45 Peso Pizza

Here's a story some of you might have heard, but I'll re-tell it anyway. A couple months ago, we went to this awesome place in Derby, CT called Roseland Apizza. Great red sauce Italian place. We ordered much too much food, including a shrimp casino pizza (the seafood pizzas are a specialty). Shrimp, bacon, peppers, onions, what could be bad? It was marked "market price," but how much could it be? I mean, yeah it's got shrimp, but it's a pizza!! When the lobster ravioli in lobster sauce is the most expensive thing on the menu at $33, the shrimp pizza can't be more than 20 bucks or so, right?

Well, the pizza was delicious. Which is a good thing, because when the check came, if we found out that we had ordered a 45 DOLLAR pizza that wasn't delicious, there would have been trouble. By trouble, I mean, us paying our bill respectably and complaining a lot to each other on the ride home. As it was, we were befuddled, but at least enjoyed the pizza, and knew never to make that mistake again.

So last night we made our own $45 pizza, but with a Mexican twist. So let's call it 45 peso pizza. We briefly marinated the shrimp in a tequila-lime mixture, tossed on some bacon, added house-pickled jalapenos for good measure, and some cilantro. Very good, and the peso-to-dollar exchange rate left our wallets a bit heavier than our trip to Roseland.

Also on last night's menu: a pie with tomatoes, monte enebro, chevre, and kick-ass chorizo. Monte Enebro is a pretty intense goat cheese; it was a great combination, but not for the faint-of-heart. Tasty stuff.