Yes, I adore cheese, fruit and bread.

So yes, here’s another recipe that involves cheese, fruit and bread.

This recipe is a bit more substantial than Toast with Cinnamon Maple Pears & Ricotta.

Substantial, as in eat this for dinner and you’ll be set until midnight snack hour rolls around.

Now nothing is wrong with breakfast or snacks for dinner.

And certainly nothing is wrong with pizza for breakfast…

Especially cold, deep-dish pizza. My absolute favorite! Probably because there’s a whole lotta cheese and bread going on, and fruit, if your heart desires.

My favorite deep dish pizza joint in Seattle recently closed though! I thought I was going to cry I cried a little bit when I caught wind of this devastating news.

Am I the only weirdo who cries when a beloved restaurant closes?

I swear this occurs at least once a year.

You’d think it’d get easier over time, but each closure is just as distressing as the last.

Believe it or not, I dreamed up this recipe right here because another treasured pizza place went out of business a while back and they actually threw together the most flawless pizza I have ever experienced.

No joke.

Think perfect chewy crust (not too thick, not too thin) coated in a layer of extra virgin olive oil, then covered in freshly grated Italian cheeses, and topped with tart Granny Smith apples, thinly sliced red onion, plus toasted hazelnuts. Let’s not forget blue cheese for some bite!

My version is not as amazingly spectacular as the original, but the moping around had to stop at some point, and I’ve come to accept the fact that this substitute will have to do.

You could definitely utilize real pizza dough, but my lazy rear usually goes with some pre-made (but delicious, nonetheless) focaccia bread.

P.S. If you’re a superb deep-dish pizza creator and you live in the Seattle area and you happen to be reading this blog post, please consider opening a restaurant so you can make me real pies on the regular.

P.P.S. Hazelnut skins are a bit of a pain to remove, so just do your best. If you take a look at the photo, clearly I gave up a little early.