Ok, so seeing as no-one has put any of their recipes up I have decided to put one of mine up. I had a dinner party last night and I cooked 4 pizzas all from scratch. And here's how I did it:
Dough:(prepared in the breadmaker)
water - 1 cup
butter (melted) - 1tbsp
sugar - 2 tbsp
salt - 1 tsp
flour - 2 3/4 cups
yeast - 1tsp
I prepared two lots of dough. The dough is about 500kg each so I cut it in two and rolled them into balls then let rest for about 20mins.
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Whilst I was waiting for the dough to rise I made a start on the ragu. I heated up some olive oil in a pan and threw in a few cherry tomatoes.
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In a pestle and mortar I crushed up 3 large cloves of garlic and a handful of fresh basil
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I then added the tomatoes to the garlic and basil and crushed it all up. I took out the tomato skins and then transfered it all back to the saucepan on a medium high heat to reduce.
When the four dough balls were ready I rolled them out to fit my 12" pizza base trays. I oiled the trays to prevent the base from sticking.
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Then I added the ragu
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and then the cheese which was a mixture of cheddar and mozarella
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Oh dear my glass is empty
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Another Gin and Tonic please!
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For the toppings I went for the following:
1. Spanish Chorizo and Chestnut Mushrooms
2. Roasted Romano Peppers and anchovy paste
3. German Salami and red onion
4. Three cheese magherita
Pizza 1 and Pizza 2
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To roast the romano peppers I lightly coated them in olive oil and put them in the oven for about 20mins 180c until the skins were slightly black. Once cooled I took off the skins and got rid of the seeds. Oh and most of the guests turned their noses up when I told them it was anchovy paste but they soon changed their minds when they tasted it
I cooked the pizzas for about 10mins until they were almost cooked on about 180c, took them out of the oven and put some chunks of Buffalo Mozarella on them and a sprinkle of good olive oil.
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Back in the oven until the cheese starts to bubble and brown. To serve I put some fresh basil leaves on top. Omnomnomnom
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annarack
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Lim-Dul
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when i get round to taking good pictures, im gonna put up some simple recipes as well as the shit i plan to show off with so everyone can think im a pretentious twat ^^
