Outdoor Pizza Party July 7

Pizza Party

We have some guests that are really a hoot! There are 2 rooms of them. There are two sisters Michelle and Evaline and their husbands, Robert and Joel. Cloe is Eva's & Joel's daughter and Clemant belongs to Michelle and Robert. They are great kids. They are very respectful and just love checking on the chickens every day. They spend a lot of time in the pool and are just as happy as can be (from our perspective anyway). We will miss this group when they leave. I'm so glad they were our first guests here at the villa.  I invited them to come visit me in Colorado.

We decided to have a pizza party using our outdoor pizza oven. You need to start a couple of hours before cooking so the stones can get good and hot. That is Peter's job. We assembled all the ingredients to make 4 different kinds and made two of each. We start by rolling out all 8 pizza shells, then Peter would precook them in the pizza oven. He would bring it back in and we would put on the toppings are return it to the pizza oven. Here is our combination list:

Pizza 1: salmon, cream fraiche, leeks, chevre and lemon slices

Pizza 2: hamburger, potatoes, blue cheese, sauted onions

Pizza 3: marguez sausage, black olives, squash and feta

Pizza 4: mozzarella, mushrooms, tomatoes, fresh basil

They were so good. That ovens gives them a nice smokey flavor. We served 11 people that night.

Not only did the pizza make it fun but all the discussion was hilarious. And believe me understanding french joking is not always easy. But we got it. Anne starting talking about her snoring and the roaring just kept going the rest of the night. One of the couples was from the Alsace region and brought some champagne (cremant) to share. One of the other couples was from the Vallais region in Switzerland. It was fun to tell them that I lived in Switzerland near Lausanne for a year. They brought a Pinot wine to share. It was a very fun evening.