 folks.  The old Missy would have pressed the "buy now" button long before writing this post, but the new Missy will "save up" and wait... I think.