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Selasa, 15 April 2014

Thin Crust Pizza with Italian Sausage and Fresh Garlic

Homemade pizza is one of those things can be a bit daunting to make, at first. However, once you find an easy pizza dough recipe the possibilities are endless. I generally make this pizza dough, which is indeed very simple, once every couple of months, cut it into 4 servings, eat one that night and freeze the other three for use at a later time. Since last night was one of the those later times, I removed the frozen ball of dough from the freezer Friday night and let it thaw in the refrigerator. About 1-2 hours before its time to eat, I remove the dough ball from the refrigerator and place it in an olive oil coated bowl and allow it to come to room temperature.

Meanwhile, I made the pizza sauce. To a cold sauce pan, I added about 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes and 1 whole, but smashed garlic clove. Turn on the heat and allow the oil and garlic to come up to temperature while infusing the oil with the garlic flavor. Remove the garlic and discard when it turns a deep golden brown. Add a can of diced tomatoes to the garlic infused oil, 1 tablespoon of dried oregano, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and salt and pepper. Cook at a medium simmer until the the sauce is thick with a luscious coating of olive oil floating on top. Remove from heat and let cool.

When the dough has come to room temperature press it out to about 1/4 inch thick and place on a baking sheet that has been coated with corn meal. Spread the tomato sauce sauce over the dough and top with any ingredients that you enjoy. I sliced a hot italian sausage very thin, shredded some mozzerella cheese, grated parmesan and thinly sliced a clove of garlic and evenly distributed all over the top of the pizza. Brush the crust with olive oil. This pizza cooked in a 500 degree oven for about 10 minutes until the cheese was melted and the crust was crispy and golden brown.

Senin, 07 April 2014

Italian Chicken Pizza

ITALIAN CHICKEN PIZZA
Carrabbas Copycat Recipe

2 tablespoons sweet & sour sauce
2 tablespoons pizza sauce
3 oz chicken breast, roasted
1/4 cup gouda cheese, smoked
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons red onion, diced
1 tablespoons green onion, sliced

Preheat oven to 500F with pizza stone. Blend sweet and sour sauce and pizza sauce. Spread sauce over pizza dough. Cover with shredded chicken. Cover with cheese and onions. Place on pizza stone in oven and bake until golden brown.

Senin, 17 Maret 2014

Spicy Chicken Pizza

Ingredients for Pizza base

1 teaspoon white sugar

1 1/2 cup warm water

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cup Maida flour

Ingredients for topping

1 cup shredded mozzarella

3/4 cup shredded Parmesan

1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1 cup chopped chicken tenders

4 tsp chili flakes

4 tsp oregano

Salt to taste

Method

In a large bowl, mix sugar in warm water. Add yeast and let stand for 15 minutes, until foamy. Now add olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture, then mix in wheat flour and Maida flour to make soft dough. Place dough in a bowl and cover loosely with a towel and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Roll a ball of dough with a rolling pin until it will not stretch any further. Then, drape it over both of your fists, and gently pull the edges outward, while rotating the crust. When the circle has reached the desired size, place on a well oiled pizza pan. Spread adequate amount of tomato sauce on the top of pizza base, place sliced onions and chicken, sprinkle chili flakes, oregano and salt. Cover the entire pizza with both the cheeses. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes (depending on thickness) in the preheated oven, until the crust is crisp and golden at the edges, and cheese is melted on the top

Jumat, 14 Maret 2014

Tomato sauce for Pasta Pizza

Learn how to make home made easy tomato sauce for Italian pasta or for pizza.

Tomato sauce for pasta/ pizza

Ingredients

Tomatoes large- 6 nos

Tomato sauce/ ketchup- 1/4 cup

Onion medium minced- 2 nos

Garlic cloves- 4 nos

Dried Oregano- 2 tbsp

Sugar- 1 tbsp( +/-)

Salt to taste

Olive oil- 4 tbsp

Easy pizza/ pasta sauce

Method

Blanch tomatoes, allow to cool and remove its skin. In a blender or mixer, grind together blanched tomatoes, garlic cloves, oregano, tomato sauce, sugar and salt to smooth puree. In a large sauce pan heat olive oil on low flame, add minced onion and saute until onions are transparent. Add the pureed tomato mixture to the onions, check the seasoning and cook the tomato puree on low flame for 20 to 30 mins until thickens.

