{"id":25446,"date":"2015-12-01T05:34:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T10:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2016-04-08T02:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T06:19:00","slug":"recipe-pizza-cheese-asparagus-wine-pairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/recipe-pizza-cheese-asparagus-wine-pairing\/","title":{"rendered":"French Pizza Recipe Paired with Sauvignon Blanc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/recipe-pizza-cheese-asparagus-wine-pairing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/French-Pizza.jpg\" alt=\"French Pizza\" width=\"610\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/French-Pizza.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/French-Pizza-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>French Pizza with a Canadian Twist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For me, the holiday season is all about getting together with loved ones and creating lasting memories while gathering around some delicious comfort food.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are a lot of comfort food dishes that can turn an ordinary get together into a memorable meet-up, but none quite like my favourite French Pizza with ham and asparagus.<\/p>\n<p>While inspired by our European friends, this recipe features mouth-watering <strong>Canadian Swiss and Brie Cheese<\/strong> that infuses an unmistakable taste of home.<\/p>\n<p>For a truly domestic holiday delight, pair with a light and fruity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine-reviews\/innsikillin-sauvignon-blanc-2014\/221473\"><strong>2014 Inniskillin Sauvignon Blanc<\/strong><\/a>. Perfect for catering to a crowd \u2013 no matter how big or small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dairygoodness.ca\/recipes\/french-pizza\" target=\"_blank\">French Pizza<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 individual (square) store-bought thin pizza crust<br \/>\n\u00bc cup (60 mL) b\u00e9chamel sauce<br \/>\n2\u20133 oz (60\u201390 g) cooked ham, sliced<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Innsikillin-Sauvignon-Blanc-2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Innsikillin-Sauvignon-Blanc-2014.png\" alt=\"Innsikillin Sauvignon Blanc 2014\" width=\"62\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n6 asparagus spears, blanched<br \/>\n1\/3 cup (80 mL) Canadian Swiss, grated<br \/>\n1 oz (30 g) Canadian Brie, sliced<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREPARATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 425\u00b0F (220\u00b0C).<\/p>\n<p>Place pizza crust on a parchment-covered baking sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Top with ingredients, finishing with the Brie.<\/p>\n<p>Bake 15 minutes or until crust is crunchy and the Swiss cheese is lightly browned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHEESE ALTERNATIVES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Emmental, Camembert<\/p>\n<p>Discover the pleasure of Canadian cheese at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dairygoodness.ca\/cheese\/all-you-need-is-cheese\/recipes\/butternut-swiss-cheese-ravioli-soup?utm_campaign=CD15&amp;utm_medium=CI&amp;utm_source=NM&amp;utm_content=sept-rec-DW\" target=\"_blank\">allyouneedischeese.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Pizza with a Canadian Twist For me, the holiday season is all about getting together with loved ones and creating lasting memories while gathering around some delicious comfort food. There are a lot of comfort food dishes that can turn an ordinary get together into a memorable meet-up, but none quite like my favourite French Pizza with ham and asparagus. While inspired by our European friends, this recipe features mouth-watering Canadian Swiss and Brie Cheese that infuses an unmistakable taste of home. For a truly domestic holiday delight, pair with a light and fruity 2014 Inniskillin Sauvignon Blanc. Perfect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,1301,1328,1105,77,166,10,1116,1120,110,176,1161,394,159,201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-wines","category-brie-cheese","category-canadian-swiss-cheese","category-canadian-wine-wine-region","category-wine-cheese-pairing","category-recipe-cheese","category-food-wine-pairing","category-niagara-wine-wine-region","category-ontario-wine-wine-region","category-pizza-and-wine","category-recipe-pizza","category-sauvignon-blanc-2014","category-white-wine","category-wine-brie","category-wine-swiss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25446"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27042,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25446\/revisions\/27042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}