Hey y'all.
It is Hallmark Christmas movie watching season.
I have some of my girlfriends coming over later tonight
for a Christmas movie watching marathon.
I'm going to get in the kitchen and whip up some snacks
that I know they're going to love.
Cast iron skillet pizza, Christmas Rosé,
along with a lot of other snacks that they're going to enjoy
while we watch the movies.
Y'all, pizza is my number one favorite movie watching food.
This cast iron skillet pizza is super easy to throw together
and is going to be great
when my friends come over later tonight.
So for this recipe, I'm going to use a generous amount
of thinly sliced red onion.
I'll heat the skillet to medium/low
and sprinkle just enough corn meal
so that the dough won't stick to the bottom.
I've had my pizza dough sitting out at room temperature
and I like to get this pizza dough from Publix,
which is one on my favorite grocery stores.
It is a game changer.
Let me tell you that my dad's mom actually owned a pizzeria
whenever my dad was little
and they made all these pizza crusts
and my dad learned how to spread pizza dough
in that pizzeria and he taught me how to do it.
First, you hold your hands like this.
You don't want to keep your fingers straight up and down
just because it might poke holes through the pizza.
so you keep your knuckles kind of bent
and hold your dough this way
and spread your dough out.
And then to spin it, my dad taught me to do it.
So you just go
and catch it on your knuckles again.
I take it like this and go around the edges,
and squeeze the air bubbles out.
And it's also stretching the dough
because the eight of the dough is falling down here.
The pull and stretch method is a lot easier for people
that are just learning how to work with pizza dough.
Now that I have my dough, flattened out,
I'm going to put it down into my cast iron skillet
on the stove and what I love about cooking pizza
in a cast iron skillet is that it gets hot enough
and holds the heat like a pizza stone,
but it keeps everything in a skillet
and make it so much easier to clean
than a pizza stone ever would.
I'm going to let this cook over about medium heat
and drizzle it with a little bit of olive oil and salt
and let it cook just until the dough starts to bubble up.
Y'all get in here and see this.
These bubbles are what you're looking for
to know that you're ready to start putting your toppings on.
Jarred pizza sauce is one of my best friends
and I like this Mids brand.
It's actually one of my favorites.
I'm not going to spend the time to make pizza sauce
whenever I can buy something
that tastes just as good out of the jar.
In my opinion, a classic pizza is Italian sausage,
pepperoni, and red onion,
and a lot of cheese and red sauce.
If you have a favorite pizza, I'd love to hear about it.
Throw it in the comments.
I'm going to put just a tiny bit of Kosher salt,
and then a lot of shredded mozzarella.
I've got my oven as hot as it will go,
which is 500 degrees.
If your oven will go hotter, move it all the way up.
I'm going to let this pizza bake for around 15 minutes.
I love making a Charcuterie board for guests on movie night
because as guests are arriving,
they can start snacking on this.
This one is perfect for the holidays
because you can make it in the shape of a Christmas tree.
I've used prosciutto to make a fun, little meat tree skirt
and then I'm just going to keep assembling it
with a couple more things like olives,
and pomegranate arils and some pickled ochre
that I put up earlier this season.
Y'all get in here and look how cute this is.
It's a Charcuterie board shaped like a tree,
perfect for a Christmas movie watching marathon.
Charcuterie boards are always such a mystery
because you never know what's on them.
So I like to take the extra step to label for my guests
what kind of meat and cheese I have on my Charcuterie board.
My timer just went off for my pizza.
I'm going to get it out of my oven.
Look at all that melty cheese.
The final touches for my pizza are going to be
crushed red pepper because everything is better
with a little bit of spice,
and of course, fresh basil.
My dog's name is Basil, y'all, it's my favorite herb.
I love rosé but whoever invented the f-rosé,
that is hands down my favorite.
This is going to be perfect for tonight
because I'm going to put in some frozen cranberries
and rosemary simple syrup,
which turns the traditional summer drink
into a yummy Christmas treat.
Y'all this Trian's rosé is one of my favorites.
I always keep plenty of bottles of this around in the summer
for any time that I need a rosé.
It's one of my favorite cooking wines,
and by that I don't mean that I put it in my food,
I drink it while I'm cooking.
Saint Germain is also one of my favorite liqueur.
It's elderflower flavored, which is so yummy.
If you've never tried elderflower tonic,
or elderflower liqueur, y'all this is the way to go.
The frozen cranberries are going to
add a splash of red color and some tartness
that's going to be great for this Christmas drink.
And last but not least, rosemary simple syrup.
If you want to make it flavored,
add an herb or a spice or something to your simple syrup,
like rosemary while it's cooking
and let the herb cool all the way
in the simple syrup.
My friends should be on the way so I'm gonna buzz this
and keep it in my freezer until they get here.
Y'all look at this pretty pink, frozen Christmas treat.
I'm coming in!
Thanks for having us.
Thanks for coming to movie night.
Hey Sally!
Hey how're you?
I'm good. How are y'all?
Y'all, the most important part is we have rosé.
It's Christmas rosé, so it has frozen cranberries,
and rosemary simple syrup in it.
Cheers y'all.
Cheers.
I got these little individual containers for us
to put our snack mix in so we don't have to spend
the entire time passing the bowl.
Everyone can just re-fill it for themselves
whenever they're ready.
Have y'all seen the new Hallmark Christmas app?
It's called Countdown to Christmas.
You just download it and it adds all of the Christmas movies
to your calendar so you get notified
when the movie is playing on Hallmark channel.
(giggling)
Y'all this is spread was so easy to put together
and it's perfect for watching Hallmark Christmas movies.
Thank y'all so much for coming!
Cheers y'all.
Cheers.
Bye y'all.
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