
We opted to share two pizzas, one veg-friendly...and one that's a carnivore's delight! The Fontina features nutty Italian fontina cheese, oak-roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions, and Parmigiano Reggiano. The meaty Pork Love pizza features a bevy of flavorful pork products: sopressata salami, sausage, pancetta, and speck...along with house-pulled mozzarella and tomato sauce. Both pizzas cooked in minutes in Dough's brick oven, which reaches temperates near 900 degrees. The resulting pizza comes to the table with a nice crust, chewy and a bit crusty...including strategic charring, which gives the pizza a slightly smoky flavor.
Both pizzas were absolutely heavenly! The Fontina is so flavorful that even the most devout meat lovers will never miss the meat. The sweet-savory caramelized onions, earthy roasted mushrooms, and nutty fontina work perfectly together. This combination of flavors is positively addictive...I loved it! The Pork Love is a meat lover's dream come true -- smoky, meaty, and cheesy. If you've never tasted speck (a ham product) or sopressata before, you're in for a real treat. These pizzas are fabulous...definitely NOT the pizza you grew up eating as a kid. Unless you grew up in Naples.
We were starting to get a bit full by then...but then Lori came out from the kitchen with a trio of desserts for us to try. We grabbed our spoons and dug in! We sampled the house-made Limoncello Ricotta Torta, Carla's Panna Cotta, and the unique Polenta Cake. All three desserts were delicious...and not overly sweet. The limoncello torta is perfect for a citrus lover like me...tart, with just enough sweetness to take the edge off the lemon. It was reminiscent of a citrus tiramisu. This dessert was very refreshing on a Summer evening.The panna cotta was creamy...almost velvety...topped with caramel sauce and dried fruit. Somehow, it was both rich and light.
The most surprising dessert of the trio was the Polenta Cake. It was served on a pool of creme Anglaise and berry coulis. The cake was moist and substantial, with an earthy cornmeal flavor and a subtle hint of citrus. We decided that this was our favorite dessert of the trio...not overly sweet or too filling. It was unique and flavorful...we'd definitely order it again.
If you find yourself in San Antonio and craving some amazing pizza, Dough is located near North Star Mall...inside a shopping center at Loop 410 and Blanco Road. Thanks to a recent expansion, waits for a table at Dough are a lot shorter now. There's also lots of outdoor dining space for al fresco dinners when the weather cooperates. Dough also has a second location in Dallas for Texans who live near the Metroplex. For authentic Neapolitan pizza, there's no need to hop on a plane for Naples...Dough has just what you need right here in Texas!
Disclosure: Dough provided us with a complimentary dinner to facilitate this feature. All opinions expressed are my own.
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