Pork Delights

Unbelievable.  That's the only way to describe this impromptu turn of ingredients that led to what wasn't even supposed to be part of the blog.  But, when you're standing in Whole Foods with Gabe and you see Berkshire Prosciutto behind the meat counter, suddenly pizza night turns into something special.

After haggling with the pizza cook for one of their freshest doughs (all the display ones were half frozen), Gabe gathered up some other vegetables and we headed home.  The first pizza was topped with green bell peppers and mushrooms.  Nothing fancy but definitely tasty. Since I didn't even plan to write this as a blog there's no picture of the veggie pizza.

As Gabe started to prepare the second pizza with the prosciutto, I suddenly thought, why not put a fried egg on top!  Earlier that day Aaron, Gabe's long term bromance, baked chocolate chip cookies with real bacon.  Gabe decided to up the dosage and cooked two eggs in some of the leftover bacon fat.

To finish it off, the pizza was topped with arugula that had been sauteed in chili oil.  The combination of the runny egg with the saltiness of the prosciutto made for one delicious arrangement.  In turn, the arugula added a cool compliment with a bit of heat.

For dessert, again unplanned, Gabe caramelized some bananas in a brown sugar and bacon fat and then sandwiched them between two chocolate chip cookies with bacon and a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.  It was warm, gooey, and sweet, and only halfway during eating it did I think to myself, I should take a picture of this!

So, I apologize for the not so great quality of the photos but the idea is there, and the pork delights were indeed delightful!

_Peace and Love