I was too lazy to go out for food last night, plus I am trying
to save money by eating in. So I looked through my cupboards and saw
yeast and I looked through my fridge and saw tomatoes, and I decided to whip up
a couple of pizzas. No, being too lazy to order a pizza and deciding
to make one from scratch doesn’t make any sense. Don’t worry about it.
My
old friend Lisa had given me some recipes from her high school home ec
classes, and pizza was one of them. I have been carrying this recipe
around for probably 5 years. The first (and last) time I tried making
it, though, things didn’t work out so well. So I was determined to
figure it out this time.
Here is the dough recipe, btw. It was really good, except I feel like I could have used more salt.
1 tbsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 cup hot water - like, as hot of water as will come out of your tap
2 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp salt (like I said, I will use more next time!)
2 ½ cups flour
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. It should take about 5 minutes, according to this recipe, but the last time I believe that’s where I went wrong, and this time I went and cleaned my bathroom in the meantime, so that usually takes a bit longer than 5 minutes.
Add vegetable oil, salt and flour and beat until it comes together, then knead until “smooth and elastic." This makes sense once you start kneading. Let stand 10 mins.
I also made the sauce from old tomatoes, onion and orange pepper, plus a shitload of basil and oregano and some garlic powder. I realized I hadn’t bought garlic in a while, so I went to grab it, and it had turned into its own powder. Yuck. I just cooked the vegetables and spices (and salt and pepper, duh) in a bit of olive oil and some water, till they made a sauce of sorts.
Also, I grated a bunch of cheese and put most of it below the toppings. I hear this is the correct and more pretentious way of making pizza, so I figured, why not?
My only topping was pineapple, because I love pineapple on pizza, as well as the fact that I used up all my vegetables making sauce. Then I put any remaining cheese on top. Bake for 20 mins at 425, broil if you want the top browned, which I didn’t and it browned fairly nicely anyway.
Also, I am getting back into this cooking things, but one thing I’m not into is this:
Dishes again today, looks like.
Here is the dough recipe, btw. It was really good, except I feel like I could have used more salt.
1 tbsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 cup hot water - like, as hot of water as will come out of your tap
2 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp salt (like I said, I will use more next time!)
2 ½ cups flour
Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. It should take about 5 minutes, according to this recipe, but the last time I believe that’s where I went wrong, and this time I went and cleaned my bathroom in the meantime, so that usually takes a bit longer than 5 minutes.
Add vegetable oil, salt and flour and beat until it comes together, then knead until “smooth and elastic." This makes sense once you start kneading. Let stand 10 mins.
I also made the sauce from old tomatoes, onion and orange pepper, plus a shitload of basil and oregano and some garlic powder. I realized I hadn’t bought garlic in a while, so I went to grab it, and it had turned into its own powder. Yuck. I just cooked the vegetables and spices (and salt and pepper, duh) in a bit of olive oil and some water, till they made a sauce of sorts.
Also, I grated a bunch of cheese and put most of it below the toppings. I hear this is the correct and more pretentious way of making pizza, so I figured, why not?
My only topping was pineapple, because I love pineapple on pizza, as well as the fact that I used up all my vegetables making sauce. Then I put any remaining cheese on top. Bake for 20 mins at 425, broil if you want the top browned, which I didn’t and it browned fairly nicely anyway.
Also, I am getting back into this cooking things, but one thing I’m not into is this:
Dishes again today, looks like.
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