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Friday, May 22, 2015

Cast-iron skillet pizza

If Friday night is pizza night at your house, you're going to want to try this easy recipe for making perfect pizza crust in a cast-iron skillet.


Photo by Brent Harrewyn,
courtesy of Edible Green Mountains
In case you didn't realize, being The Ninj doesn't exactly pay the bills around here.

Sure, it's fun to get cheese in the mail, but we've got a mortgage, too.

So I do quite a bit of freelance writing and consulting as well.

One of my favorite gigs is writing for Edible Green Mountains magazine. For the current spring 2015 issue, I tackled cast iron.

Well, cast-iron skillets anyway: what they are, why they're classic, how to use them and how to care for them.

Plus, I shared a recipe for a cast-iron skillet pizza, given to me by my cousin and all-around amazing home cook Susan.

If, like me, every Friday night is homemade pizza night in your house, you're going to want to give this recipe a try.

It has become Mr. Ninj's favorite. So much so that he was visibly disappointed when I cheated and used a store-bought pizza shell because I'd already packed and moved my cast-iron skillet to our new home.

Want to know if it's OK to buy rusty cast-iron cookware from an antique store? Need a foolproof way to keep your cast-iron skillet perfectly seasoned? Or just looking for a fun new way to make pizza? The Ninj has got you covered:



Do you have a designated pizza night in your house? What's your favorite flavor combination? Leave a comment: The Ninj wants to know.

8 comments:

  1. I have about 4 or 5 sizes of Lodge cast iron skillets, the most recent being a 14-inch skillet that I found at Marshalls for $40. What a bargain, right? Anyway, I'm a huge fan of skillet pizza. This post has reminded me that I need to make some soon! Great post, J!

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    1. Marshalls / TJMaxx is an awesome place to pick up cast iron, Bill. Enjoy the pizza!!

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  2. I love you Jules! *big smile*!

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  3. For seasoning the skillet, is there a particular type of oil that you prefer?

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    1. I use canola but vegetable or olive would be fine as well, Kleiner.

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  4. The best way I've found to season a skillet is to prepare a pan of cornbread, put it in the oven, then go out and visit with your neighbors for so long you forget the cornbread is in the oven. After you get the smoke out of the house and call off the fire department, you'll still be hungry but your skillet will be very well seasoned.

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    1. BWAH HA HA HA HA!!!! I think I'll stick with my own method. ;-)

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