Star Wars Pizzas, #MayTheFourth

MayTheForth be with you... In honor of Star Wars Day, I decided to try my hand at making Star Wars themed pizzas.  I first found these on Pinterest and have traced them back to Ramahughes' Flickr page.  Admittedly, I am no artist....especially using produce as my medium....I did my best.

I had fun making these...combining pizza & Star Wars seemed like a no-brainer!  I kept speaking Yoda - out loud, to myself (not weird)- " Yoda, on my pizza, your face is!"  And lets not forget Lord Vader....gggoooooooo (said whispering, while inhaling), gggaaaaahhhhh (said whispering, while exhaling) - again, it's only weird if you let it be weird.

I whipped up a batch of pizza dough, blanched the peppers and broccoli, grated some cheese and obsessed over matching sliced mushrooms; I did use pre-sliced olives, as to preserve some of my sanity.  

I began with Yoda, he seemed more challenging.  It took 2 bell peppers, 1 head of broccoli, and 3-4 do-overs to replicate this Jedi.....aaaaand, a "few" glasses of wine.  

Here is a the actual Yoda, taken a few months ago at the Star Wars Identity exhibit:

Isn't he cute!!  As to keep with his honorable nature, Yoda held up during the baking process...what a good little Yoda pizza!!

Lord Vader?  Eh.  Not so much.  What would you expect, though?  The olives oozed and ran toward the Darkside.  Much like a wild creature, you cannot tame Vader.  Cannot.  He just didn't hold up at all...although, it could be a representation of him without he helmet?  No?  How about an abstract interpretation?  A Vader Van Gogh, if you will.

Here is THE Vader costume...I half expected him to raise his open-palmed hand out toward us, in a squeezing motion - administering The Force on us all!!!

Here is what I used to make both Yoda & Vader:

2 pounds pizza dough, one pound for each pizza

1 pound mozzarella cheese, grated - 8oz per pizza

2 cups pizza sauce - 1 cup per pizza

2 - 6oz cans sliced olives

2 green bell peppers, sliced and blanched

1 head of broccoli, cut into florets and blanched

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1 bottle of Pinot Grigio, optional - yet recommended....gets the creative juices flowing.

May the Force be with you, on May the 4th!!

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