Pizza – Simple Comfort Food – Recipes that are simple and delicious.

Thai honey… I know, big deal right? It is what you do with it that gets really, really good. We were running out of honey so I decided I pick some up at our local farmers market. The vendor had plenty to chose from but we decided to pick up a ‘standard’ batch of local honey. My wife typically uses honey in her teas but I typically use it in my cooking. That’s when I thought I would take some of that honey and infuse it with some Thai flavors.

This is so easy to make, stores well in the refrigerator, and is perfect drizzled on salads, pizza, or sandwiches.

Let’s get started.

1 cup of honey
3 Thai bird chilies (less for less heat)
1 inch of lemongrass

Add the ingredients to a small pot, and cook on low for about 30 minutes. This will allow for those flavors to infuse the honey.

Pour into a sealable container, and place in the refrigerator until it is ready to be used.

The result is a great, sweet honey with just the right amount of spice. Your guest will be questioning what the heck it is, especially with that note of lemongrass. Hope you enjoy!

I know it has been some time since my last post, but things have been a bit hectic. I figured that since I have finally started to feel halfway normal, that I would post these pizza bombs. These things are awesome, and can be eaten as a game day snack, or taken down as a meal, much like pizza. Another great thing is that you can make them anyway you like your own pizza.

I made these as a game day snack, and I wish I would have made another batch as they only last a brief moment.

Let’s get started.

Ingredients:

1 batch of your favorite pizza dough
1 12 oz can of your pizza sauce
1 cup of sliced pepperoni, chopped and lightly crisp, oil patted
1 tbsp unsalted butter
2 8 oz bags shredded mozzarella cheese
garlic salt, sprinkled

Start by rolling out your pizza dough on a lightly floured surface. You probably want to roll this about 1/4 inch thick.

Next, preheat your oven to 425 degrees.

Butter the inside of a casserole dish.

Now, take a pizza cutter, and slice the dough width wise, in half, and then cut into about 1 1/2 inch slices.

Pour the pizza sauce into the bottom of your buttered casserole dish.

Take one of the bags of cheese and pour it over the pizza strips, to cover. Next take the sliced pepperoni and add this to the top of the cheese. Now the fun part.

Roll each slice into pinwheels, and place vertically, allowing it to stand up into the casserole dish. Repeat with all remaining pizza strips. Top with the remaining bag of cheese, and any additional pepperoni. Sprinkle with some garlic salt, and then bake uncovered in the oven for about 18 minutes or until the dough is cooked, and the cheese is nicely melted.

Remove from the oven, let cool for about 5-10 minutes, then dig in. These things were everything awesome about any type of pizza. I hope you enjoy!