Nibbles while watching the Nominees

~LKB

Thought you might enjoy a couple recipes for Oscar night- if you are watching with the fam or have a party planned:

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It's grapefruit season and this is a perfect, refreshing drink.

Grapefruit Gimlet            


1/4 C. Ruby Red Vodka
1/4 C. Vodka
1/4 C. lime juice, fresh squeezed
2 TBL. simple syrup
ice cubes
Lime wedges
Rims:
sugar,grapefruit zest, crystalized ginger-minced, pink decorating sugar (for fun)
Rub the rims of your martini glasses with a wedge of lime, then dip the glasses in your rim mixture.
Place 1st 4 ingredients in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice
Cover and shake for 8 sec.
Strain into 2 martini glasses
float a peeled piece of grapefruit in glass
enjoy!

Prosciutto & Arugula Pizza
makes 1, 9-inch pizza
ingredients:
1/2 cup small to medium arugula leaves
2 oz. mozzarella  (fresh)
all purpose flour for dusting
Pizza dough for 1 nine inch pizza
1/2 c. pizza sauce
3 very thin slices prosciutto

At least 45 min. before baking pizza, put pizza stone in oven on lowest rack position and preheat oven to the highest setting (500-550F)
Fry prosciutto in a pan , slightly, watching it carefully- just to crisp it up a little. set aside.
Trim any tough stems from arugula and thinly slice cheese. On a lightly floured surface pat out dough evenly with your fingers, keeping hands flat and lifting and turning dough over several times, into a 9-inch round. (Do not handle dough more than necessary. (if dough is sticky, dust with flour)
Dust a bakers peel or rimless baking sheet with flour and carefully transfer dough to it. jerk peel or baking sheet once or twice to help. Working quickly, top dough with sauce, spreading with the back of a spoon to within 1/2 in. of edge.
Arrange mozzarella slices evenly over sauce.
Line up far edge of peel or baking sheet with far edge of stone in the oven, jerking it gently to start pizza moving. Once edge of pizza  touches the stone, carefully pull back completely transferring pizza to stone.
Bake pizza 6-7 min., or until dough is crisp and browned, and transfer to a cutting board.

Scatter arugula over the  pizza and arrange prosciutto pieces on top.
(thank you- Tim, Danelle, MR and Brian)