Two-Face Pizza

(best of both worlds: the humble vegetarian on the left, the elitist carnivore's pizza on the right)

For several rainy days last June, I found myself stuck at home – hungry but not really wanting to build up all that fat. So I thought of making bread, from scratch. Kneading BURNS calories. Believe me, it IS a good workout! I would have burned all the calories I was to accumulate after the feasting.

And yes, I decided on a vegetarian pizza just so I could keep on track with the “healthy eating” theme. But I had to appease the carnivores at home as well. So I made an imaginary line on the tray and made a two face-pizza.

Dough
This is the same Focaccia dough I used for my other veggie pizza.

Veggie Toppings
Unlike the Veggie pizza I made for my birthday, this one does not have any mushrooms. There is the complete absence of any meaty flavor. But a trio of flavorful cheeses more than makes up for that!

I basically smothered the dough with the same tomato pesto for the first veggie pizza. I laid down slices of onions, tomatoes, sliced black olives and zucchini. Then I added a bunch of sliced romaine lettuce. Then I sprinkled a trio of cheeses: parmesan, mozzarella and feta. The crumbled feta has a very strong creamy but salty flavor. I think feta deserves its own pizza. Any meat would have stolen the show.

Prosciutto and Blue Cheese
This is my take on the ham and cheese pizza. But of course, with the elitist gourmet twist! We are not adding plastic pepperonis and artificial ground meat like most fast-food meatlovers’ pizzas.

On the same dough smothered with tomato pesto and herbs, I scattered a few slices of onions. Then, I sprinkled it with some chopped Prosciutto di Parma – the legendary Italian ham. It has a very strong salty-porky flavor, so I chopped only two thin slices. Then I crumbled around a tablespoon or two of blue cheese. Then loads of mozzarella. That is all there is to it.

Bake and serve.

(two-face pizza)

(the carnivore's never noticed the absence of meat - the lettuce leaves are even showing through!)