Divinity Original Sin 2: Rivellon Pizza

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time with Divinity Original Sin 2. Recently, my husband and I started a lone wolf party on tactician mode. He is playing a melee, dual wielding, polymorph focused character while I am enjoying a summoning huntsman. The summon right now is pretty busted at the start of act 2 but I’m sure as time goes on I might respec my character to be fully focused on ranged damage. I’ve been really enjoying how lone wolf characters approach the game differently. The additional action points on each character allows for us to come up with some interesting tactics. Having prior knowledge on how fights happen also has made many fights easier but I’m still really enjoying myself. One issue I have had with tactician mode was the one time an enemy got a permanent evade aura. My husband was clever and nether swapped them with a rat. After clearing the rest, the evading enemy came back. We killed them by my husband putting shackles of pain on the target, making them share damage with him, at which point he yelled at me to “JUST MESS ME UP.” It was for sure one of the more unique approaches we had to make.

Any role playing game would not be complete without food for your characters to munch. Divinity Original Sin 2 does a great job at filling tables with food to make the world seem more alive. I love walking around the cities and looking at all the meals placed around the world. Undead might not be able to enjoy these foods but if you combine them with a bit of poison, those characters too can enjoy all the delicacies of Rivellon.

One of my favorite items is the meat-filled pizza. When I eat pizza, I tend to lean towards a heavy vegetable filled pizza. On the rare occasion I want to eat the meatiest thing possible, this pizza is the perfect answer. I’ve layered my personal favorite meats for pizza: italian sausage, salami, and bacon. On top of that, I’ve also included fennel in the dough to give that sausage flavor throughout each slice. This pizza is hearty and will fill you up quicker than a regular cheese one would.

Ingredients:
Pizza Dough
690 grams bread flour
5 grams active dry yeast
10 grams sugar
5 grams salt
4 grams garlic powder
5 grams ground fennel seeds
2 cups water
2 tbsp olive oil

Toppings per Pizza
pizza sauce
mozzarella cheese
parmesan cheese
3 Italian sausages, cooked and chopped
10 slices of salami (or pepperoni), quarted
6 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped
oregano
basil
red pepper flakes
1 jalapeno, sliced (optional, for your undead friends)
cornmeal

One day before you plan to make the pizza, you need to prepare the dough. Place the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, garlic powder, and ground fennel seeds in the bowl of a stand mixer. In a small bowl, combine the water and olive oil. Pour the liquid into the bowl of the stand mixer.

Place the bowl in the stand mixer and mix on low with a dough hook until all the ingredients come together. When it has formed into a ball, increase the speed of the mixer to medium and knead in the machine for five minutes.

Lightly flour your countertop and place the kneaded dough there. Smooth the dough into a ball. Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray (or rub with olive oil). Place the dough ball into the bowl and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator for 18-24 hours.

The next day, remove the dough from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before you start to prepare your pizza. Punch the dough down and place it onto a lightly floured countertop. Form a ball. Cover with a clean towel and let it rest for a half hour.

Preheat your oven to 475℉. After you have prepared the meats, it is time to form each half of the dough. Once again make sure your countertop is lightly floured. Pound the dough into a disk shape.

Continue to stretch the dough into a disk shape. Stretch the dough until it is about the size of a large pizza. Prepare a round baking tray by spraying with nonstick spray and sprinkling with cornmeal. Place the dough onto the tray.

Spread the pizza sauce on top of the dough. Add as much as you like, this is your pizza after all! Sprinkle with oregano, basil, and red pepper flakes.

Add a layer of mozzarella cheese. Top with all the meats. Add a small layer of parmesan cheese.

Place the pizza in the oven and bake for ten minutes. Turn the pizza and then bake for another ten minutes or until the crust has browned nicely. After the pizza has cooked, remove it from the oven and allow it to rest for at least five minutes. Add fresh sliced jalapeno if you are serving this for your undead friends.