Outdoor Wood Fired Pizza
with Chef Pete Uzzell
Sunday, July 14, 2-4 pm
Back in May we hosted a small gathering of chefs and friends for an afternoon picnic. Though I’d never met Pete Uzzell, he showed up with an extremely generous spread of food. One delicious pizza after another. What else to expect from someone with experience in the Hugo’s kitchen? Who led the pizza program at Oxbow Brewing? I was hooked.
Pete loves to cook outdoors with a live fire, so we’ve been talking ever since how to do this again for more people.
This next round, July 14, Pete will prepare two dozen pizzas (five varieties, see below). Due to constraints on my ordering system, we’ll take preorders at a single set price, letting you choose your varieties onsite. Those who show up early may have greater selection, but we’ll do our best to accommodate everyone.
All of Pete’s pizzas will be on naturally leavened dough, roughly 13” in diameter.
Here are the descriptions:
CHEESE: fior di latte, parmigiano reggiano, san marzano tomato sauce, basil
SUMMER SQUASH: shaved zucchini, squash blossoms, spicy tomato sauce, dairy duet, black garlic puree
NORTH CAROLINA STYLE TOMATO PIE: wood-fired heirloom tomatoes, sliced garlic, duke’s mayonnaise, aged cheddar, fennel pollen
SPICY PEPPERONI: san marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, garlic scape honey, oregano
MUSHROOM PIZZA: porcini cream sauce, farmed and foraged greens, wild mushrooms, stracciatella, thyme
Details:
In order to plan this in advance, and due to limited oven space, parking, and seating, pre-purchase of pizza is required.
You can either purchase cider in advance through the link below, or onsite at the event. Feel free to also bring other food and nonalcoholic beverages.
Well behaved dogs are welcome, but must be leashed at all times please (in part for the sake of my chickens).
We’ll do our best to host this party outdoors. If the weather makes that impossible, the tasting room will also be available.
Any questions, suggestions, or feedback, love to hear from you. My cell is 207-233-5534 (David Buchanan).
Please note that I’ll be away from July 2-10 working on a wildlife project, often off-grid and unable to update this website. We still have a few pizzas left as of July 1, but if the link below no longer works that means they’re sold out for this event (we’ll do another August 25).