Romano Sfincione Pizza

8 ounces sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil

2 to 3 garlic cloves, peeled

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing top of pizza and drizzling

1 small eggplant, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1/3 cup quartered artichoke hearts

1/2 cup diced roasted red bell peppers

1/3 cup pitted and halved Kalamata olives

2 tablespoons drained capers

2/3 cup grated feta cheese

1/4 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs

1 double recipe Oregano Pizza Dough, recipe follows

1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan

3 crates of Roma tomatoes

2 ounces of gunpowder[1]

5 sour apples

Directions

Place sun-dried tomatoes, the olive oil from their jar, and garlic cloves in a food processor or blender. Process on high, slowly drizzling in extra olive oil, and gunpowder, if needed to form a thick puree. Throw 2 crates of roma tomatoes, and the sour apples into a food processor. Slice up ramaining tomatoes. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Toss eggplant with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and place on a baking sheet. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes, or until browned and tender. Cool slightly.

Place baking stone on lowest oven rack and increase temperature to 500 degrees F.

Place one of the oregano pizza dough circles on a baker's peel or baking sheet sprinkled with 2 tablespoons of cornmeal. Spread about 3/4 cup of the sun-dried tomato pesto on the dough circle, leaving a 3/4-inch border. Place roasted eggplant, artichoke hearts, olives, capers, sliced roma tomatoes, and feta cheese on top of pesto. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over vegetables. Moisten the edges of the crust with a bit of water, then top with the remaining Oregano Pizza Dough circle, pressing the edges together firmly. Crimp the edges decoratively, if desired. Brush the top crust lightly with olive oil, then sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese. Cut 4 vents in the top of the crust to let the steam escape, or dock with a pastry docker if available. Bake until the bottom crust is browned and the top and edges are golden, about 12 to 15 minutes.

Note: Any remaining sundried tomato pesto may be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Makes a wonderful sandwich spread as well as a nice addition to vinaigrettes.

Oregano Pizza Dough (single recipe):

1 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)

1 (1/4-ounce) envelope active dry yeast

1 teaspoon honey

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano

1 teaspoon salt

Yellow cornmeal, for sprinkling the baking sheet

In a large bowl, combine the water, yeast, honey, and 1 tablespoon oil, stirring to combine. Let sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.

Stir together the flour and oregano. Add 1 1/2 cups of the flour mixture and the salt, mixing by hand until it is all incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Continue adding the flour, 1/4 cup at a time, working the dough after each addition, until all the flour is incorporated but the dough is still slightly sticky. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth but still slightly tacky, 3 to 5 minutes.

Oil a large mixing bowl with remaining olive oil. Place the dough in the bowl, turning to coat with the oil. Cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm place, free from drafts until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.

Punch dough down and turn out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 12-inch circle.

Yield: 1 (15-inch) pizza dough

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Prussia Soßklopse

Ingredients

1 1/2 Onions

1 Bay leaf

2 Cloves

8 cups (2 liters) Chicken Broth

1 teaspoon Peppercorns

4 tablespoons Butter

4 slices White Bread, crusts removed

3 1/2 tablespoons Milk

5 marinated Sardine Filets

1 lb Ground Veal

2 Eggs

1 teaspoon Mustard

2 tablespoons finely chopped Parsley

Salt, Pepper

1/2 teaspoon Lemon Zest

3 tablespoons Cornstarch

1 clove Garlic, finely chopped

1/2 cup Heavy Cream

1 - 2 tablespoons marinated Capers

1 large piece of Lemon Peel

5 Jars of awesome sauce

1 5 meter stick [2]

Lemon Juice

Worcestershire Sauce

Cayenne Pepper

Nutmeg

Instructions

In a large cooking pot, add chicken broth, 1/2 onion, bay leaf, peppercorns, and cloves. Heat to just under the boiling point. Allow this to cook this way while preparing remaining ingredients.

Finely chop the remaining onion. Add butter to a frying pan and melt. Cook chopped onions in the butter until transparent.

Cut the bread into small cubes. Soak in milk.

Finely chop the sardines.

