Valentine's Day Pizza Party

I am a big fan of stay-at-home date nights. I love going out to eat and trying new restaurants, but sometimes there is nothing more romantic than staying at home, cooking a delicious meal together, and then cuddling for the rest of the night. When I think of date nights, it conjures up ideas of fancy meals that might take a few hours to make, but I am much more partial to interactive and fun meals that are simpler to make.

These pizzas are one of my favorite weeknight date-night meals. Not only are they incredibly easy to make thanks to Trader Joe's, but they are also so much fun to put together. This is a great meal to put together for Valentine's Day--especially since everyone will be celebrating on Friday after a long week at work.

My friend Kara and I made three pizzas--fig, goat cheese, prosciutto, and arugula pizza, margherita pizza, and potato, egg, and rosemary pizza. Feel free to customize! For example, Kara loves prosciutto, so she add that to her fig and goat cheese pizza, while I was more partial to the potato, egg, and rosemary pizza.

Open up a bottle of wine, start rolling out the dough, and great ready for a great date night.

Weeknight Pizzas

Feel free to use whatever ingredients you like, and whatever amounts of topping you like, which is why I do not specify certain amounts of topping. Use your creativity...the options are endless!

1 potato

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 tablespoons rosemary

3 packages of Trader Joe's pizza dough

Flour, for rolling out the dough

Olive oil

Fig butter

Goat cheese

Prosciutto (optional)

Arugula

Marinara sauce

Basil

Burrata cheese

Two eggs

Parmesan cheese

Let the pizza dough rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, cut the potato into small slices. Toss with two tablespoons of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, and 1/2 tablespoon of rosemary. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees until the potatoes are soft and begin to turn brown. Set aside to cool.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Toss a cutting board with some flour. Using a rolling pin, begin rolling out the pizza dough until the crust is approximately one inch thick. Go for any shape you want--though rectangles and circles are the easiest and most traditional.
Once you have three crusts ready to go, coat three cooking sheets with olive oil.
For Kara's fig, goat cheese, prosciutto and arugula pizza, first coat the pizza with fig butter. Then top with goat cheese chunks and a few slices of prosciutto.

Place in the oven and let it cook for 15 minutes. Depending on how thin your pizza is, it may take longer. You want to make sure the dough seems crispy and and the edges are nicely brown.
Top the pizza with arugula before serving.

For my margherita pizza, top the pizza dough with marinara sauce and fresh basil.

Place in the oven, and let it cook for 15 minutes, until the edges of the dough is nicely browned.
Top the pizza with fresh buratta right before serving.

For my potato, egg, and rosemary pizza, coat the pizza dough with olive oil. Place the cooked potatoes onto the dough, creating a single layer. Crack two eggs onto the pizza. Add the remaining salt, pepper, and rosemary, and grate a little bit of Parmesan over the pizza.