Well, my husband’s boss gave us some of the most delicious smoked salmon yesterday. Wow what a treat – I have not had Smoked Salmon in years! Lunch is a hard meal for me to prepare sometimes; I always put a lot of effort into dinner, but hardly ever lunch. So today was one of those days I could not make up my mind – was it going to be a bowl of soup? A sandwich? Or perhaps we were going to pick and nibble at whatever we could find? Then I remembered we had that smoked salmon I had been eying and drooling over since it was given to us. So I looked through my fridge and freezer and this is what i conjured up:
I found pita shells, half a wheel of Natural Pastures brie, one tomato and green onions. So I thought a personal pizza would be fun and easy to make for lunch. This would be like no other pizza – it would be gourmet and rich. Not that I eat like this on an everyday basis, but who doesn’t have a craving for something elaborate? I needed a sauce and tomato sauce would not do – the acidity of the tomato sauce would not balance with the smokiness and richness of the salmon, so I thought I could whip up a quick aoli made of mayonnaise, garlic powder, lemon juice and a splash of hot sauce. I assembled all my toppings, threw my pizza in the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes et voila! My creation West Coast Smoked Salmon Pizza! Hope you will enjoy this as much as we did.
The Picture is featured in Recipe of the Week.
