For those who have asked (that would be Julie), here is my pizza
recipe. Note that I am an organic cook (not in the natural food sense)
who deals in measurements that start with “about.”
Warm up 2 – 2 1/2 cups of water in the microwave, to a very warm bath temp (about 80 seconds on my microwave).
In a large bowl, add 3 tablespoons of sugar.
Add water and mix well. Add some honey if you like. Mix.
Add 1 tablespoon of yeast (I buy it by the jar to save money).
Add 1 cup of King Arthur (employee-owned!) wheat flour.
Add about 2 cups of King Arthur unbleached white flout.
Add about 1/2 container of oregano to the mixture.
Add about 1/4 cup of olive oil (I just guess and pour some in).
Mix well. Add more white flour as needed to get the dough to stick
together. NOTE: The more flour you add, the more it will be like a
traditional pizza (aka, one you can hold to eat). I have found the more
flour you add, the more flavor you lose. I add just enough flour to
make the dough hold together. You can always add more later.
If possible, let dough rise 1 hour.
Get out two cookie sheets and lightly coat them in olive oil.
Split dough into two equal lumps (add more flour if it is too sticky).
Put one half on each pan and roll out (add a dusting of flour if the
rolling pin sticks).
Lightly coat each pizza shell with olive oil.
Lightly dust each pizza with ground red pepper.
Add pizza sauce (14-16 oz. should do).
Add cheese (I use finely shredded mozzarella, 2 8-oz. packages – you may need a third depending on the pizza size).
If possible, let pizzas rise for about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to about 425 degrees. Bake pizzas for about 10 minutes. Check pizzas often after 10 minutes. Allow cheese to brown.
These pizzas will probably need to violate pizza etiquette and be eaten with a fork. Enjoy!
So . . . my sister will be pleased that you have given out your secret recipe. Thanks.
But I was counting on you for JSB pics, and here I am, sleepless, looking desperately for something to put me to sleep. So I come to your site expecting help in this department (joke).
But seriously, what if I had NOT gone home for JSB and you had failed me by not letting me be there by proxy, as you said.
NEW POST NEW POST NEW POST.
Who cares if you have a job and a stressed-out wife to care for? The insomniac wants something to look at!!
Continue onward in your trampling of culinary toes! Huzzah!
I’ll have to try that out when I get home. Sadly, it is difficult to cook here…we’re only allowed to have microwaves, and I doubt that would do your pizza justice.
It doesn’t keep some people from “cooking” however. We had to evacuate the building once because a girl tried making cookies in her microwave.