Sunday Dinner
We’ve had a tradition around here of having homemade pizza on Sunday nights for about a year, save that whole life-altering 6 months we had where nothing was consistent. I’ve tried a lot of pizza dough recipes (a LOT), and this has become my favorite, from Cook’s Illustrated:
22 oz bread flour (approx 4.5 cups) – tonight I used 1 lb bread flour and 6 oz whole wheat flour, but have used all white, too
2 1/4 t yeast, or one envelope
1 1/2 t salt
2 T olive oil
1.5 c lukewarm waterMix dry ingredients. Add oil and water, mix to blend, knead for 5 minutes (I do all this in my mixer). Let rest in well oiled bowl in a warm place for 1-2 hours, or until doubled in size (more or less, I’m not a stickler here). Preheat oven and pizza stone to 500F. Divide dough into 3 equal pieces, roll into balls. Let rest for at least 10 minutes, but not more than 30. Stretch each ball into crust, transfer to peel. Brush with olive oil, top with sauce, cheese and toppings. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until golden, brown and delicious.
We had this with fruit salad AKA Smoothie Salad, according to my son. We had a bunch of oranges in our CSA box, some apples that never got made into pie for Christmas and a banana that needed to be used.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Yummy. Do you have a good sauce recipe too? I used to make homemade pizza crusts (back “before” ya know?) but always felt like my sauce was too tomato-y.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Back when I was younger, poorer, and more energetic, I used to make pizza dough, too. My favorite recipe calls for Semolina flour. I’m thinking I still have bags of it in the freezer. Just sayin’.
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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