Set Up

By miss5elements

Easy Cheat:
To serve pies without much effort, order in cheese pizzas & top w/your own extras: crumbled sausage, fried egg, sauteed broccoli rabe, fresh chopped tomatoes, and marinated artichokes. Pop in the oven to heat through.

Ingredients

• Trio of Pizzas:
• The Menu
• Drink: Orange & Lillet Cocktail
• Appetizer: Mushroom Ragout-Stuffed Endive
• 1 -Potato, Arugula, Pecorino & Mozzarella
• 2 -Blue Cheese & Roasted Squash
• 3 -Sage, Fontina & Prosciutto
• Dessert: Sundaes w/ Fig-Port Sauce

Preparation

Step 1

Set a Rustic Vibe:
-make floral arrangements chic & minimal; simple bouquets of 2 types of flowers. Keep in 1 color family - shades of red or white are perfect.
-cover table & serving areas w/ kraft or butcher paper (uline.com).
-set up a pizza-topping station & get friends involved in assembling the pies: incl. fresh ground pepper, red pepper flakes, dried marjoram, & Parmesan cheese curls
-use colored grease pencils to write the names of the toppings on the paper next to each pizza. Point out veggie options for non meat eaters.

use pure beeswax candles
offer cocktails in simple glasses & serve from an antique vase or a makeshift carafe

have one pizza/guest
slice pies into quarters
keep backups warm in the oven
-no pizza cutter? no problem. Uses clean kitchen scissors to snip pies into wedges or strips.