Yes, today I am talking about pizza.
Pizza
Crust
2 cups of flour
1 ¼ tsp. instant yeast
¼ tsp. salt
¾ cup water
7 and a half tsp. olive oil
Pizza sauce or pasta sauce to cover thoroughly
Any topping – fresh pineapple, ham, pepperoni,
salami, fresh mushrooms, leftover chilli, and any cheese.
Preheat oven to 425° F.
Combine flour, yeast, and salt in a mixing bowl. Warm up water and oil to very warm but not hot. With machine running, slowly pour water and oil into flour mixture. Let the machine work for a couple of minutes. Knead dough on a lightly flour surface for a while until it is soft and elastic. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a lightly oiled pizza stone. Cover pizza with pizza/pasta sauce and toppings.
Cook the pizza for about 17 minutes at 425°F. The more toppings there are on a pizza the longer the pizza takes to cook.
When we make pizza, it`s like the whole house gets excited. You can even hear it. You keep telling yourself - it's coming, it's coming. Once the aroma hits, you think - That's it. I am going into that kitchen and coming out with a piece of pizza. And that is final. Until mother stops you in your tracks and says
"Go sit down or you'll choke." There is no arguing in that statement. Mothers are usually right.
We love to use leftover chili on our pizza. Here are some pictures of it:
When we use chili, we don`t use tomato sauce on the pizza and usually only cheddar cheese because the flavor is stronger and sharper. The chili can be just a regular dish of leftovers. I like the chili to be dryer than normal. If the chili is runny, you could add some flour to thicken it up when cooking. It does not matter if you put the chili on cold or hot when you are to put it in the oven. In our chili recipe we cook about 1 pound to 1 and 1/2 pounds of ground beef for the 4 of us. Then we add 1 or 2 cans of tomato soup. Next I like to add onion powder, chili powder, 1 can of brown beans, and 1 can of kidney beans and my dad loves to add a lot of salsa and A LOT of chili powder. Here is a story about that...
One time, my dad and the hired man were home alone to fend for themselves for lunch. My brother and I were in school and my mother was somewhere else. So my dad made chili that day. He added some ground beef, way too much hot chili powder, and ALOT of hot salsa and not enough beans. I heard it was so bad that after they "tried" to eat it they had to find something else to eat for lunch. They said the chili was brutal.
Anyway...
After we eat chili, in the next couple of days one of us usually creates our chili pizza with the leftover chili. For the 4 of us, we usually double the dough recipe to make 2 pizzas, one with the leftover chili and the other with more traditional toppings. On the traditional pizza we add pizza sauce, or if we are out, we add some pasta sauce. It works and tastes all the same. On top of the sauce we may add some fresh fresh pineapple (right from the store (never canned)), ham, salami, pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, and/or red-green-orange-yellow pepper, and sometimes afterward when it is cooked we add fresh tomato slices. For cheeses I have added cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey Jack, Gouda, Feta, Parmesan, and sometimes goat cheese. Try experimenting with different combos of flavor!
I would like to encourage you to email me at jensencooks@hotmail.com. Ask me about my recipes, techniques or to just have a chat! I will try to return your email as soon as possible.
When we use chili, we don`t use tomato sauce on the pizza and usually only cheddar cheese because the flavor is stronger and sharper. The chili can be just a regular dish of leftovers. I like the chili to be dryer than normal. If the chili is runny, you could add some flour to thicken it up when cooking. It does not matter if you put the chili on cold or hot when you are to put it in the oven. In our chili recipe we cook about 1 pound to 1 and 1/2 pounds of ground beef for the 4 of us. Then we add 1 or 2 cans of tomato soup. Next I like to add onion powder, chili powder, 1 can of brown beans, and 1 can of kidney beans and my dad loves to add a lot of salsa and A LOT of chili powder. Here is a story about that...
One time, my dad and the hired man were home alone to fend for themselves for lunch. My brother and I were in school and my mother was somewhere else. So my dad made chili that day. He added some ground beef, way too much hot chili powder, and ALOT of hot salsa and not enough beans. I heard it was so bad that after they "tried" to eat it they had to find something else to eat for lunch. They said the chili was brutal.
Anyway...
After we eat chili, in the next couple of days one of us usually creates our chili pizza with the leftover chili. For the 4 of us, we usually double the dough recipe to make 2 pizzas, one with the leftover chili and the other with more traditional toppings. On the traditional pizza we add pizza sauce, or if we are out, we add some pasta sauce. It works and tastes all the same. On top of the sauce we may add some fresh fresh pineapple (right from the store (never canned)), ham, salami, pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, and/or red-green-orange-yellow pepper, and sometimes afterward when it is cooked we add fresh tomato slices. For cheeses I have added cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey Jack, Gouda, Feta, Parmesan, and sometimes goat cheese. Try experimenting with different combos of flavor!
I would like to encourage you to email me at jensencooks@hotmail.com. Ask me about my recipes, techniques or to just have a chat! I will try to return your email as soon as possible.
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