Makin me a pizza :D

[Whiternoise]

I'm going to document my attempt at making a pizza today (for the fun of it )

Here goes.

1. Made my dough - followed the recipe which made a rather thick batter. Added more flour and here was the result -
Gotta let it rise for a bit..



2. Coming up! The rolling!

Comments are welcome
(This is a variation on the Jeff Steingarten recipe featured in the Observer Food Monthly - do a google and the recipe's on their website)

[TheAnimus]

if you don't have a rolling pin, and are using an old wine bottle. Make sure its a good bottle, and you don't smack it at all. That makes a mess!

(granted i did manage to find what must of been the 1 in a million chance of hitting the stress point, but hey i'm lucky)

[Whiternoise]

I have a rolling pin

[TheAnimus]

so do i.... now

[Whiternoise]

Ok,

2. Rolled out:



CBA to use a rolling pin.. hands seemed to work better

3. Topped up:



4. Cooked



5. Eaten.

[Funkstar]

that looked good

[Whiternoise]

Twas indeed

Making another one tonight

[Gorgeous]

Any chance of the ingredients and amounts used?

[666moe666]

that looked like one nice pizza xD

real mozzarella and everything...making me hungry now >=-(

[Whiternoise]

The recipe is here:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodm...807445,00.html
- at the bottom

I used the amount of flour it says there, but about 2 cups of water - 3 just makes gloop. If it gets too gloopy, then just add more flour!

Umm the sauce was just tomatoes (drained the water) , a few spices and a bit of puree to thicken. And the cheese was bog standard Sainsbury's mozzarella

HTH

[herulach]

A bit of a critique for you:
a) more cheese - theres never enough cheese on pizza, at least make an effort
b) more meat - how anyone can eat pizza without at least one variety of meat i have nno idea - id reccomend pepperoni, ham and pineapple
c) peppers - what the hell, peppers completly ruin pizza, i dont mind them in other stuff, but theyre absolutely horrid on pizza.

[MadduckUK]

your critique seems to be based totally around personal preference... therefore:

WHERE ARE the jalapenos and pepperoni?!?!

[herulach]

your critique seems to be based totally around personal preference... therefore:

WHERE ARE the jalapenos and pepperoni?!?!

No, its a proven fact that pizzas without meat and without enough cheese arent any where near as tasty, belive me, its the result of extended and rigorous testing.

[Steve B]

No, its a proven fact that pizzas without meat and without enough cheese arent any where near as tasty, belive me, its the result of extended and rigorous testing.

seconded!
skimp on the cheese and on the meat, and its not a pizza at all

[Whiternoise]

Peppers are nice.

I put more cheese on the next one i made - the dough made enough for four pizzas, i had to ration a bit

Pepperoni is nice, but i couldn't be bothered this time. Sacrelige i know..

[CrazyMonkey]

Looks lovely although i do agree on getting some more cheese in there. (I hate cheese, except on pizza's and toast!)