This weekend we took a trip to a local farm near our house for some fresh seasonal produce. We picked up 6 beautiful bells peppers for only 50 cents each and I was eager to test them out. We have been having a bit of a pizza craving at our house recently, and going out to get pizza wasn't my first choice, so it was time to me to learn to make pizza from scratch.
First the dough:
I pulled out the old bread maker for this project. I am still troubled by my insufficient bread kneeding skills. I decided to go simple:
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
- 1 packet active yeast
- 1 1/3 cups lukewarm water
- A sprinkle of Italian Herb Seasoning (optional)
I'll be honest, I only added the Italian Herb Seasoning because sometimes I like to pretend that Zoey and I are cooking on our own tv show and I think things like "I am going to add some Italian Herbs to the crust to add some color and extra flavor."
I don't think Zoey minds.
I topped the pizza with some tomato sauce, a fresh bell pepper from the farm, some olives and some artichoke hearts. In my mind, pizza doesn't get any better than this.
Into the oven for 25 minutes and success! The crust was wonderful and doughy and the toppings were delicious! The pizza was big enough that we will have leftovers for lunch tomorrow and I can't wait!
7 comments:
The pizza was GREAT!!! I especially loved the crust.
your pizza looks really yummy.
the farm visit must have been fun.
I'm sad there aren't any pics of cats sniffing pizza :)
I'm way too afraid to make pizza dough. I got my yeast mojo back, but I'm still scared.
That Pizza does look YUM! I always cheat and buy frozen Pizza bases.
Oh it does look good! I agree, food pics with sniffing kitties are the best! (No pressure!) I think you have inspired me to make Friday night pizza myself....
That part about the herbs in the crust made me laugh. Sometimes, I like to do it, too. ;-)
That's so cute! If you get your own TV Show, Zoey should definitely be your kitchen assistant! :)
That pizza is loaded!
The crust is actually super easy to make (especially if you have a bread maker). I just add all the ingredients and then set it to the "dough cycle".
As for Zoey: her sniff-model contract is all volunteer, so if she doesn't show up to sniff the food we all miss out on her cuteness. Luckily she makes an appearance most of the time.
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