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Wednesday 19 May, 2010 at 3:45 am / 1 comment
Homemade Pizza
For years, I stayed away from any recipes that involved yeast. Somehow I thought bread and ‘dough’ making was difficult and that you needed a ‘magic touch’ to work with yeast. But really, it is easy. You just need a thermometer that measures the temperature of a liquid. I bought myself one at Starbucks (the one they use for making lattes). This recipe is super easy. The recipe makes enough dough for two large pizzas. I often make one and freeze the other 1/2 of dough for another day.
Joys of pizza making for kids:
Cut up different kinds of topping (diced vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, artichokes etc.), slices of meat, cubes of fruit (pineapple, mango, papaya, honeydew)
Cook your basic cheese pizza (below) and have your children place their own toppings on their slice. You can have them build it before cooking or if easier, just have them add their toppings of choice on their cooked slice of pizza and eat. The uncooked toppings are just as good as the cooked toppings. This will allow your little one to explore new foods, flavours and textures. Plus you can cut up the basic cheese pizza into manageable wedges or squares and pack in picnic with containers of assorted toppings. This gives a great picnic eating activity and promote them to eat other things. Also easy to do a pizza party for a birthday or playgroup time.
Pizza dough recipe:
1 1/4 cup lukewarm water (needs to be between 41-46℃ (105-115℉) – warm enough to activate the yeast but not too hot as this will kill the yeast)- 1 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
In a bowl, combine the lukewarm water, yeast and honey. Let stand for 5 minutes. Will get a bit frothy.
In a different bowl, mix the flour, salt and olive oil. Stir with a wooden spoon. Add yeast mixture and mix until a soft ball is obtained. I use my hands to mix and then knead a few minutes on a floured countertop. Add a sprinkle of flour if need, to avoid sticking.
Place dough ball into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a cloth. Let dough rise for about 1 hour in a lukewarm area, away from drafts. (I have on occasion made the pizza after 15-30 minutes of standing – time becomes irrelevant with hungry kids around)Using your hands divide the pizza dough in two equal parts. Roll out each for pizzas or store dough balls in a lightly oiled plastic ziploc bag. Can refrigerate up to 12 hours or freeze. If freezing, just take out of freezer a few hours before needing to make meal. It thaws slowly and can be easily rolled out when needed.
I place the rolled pizza crust on an oiled cookie sheet (if you don’t have a pizza stone/pan). You can sprinkle a little cornmeal or flaxseeds on the oiled pizza sheet or pan.
To make basic cheese pizza, top uncooked dough crust with tomato sauce/paste or canned stewed/diced tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and spread shredded cheese (mozza or mixed cheeses) on top. I add dollops of ricotta cheese (good protein) or sliced boccochini. (you can ‘doll’up your pizza to however you and your family likes)
Place dressed pizza in a preheated hot oven at 425℉ and cook until golden – approx 15 mins.
This recipe is taken from the Food Network: Ricardo Larrivee, from episode: Moving Day Pizza.
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Thanks for that! My mother recently harvested a garden full of tomatoes before the winter really set in, and I find myself the owner of two or three buckets worth! Of course I couldnt eat them all like that, but I did find a website full of even more tomato recipe here. A whole website dedicated the topic!! Crazy what you can find on the internets nowadays!!
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Thanks for that! My mother recently harvested a garden full of tomatoes before the winter really set in, and I find myself the owner of two or three buckets worth! Of course I couldnt eat them all like that, but I did find a website full of even more tomato recipe here. A whole website dedicated the topic!! Crazy what you can find on the internets nowadays!!
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