For italian red pasta

Serve prepared tomato sauce hot over pasta topped with parmesan cheese or cheddar cheese.

For italian pizza

Cool the tomato sauce, spread over pizza base top it with veggi, cheese and meat of your choice.

Tips

This tomato sauce for pasta/ pizza can be stored for an week when refrigerated.

Home made tomato sauce

Kamis, 20 Februari 2014

Quick breakfast with Italian bread mini bread pizza

I love all kinds of bread. Italian breads are generally more elastic and soft. I feel they are very much suitable to make mini bread pizzas. I usually use mozzarella cheese but today I am going to make it with mayo. If you like to make it with cheese go ahead and put it. It will taste good too!!

Ingredients
Thick slice of Italian bread
Tomato finely chopped 2 tbsp
Onions finely chopped 2 tbsp
Pepper to taste
Salt to Taste
Italian seasoning
Oregano a pinch
Maya 1 tbsp

Method
Take all the ingredients mix them well and spread it on the Italian bread. If you want a crispy Crest toast the bread and spread the mixture on the top. Microwave for 20sec. and the yummy breakfast is ready. It looks colorful and tastes wonderful.

Selasa, 18 Februari 2014

SANDRAS TACO PIZZA HOMEMADE

I created this recipe inspired by a pizza I ate at a local eatery
while attending a conference in the San Francisco Bay Area...

Servings: (6 to 8)
Prep: 20 mins. |
Baking: 25 mins. total + rising time

Posted by Sandra

INGREDIENTS:

***Dough:
1-1/2 cups warm water
½ teaspoon sugar
2-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (or 1 packet)
3-1/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out dough
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more in other steps
1 teaspoon cornmeal

***Sauce:
1 lb. ground moose/venison/beef/buffalo/chicken/turkey burger
1 onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 (14.5 oz.) cans diced tomatoes with zesty mild green chilies, undrained
1 cup of picante salsa (or make this: Homemade Mexican Salsa)

***Toppings:
1 (14.5 oz.) can of refried beans
1 (2.25 oz.) can of sliced black olives
2 cups of mexican-blend cheese, shredded

***Garnish options:
1 roma tomato, de-seeded and chopped
1 cup shredded lettuce
¼ cup mexican blend cheese, shredded
1 green onion, finely sliced
2 tablespoons nacho cheese chips, finely crumbled
taco sauce

METHOD:

***Prepare the dough:
In the bowl of standing mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine warm water, sugar and yeast. Let stand for 5 minutes until yeast blooms. Add flour, kosher salt, and olive oil. Mix on medium speed for 5 minutes, just until the dough is smooth elastic. Spray a medium-size bowl with oil, and place the ball of dough in it, rubbing it around in oil, and then flip over and cover with a clean towel. Place bowl of dough in a warm place until it has doubled in volume, about 1 hr., and place dough on floured surface and roll out into a 12” round, building up the outer edge slightly. Transfer to an oiled pizza pan that has been slightly sprinkled with cornmeal. Brush the entire top and outer edge of unbaked crust with olive oil. Par-bake the crust in a 425 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and set aside.

***Prepare the sauce:
Meanwhile, heat a medium-size skillet over medium heat, add the moose/venison burger, onion and saute until burger is browned. Add the garlic, and taco seasoning. Stir in the diced tomatoes with zesty mild green chilies, and picante salsa, and then simmer until sauce is reduced and mixture thickens, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove and let cool to room temperature before spreading on pizza crust.

***Prepare the toppings:
Spread with a spatula the refried beans over crust. Ladle the sauce evenly over the pizza to within ½” of edge. Sprinkle with the sliced black olives, and shredded mexican-blend cheese. Place pizza on middle rack in oven, and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, until crust is golden brown. Remove and sprinkle with garnish ingredients in the order listed - Enjoy!

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Tip: Prepare the sauce so it can cool, and other topping and garnish ingredients while pizza dough is rising.