It may be a rainy weekend but there is a lot to do in Finger Lakes Wine Country. If you have some time, you should check out Fox Run’s 19th Annual Garlic Festival. If we can break away from making wood fired pizzas for a little while, that’s where we’re headed. Yum!

Wood Fired Pizza

Sunny Side Up Pizza – As usual, we start this pie with a base of homemade creme fraiche from local cows (I know, right?) and then give it a few slices of sweet sausage from Autumn Harvest Farm in Romulus, NY. After that we add a three cheese blend. Then some onion scapes (from the garden). And – living up to its name – we top this pizza off with a farm fresh egg! [$12.00]

The 26 Mile Pizza – Back by popular demand, we call this one the 26 mile pizza because 100% of its toppings are locally sourced (within 26 miles of where our wood fired oven sits). We start it with a base of locally sourced caramelized onions and chevre from Lively Run. And when we’re done firing it, we finish this pizza with a drizzle of Butternut Squash Seed Oil from our friends at Stony Brook WholeHearted Foods. [$11.00]

Wine

Try the Cayuga Ridge Estate Riesling (which recently won Germany’s Best Riesling of the New World 2010 award) or your favorite red or white.

By the glass [$6.00]

Rustic. Wood Fired. Local. Arguably The Best Pizza On The Cayuga Wine Trail and In The Finger Lakes Region.

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The 26 Mile Pizza – Back by popular demand, we call this one the 26 mile pizza because 100% of its ingredients are locally sourced (within 26 miles of where our wood fired oven sits). We start it with a base of locally sourced caramelized onions and chevre from Lively Run. And when we’re done firing it, we finish this pizza with a drizzle of Butternut Squash Seed Oil from our friends at Stony Brook WholeHearted Foods. [$10.00]

Suggested Wine Pairing: Cayuga Ridge Estate Select Chardonnay (yes, Select)

The Prosciutto Pizza – We start this one with our secret base (?!?!) topped with prosciutto, garden fresh onion scapes, and a generous dose of freshly grated parmesan cheese. When we’re done firing it, this pizza is finished with an aged balsamic. [$10.50]

Suggested Wine Pairing: Cayuga Ridge Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Get Wine By The Glass

Have a glass of your favorite Red or White wine from Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery for $5.00. If you haven’t tried it yet, Check out the Cayuga Ridge Estate Riesling – the Winner of Best Riesling of the New World from Rhineland Pfalz’ Best in Riesling 2010 competition.

PS – As always, ask for a tasty wood fired s’more for dessert – they’re free for kids (mom’s permission required).

Thanks to all of yesterday’s participants at Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery’s vigneron (wine making) program. We hope you enjoyed the fresh bread and wood fired pizza.

Today's Menu

Seasonal Wood Fired Pizza #1

Caramelized Onion (Remembrance Farm, Trumansburg, NY)
Herbs de Provence Chevre (Lively Run, Interlaken, NY)
San Marzano Tomatoes (La Valle, Italy)

Caramelized Onion, Chevre, and Tomato

Seasonal Wood Fired Pizza #2

Pepperoni (The Piggery, Trumansburg, NY)
Herbs de Provence Chevre (Lively Run, Interlaken, NY)
Caramelized Onion (Remembrance Farm, Trumansburg, NY)

Between the sun and the snow (yes, the snow was flying when we woke up this morning and the weatherman says it’s going to get down to 34 degrees tonight) we want to thank everyone who visited The Copper Oven this weekend.

Special thanks goes out to our Elm Beach Road neighbors, the Kappa Kappa Gamma crew from Syracuse University and all the families who brought their moms and and grandmothers to The Copper Oven at Cayuga Ridge today to celebrate Mother’s Day with feasts of wine and wood fired pizza (long live Batman!).

And continued good feedback on the local ingredients that we use to make our wood fired pizzas: One after another, people who are new to goat cheese realize how much they love Lively Run’s Herbs de Provence chevre. And with the pepperoni (better known as Piggeroni) firing so well, we hope to eventually hear from The Piggery that our customers are going direct to who we think is the best charcuterie in Central New York.

Finally, Mary Jane’s Test Kitchen continued this afternoon… Local ingredients on this largely apple-based Pizza included Red Jacket Orchard’s Apple Butter, local apples from Kingtown Orchards (thinly sliced and soaked in Finger Lakes Distilling Maplejack Liqueur) finished with a drizzle of Waid’s Honey. Mmmmn good…

Seasonal Wood Fired Pizza #1

Carmelized Onion (Remembrance Farm, Trumansburg, NY)
Herbs de Provence Chevre (Lively Run, Interlaken, NY)
San Marzano Tomatoes (La Valle, Italy)

Seasonal Wood Fired Pizza #2

Pepperoni (The Piggery, Trumansburg, NY)
Herbs de Provence Chevre (Lively Run, Interlaken, NY)
Carmelized Onion (Remembrance Farm, Trumansburg, NY)

Ingredients Testing on Saturday, May 8, 2010

In addition to the abovementioned menu items, Mary Jane will be playing around with new ingredients (i.e., chocolate, fruit, mascarpone, etc.) We hope to feed you…

Thanks a lot to everyone who came out for our opening day yesterday, April 24th, 2010!

The weather was fantastic and despite a few operational glitches we received a lot of really nice compliments on our wood fired pizzas (we will be posting pictures shortly).

Many vistors asked us how long it takes to fire a pizza. Based on her calculations, Mary Jane said (not including prep time) that the oven was running about 2 minutes per pizza yesterday. And with slightly hotter temperatures, about 30 seconds less than that.

A couple other observations from opening day:

Lots of people realized how much they love Lively Run’s herbed chevre (we used their Herbs de Provence). Yes, not all goat cheese is created equal.

Also, The Piggery’s pepperoni (aptly named Piggeroni) got absolutely rave reviews. (We’re thrilled at how well it looks and tastes when fired in the oven.)

Seasonal Wood Fired Pizza #1

Carmelized Onions (Remembrance Farm, Trumansburg, NY)
Herbs de Provence Chevre (Lively Run, Interlaken, NY)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Herbs (Roma, Italy)

Seasonal Wood Fired Pizza #2

Pepperoni (The Piggery, Trumansburg, NY)
Herbs de Provence (Lively Run, Interlaken, NY)
San Marzano Tomatoes (La Valle, Italy)

Drinks

Saratoga Spring Water
Cayuga Ridge Estate Wine