[Two Knots]

Ordered a grandmas pizza last week, it was very good, I said to my guy
I can make that myself even better ...and I did.
made the pizza crust with King Arthur’s flour...boy, did that spread out
easily.
After spreading out in cookie sheet, make thumb prints so that
the sauce fills in the indentations...but a thin layer of sauce...then grading
cheese, chopped parsley and chopped mozzarella...then any topping
you want ( I used fried onions and mushrooms...then put the rest of the
sauce on top with more graded cheese and chopped parsley.
I baked it at 375* for about 25 minutes.

Also made Pasta fazul for the first dish.
note, just chop the plum tomato’s a bit so that they are lumpy on the pizza
top...I’ll give the recipe for anyone that wants it.p

pic of dough, pic of thin layEr of sauce and pic of cheeses and mushrooms
and onions.

 

[Two Knots]

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[Two Knots]

Pasta Fazul and leftover pizza...

 

[wooleybooger]

Made pizza tonight myself. My usual since I didn't have anything else. Just dough, sauce of Classico something with tomato salsa added, cheese and pepperoni. I usually allow the dough to rise in a warm 105/110 oven, this time I left my pizza stone in the oven. Made a world of difference in the rising. Very bready pizza, we liked it. All this is just a "down and dirty pizza" but better than Pizza Hut or whatever.

 

[CaptTom]

I actually made pizza for a living once. Quick tip for pizza dough: use a high-gluten flour. Of course, now that gluten is a four-letter word, it's sold as "bread machine flour." Or you can buy a bag of gluten and add it yourself. About a tablespoon to three cups of flour, more or less, should do. Not many stores carry it, but Bob's Red Mill makes it, and you can order it on Amazon.

This gives your dough the "stretchyness" needed to toss it in the air, or if you can't do that, flatten it down by hand without tearing. It also gives some structure to other breads. I use it all the time.

Also, if you don't make your own sauce, try Dom Pepino's pizza sauce. It's the closest thing I've found to "real" NY style pizza sauce.

 

[JLawrence08648]

Sauce is easy, crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning, garlic, onions, red wine

I rise my dough in my bread machine.

Use a mix of Italian cheeses.

Your Pasta Fagioli is too thick, no broth? Grate a good hard Italian cheese in it, any sausage?

 

[Two Knots]

I often put in sausage, but it’s lent...no meat on Friday night.
I like it with less broth, thicker sauce.

 

[Startingover]

I used to make pizza. Store dough. Added a bit of anchovy paste in my sauce. then standard ingredients.

 

[wooleybooger]

I foresee pizza and pasta fazul (fazool, e fagioli) whatever you wish, on our table soon. I have everything but would like some sweet Italian sausage to go in the soup.