Dinner with the Monks take 2 - aka Pizza Party

After the last dinner with the monks and friends, we made plans for them to make us pizza. After weeks of beans and rice, this was the best dinner invitation I've ever received and we were all looking forward to it all week. Though there was some hesitation - could they pull off good pizza? The answer was yes, overwhelmingly, outstandingly yes. As usual, dinner started much later than planned, since first we were waiting on someone to arrive with the oil, then someone else with the bread. We had brought the beer and cachaca, so we were fine waiting around and drinking. When finally the pizza-making began, we all jumped in to help out, chopping vegetables, sprinkling cheese, mixing sauce.

The pizzas were all consumed with in minutes of them coming out of the oven and with each empty tray, a new pizza was assembled and then put back in the oven. We could barely finish everything, though we certainly did.

After pizza, there was some leftover cheese and onions which we used to make pao de queijo (not sure if this was planned or spontaneous). I've had this cheesy-bread concoction twice since I've been here and wasn't super impressed, but this one was what I'd been hoping for when I first heard about this dish. It was perfect, and such a perfect night.