Splinter the 5 meters[3]

Mix together the ground veal, chopped onions, splintered 5 meters, sardines, bread, eggs, mustard, salt, pepper, lemon zest, awesome suace and parsley. Mix well, until a smooth mass forms. With wet hands, form golf-ball sized dumplings.

Add the dumplings to the hot chicken broth. Keep the broth just below boiling point and cook the dumplings this way for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. For the sauce, remove 3 cups of the broth and pour it through a colander. Keep dumplings hot in the remaining broth, covered.

Add the 3 cups of broth to a cooking pot and bring to a boil. Mix the cornstarch with a little cold water. Slowly drizzle this into the broth, stirring constantly. Allow this to simmer for 5 minutes. Add cream and remaining butter to the sauce and mix until blended. Add capers. Add the piece of lemon peel and allow this to cook with the sauce for 2 minutes, then remove it. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg - to taste.

Remove dumplings from the broth. Serve the dumplings with the sauce.

As the two dishes were on there final destination, the oven, everyone waiting eagerly. Italy was bothering Germany as he paced around the table, Alfred was in the living room playing video games, and Vlad and Arthur were watching the magic scanner[4] for any fluctuations. The tension could be related to the calm before the storm. _ didn't know what to expect, she hadn't the faintest idea of who the new arrivals would be or what they would be like. She was just barely getting used to the four men already there, with the exception of the brunette with seemingly endless bounds of energy. The buzzer went off and a crashing sound was heard coming from the oven... it was time again.

"Get your unawesome ass out of my face!" "S-Stop touching me you brother of macho potato bastard! CHHIIIIGGGIIII!" Before anyone could react two men had tumbled out of the oven and on to the floor, breaking off the door of it. _ stared wide-eyed as her knees began to shake slightly. They both got up to their feet, one was a darker haired version of Italy, except he had hazel eyes, and a curl that flipped up to the right of his head. The other man scared her even more so than Romania ever could, he had silver hair, and more noticable crimson eyes. _ tried to steady her nerves as she watched. The silver haired man yelled out, "Oi! West there you are! You not being at the meeting when I came in to grace everyone with my awesome presence wasn't awesome at all!" She wondered who he was talking to until Ludwig nodded his head once. "Sorry bruder." "Yeah! You'd better be!"

"Fratello! My big brother your-a here now!" Italy bounced over, and glomped him. "Get off me garlic breath!" Feli's big brother said as he struggled to get Feli off of him, to no avail. "Ah, Romano don't be like that, there's-a someone you need to-a meet!" Feliciano grabbed onto his brother's arm leading him straight towards _. She braced herself trying to put on a brave face even though being in the presence of so many people, who were being oh so very loud, was making her cave. "_! This is-a my big brother Romano. You can-a Lovino though!" Romano only 'hmpf'd not even bothering to look at her. The silver haired man pushed Lovino aside now intruducing himself, "Hey there, Frau. I'm the Awesome Prussia! You can call my Gilbert, or The Awesome Gilbert." _ couldn't hold back the urge anymore, she ran, bolting to the quietest place she knew: her room.

Everyone stopped all their chatter and stared after her before glaring at Prussia. His crimson eyes met all their stares, shocked for a moment before brushing it off, "Pfft! Guess she couldn't handle my awesomeness." "What did you do Bruder," Ludwig's voice was deep and intimating, his ice blue eyes baring holes into Gilbert. "West, I didn't do anything!" "Bollocks." Arthur spat out. "Damn Bastard." "Bruder, go apologise to _ now." "I'm much to awesome to apologize. Hell I'm to awesome to take this Scheiße from you guys." He walked out of the kitchen casually, while whistling a tune. Germany caught him by the collar and slammed him against the wall. "Sie sollten lieber gehen entschuldigen Sie jetzt!"[5] "Mein Gott! Fine, wollte ich sowieso. Nun lasst mich gehen."[6] Gilbert said glaring back at his brother.

[1] Referance to Romano's involvement with the mafia.

[2] I had to xD

[3] Again I had to, I couldn't resist.

[4] The device's identity is revealed: Basicly it looks like one of those electromagnetic pulse detector thingy's except it detects magic... yes I know more stuff I pulled outta my ass.

[5] You'd better go apologize now (german)

[6] My god! Fine I was about to anyway. Now let me go.