There is a stack of 10 to 12 vegetarian cookbooks in the cupboard above my refrigerator. While I cook quite often, it's rare I open any of those for inspiration. The newest cookbook to join my growing collection was a birthday gift from my friend Brad.
From the moment I opened it and flipped through page after page of mouth-watering photos, I decided these were vegetarian recipes I wanted to tackle. I'm not on a go-through-Julia-Child's-entire-cookbook mission, but I am going to work my way through as many of those recipes as possible. This is going to require buying a few higher-end ingredients that I usually don't put in my grocery basket.
The first recipe I decided to try was Fiorentina, which makes four single-serve spinach pizzas with an egg dropped right on top. I splurged on the highest-quality cheese (seriously, $12 worth of fontina and $8 for the tiniest container of premium fresh mozzarella) and, let me say, it was worth it. The picture, taken with my phone, isn't nearly as impressive as the well-styled one in the cookbook. But the taste of my Fiorentina was everything I had hoped ... and a little more.
I'm not sure what recipe will be next, but this journey certainly is off to a delicious start.
3 comments:
Yay for cheesy goodness! But the real question is how was the egg on it? Kind of seems weird to me.
me too. egg weird. even though i love eggs. good???
Let me please assure you that that egg was the best thing that's ever happened to that pizza. So tasty.
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