Sorry about the gap in posting, I had a week of London Book Fair and then a week of catching up and no time for baking or blogging. Work getting in the way of life again!
Now that I have mastered the basics of the dough making I am branching out into other dough-based food items other than bread. With that in mind I decided to try my hand at pizza last weekend. I chose my toppings first (mozzarella, pepperoni and basil) a classic combo I felt.
The dough is an olive dough, similar to the focaccia that I made recently, although it does call for pizza flour but I just used my normal strong white flour. Ingredients are pretty much the same as usual but you replace 50g of the water with olive oil then knead and leave to rest for an hour. After an hour you then make it into the pizza base, I went for a rectangle. I had some problems stretching the dough, it wasn't having it so I had to flatten it with gusto which meant that it was a bit thin in the middle and the crust was a bit too thick. But who doesn't like a thick crust?
For the tomato base I dry roasted a couple of tomatoes in the oven with some herbs and a smidgen of olive oil (about 30 minutes at 180) then whizzed them up. Spread this on the base and then layered up all the other toppings. Then it's in the oven at 200 for about 20 minutes until the crust is browned and risen and the toppings are sizzling.
Tell you what, it beats Domino's, Pizza Express, Pizza Hut and all the rest into a cocked hat! By that I mean it was most enjoyable!
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