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Little pizzas

Ok, I'm not a great cook - but I make yummy veggie pizzas that even meat eaters love.
try it.

For the the dough:

Put this in a mixing bowl - in this order
1 Tbs salt
1 heaping Tbs baking powder
2 Tbs sugar ( must use to activate yeast, I use unbleached raw cane sugar)
1 Tbs instant yeast
2  cups of hot water (not too hot about dishwater temp)
 it will bubble once you add the water
then add
5 cups of flour
mix with dough hook if using mixer or by hand, if it too sticky you might need to sprinkle on a bit more flour if using mixer when its all mixed( about 2 min).
Remove from bowl and kneed by hand till its as smooth as a babys butt. If your mixing/kneading all by hand should take about 15 minutes - its a great arm workout.
Then..
Put the dough in bowl twice its size, cover and let sit at room temperature for 3 - 4 hours.
Then, it ready - you have pizza dough for the week.
Break off a piece ( baseball size or a bit smaller for individual pizzas) the rest goes in the fridge in covered (airtight bowl) till you want to use it, can last a week or so.

For the sauce:

in a processer -
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
a few sun dried tomato halves
a few handfuls of spanish peanuts and or pine nuts
1-3 Tbs of basil - depending on personal taste
1 Tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 Tbs chopped garlic
6 oz coconut oil, peanut oil or water  - your pick
Red pepper if you like
Italian seasoning if you like
some sugar - 1 Tbs or whatever sweetener you prefer..honey,stevia..to taste

process it all till smooth, spoon it into a glass jar, lasts about 2 weeks in fridge - can add any spices you like to taste - - this is depending on personal likes.
If you used coconut or water you will need to let this sit outside of fridge to soften enough before spreading it on the dough, kinda like butter.

The Pizzas !
Sprinkle a pizza pan with corn meal or polenta ( keeps pizza from sticking)
Make baseball size balls with dough ( or a bit smaller)
Sprinkle flour on table and roll them out

 place dough on pan and spread with pizza sauce - be generous, its yummy

 

put a layer of spanish cheese on - I use a Queso Cotija from goat milk for this layer -  its a mexican grated cheese that melts beautifully into the sauce. Also goat milk is naturally homogenized, meaning its smooth and consistent without it undergoing a man-made process, contains less lactose which makes it easier to digest , has about  89% less Alpha s1 casein  - which is the protein most are allergic to., and on the average it has less fat, less calories, less sugars and more iron, calcium and vitamins.

For vegans - just leave the cheese out,  great pizza without any too, the spanish nuts in the sauce give it a bit of cheese texture.

heap diced tomatoes on - fresh from garden is best, anything but store bought hot house tomatoes

sprinkle on red and yellow diced onions
sprinkle on red pepper, salt and pepper to taste

add mushrooms, roasted peppers, olives - whatever you like - heap on the veggies

sprinkle on mozzerrla cheese (if you like)

bake at 350 for 15-20 min, till chesse starts to lightly brown.

enjoy.
xxx
Thanks to Bliss for being my model.

Happy October

My favorite decorating holiday is comming - Halloween.
and just fall in general, the colors, the feeling. Everything slowing down..like right before falling asleep, that drowsy state.
Magicial.
Still working on the 3rd floor, painting and making the 22 lockers there leading to the auditorium usable..adding shelves to some. Found a great old school light fixture that might go up in there..can't decide on that or a fan that matches the kitchen ones, its a smaller hall - 6 ft wide and can get a bit stuffy..but the school light would look so cool..decisions, decisions...

The Pumpkin Crawler

 I loveee halloween !!

on the drawing board...