The Painted Apron

Have you ever heard of the holy Trinity?  No, no, not THAT holy trinity….the holy trinity in cooking.  The three ingredients vary depending on where you live ~

In Cajun country,  or Louisiana, the holy trinity ingredients are onions, celery, and bell peppers

In other parts of the country they are often onion, celery, and carrots

In Italy they are tomatoes, basil and garlic

What ever the ingredients are, the concept is the same, it is basically an intense flavor base.

My personal holy trinity is caramelized onions, roasted garlic, and parmesan cheese.  Enough said.  Anything tastes good with this!

This is the base for my Pizza Caprese

If you don’t have time to caramelize onions in a skillet, just peel and slice one, drizzle it with olive oil and salt and pepper, wrap in foil and bake at 400 for an hour while you go do something else~

Basically the same technique that you use for roasting garlic.  Roasting garlic is so easy and it adds so much flavor~do it before hand~I roasted my garlic and onion the day before and just put the foil wrapped goodies in the fridge until it was pizza time

The cherry tomatoes and basil are actually from our garden! I know you’re impressed! We actually had enough cherry tomatoes to top one pizza! A bumper crop for sure!

Something is nibbling the basil now, but I found 5-6 good leaves

I buy fresh pizza dough in the deli at Publix, you can also buy fresh dough from the pizza kitchen at Whole Foods~or make your own, or use premade, whatever you like~  Partially bake it, just until it starts to brown.  You want the crust to be sturdy enough to handle what you’re going to do to it next.

Brush the crust with a little olive oil

Sprinkle with kosher salt…I used Hawaiian Sea Salt just to show off, that’s the pink flecks~ Squeeze roasted garlic from bulb and spread over crust with the back of a spoon.

Top with roasted or caramelized onions

Top with shredded Parmesan cheese.  If you are a Costco shopper, pick this up on your next trip, it’s a great option for freshly grated Parm

Next add some fresh mozzarella

and tomatoes~I used cherry tomatoes cut in half.  Don’t put the basil on yet, it will blacken.  This is just for show, I was deciding if I needed to venture back out to the garden for more~

Cut the basil into chiffonade {thin ribbons made by rolling the leaves tightly and then cutting horizontally into thin strips} while the pizza is baking

Top your hot pizza with the basil

and enjoy!

Here’s the recipe:

Thanks for stopping by today, do you have a “holy trinity?”

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