~ Preschutti Pizza, Part I: Our Favorite Sauce (A Short Video/Slideshow, 00:39) ~

Over the course of the next three days, Melanie's Kitchen is going to be posting a very special family recipe here on Kitchen Encounters: Preschutti Pizza, which is rectangular-shaped, thick-crust, Sicilian-style pizza.

I was prompted to do this by one of my my local readers (who took my pizza class last Summer) to "PRETTY PLEASE" post the recipe, which I am quoting her in that class as saying, "I think this is the best pizza I ever tasted!"  Linda's new daughter-in-law in Los Angeles wants to learn how to make homemade pizza, so Linda called me and asked if I would consider blogging it.  I would have done it eventually anyway, but thanks to Linda, the process got speeded up!  I just love it when readers request recipes!!!

The recipe will be posted in three parts:  Our Favorite Sauce, Our Favorite Crust, and, Our Favorite Toppings!  I hope you will all enjoy Pizza Week here on Kitchen Encounters.  To view a short video slideshow on how to make Our Favorite Sauce (I posted the recipe earlier this evening):

Download Preschutti Pizza Sauce-Medium

To read the recipe: ~ Preschutti Pizza, Part I:  Our Favorite Sauce ~, can be found in Categories 8, 12 & 22.

"We are all in this food world together." ~ Melanie Preschutti

(Recipe, Commentary, Photo and Video courtesy of Melanie's Kitchen/Copyright 2010)