extra cheese please.

For Chris and I, pizza making is serious business. We did a little taste test recently with two different types of dough. Orlando Baking Company Ciabatta dough and Alesci's Gourmet Italian Food's pizza dough made for two very different, but equally delicious pizzas. The ciabatta is thicker and puffier while Alesci's is perfect if you like a thinner crust. Orlando's dough can be found in the frozen section at Heinen's. I thawed it in the fridge and then let the dough come to room temperature on the counter. 

We also compared Rao's and Alesci's pizza sauce.  Alesci's pizza sauce has a very fresh, tomato taste and Rao's has a heartier flavor. 

This BBQ chicken pizza below was made with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, mozzarella cheese, chicken and red pepper all on top of Orlando Baking Company's ciabatta dough crust. You could definitely add onions, but I think they are yuck. 

This pizza was made with Rao's sauce as well as Alesci's pepperoni, banana pepper and dough. Doesn't your mouth just water looking at it?

If you don't feel like going through the hassle of making pizza at home (so worth it), I wrote a post about some of my favorite pizza places in Cleveland. You can check those out here.