Souper Freak

Last night was dinner-and-a-movie date night. On the menu? These yummy little pizza pockets from Broke Ass Gourmet — a really fun blog by home cook Gabi Moskowitz right here in San Francisco! Not only does she post fantastic, easy recipes, she tells you how much all the ingredients will cost you.

Yesterday afternoon I whipped up the homemade dough — I ended up using double the sour cream called for to achieve the slightly wet, sticky consistency described.

Later that night, Tyler and I opened up a bottle of wine and got busy. First we had to roll out the dough — not so easy without a rolling pin! (That Sam Chase guy stole mine.) So we made do with a wine bottle (don’t worry, we washed it first). Tyler ended up taking over rolling duty and we got the dough as thin as we could. Then we used the mouth of a jar to cut the dough into circles — we discovered that it was easier to roll each dough circle even thinner one by one. Here’s Tyler demonstrating his skill:

The recipe calls for filling each circle with sauce (a combination of pizza sauce, herbs, cheese, garlic, and — our addition — black olives), then folding the dough over into a half-moon shape. We decided to shape them more like raviolis — we put sauce in the center of one dough circle, then topped it with another dough circle and pressed the sides shut. Once assembled, we brushed them with egg and voila! (That one on the right? It’s a jumble of left-over dough that we didn’t bother rolling out….now I regret putting it in the picture!

Bake these babies on 400 degrees for about 15 minutes, and you have gooey, tomato-y, cheesy pizza pies. We had our little pizza pockets along with a leafy salad and a side of zucchini, sausage and hot peppers.

The verdict? Fun and delicious — a perfect Friday night movie food. (We watched The Social Network, which of course is the movie loosely based on the true story behind Facebook.)

The dough was surprisingly satisfying for how simple it was to make — just flour (I used half whole wheat, half white), olive oil, a pinch of salt, and sour cream. We found that even with all of our wine-bottle-rolling, the dough was still perhaps a little thick. Next time, we might try a short cut of using pre-made pie dough or find a recipe for a dough that’s a bit softer and easier to roll. Oh, and we should buy a rolling pin!