Is it a pizza or a calzone?

After a long day today, I decided it was a great idea to make the recipe of the week that I chose on Sunday: Fresh mozzarella and basil white pizza. Deciding to explore the art of pizza making was a terrible idea tonight. Not only was I starving as I prepared the ingredients, but I was exhausted from the day and quickly realized that a quick fix meal would have been a much better decision for dinner tonight. To say the least, when the kitchen timer went off and I pulled the sheet off the rack, I was amused by what I had created.

I wrestled with the pre-made pizza crust that I bought from the store for about 10 mins. Soon I realized that I made it more difficult than it needed to be because instead of paying attention to the dough when I pulled it out of the tube, I wadded it up in a ball thinking that's the way I saw it done at the pizza place. Little did I know, at the time, it was pre-cut and perforated for my convenience. Fail. So naturally I got frustrated after 10 mins. of wrestling with pizza dough that clearly won, and flattened it on the sheet to the best of my ability....needless to say, it did not cover the entire sheet, but I said eh it'll be fine once it cooks. Pah..hah.hahaha.

17 mins later after covering it in garlic, herbs, EVOO, fresh mozz and sticking it in the oven it was ready to be pulled out and covered with chopped, fresh basil. This is what I saw:



As you can see, it covers about 1/3 of the sheet- mostly just a blob in the middle. I greased the sheet so it wouldn't stick to that and it burned all around the edges of the 'pizza.' To top it off, it's about an inch thick- my original goal was thin crust pizza.

What did I learn from this experience?
1. Don't judge a book by it's cover...because it.was.delicious. despite it's shape, size, and overall appearance.
2. Don't experiment with cooking after a long day...because you end up easily amused and laughing at yourself.
3. Don't pretend to be Italian...because after you're done cooking you wonder, 'is it a pizza or a calzone?'