The "frozen pizza" thread got me to remembering that I haven't made pizza in a while, so this evening I put together a couple of pizzas. Not including the time for the dough to rise, it took 15 minutes to make them and 20 minutes in the oven.
I use my cast iron to bake the pizzas in. I use homemade sauce and real tomatoes. The only thing from a can are the sliced olives-they aren't available fresh.
I used unbleached all purpose flour for the dough. I usually use unbleached bread flour, but we made a couple loaves over the weekend and I didn't have enough. The bread flour doesn't rise quite as much as the all purpose does.
The meat is ground turkey. My pizza (right) has ground turkey spiced with my own blend of seasoning, my wifes pizza (left) is mostly plain ground turkey with a couple of spoonfuls of spiced ground turkey mixed in. Real mozzarella cheese tops it off. The top edges of the crust are dressed with a little olive oil.
600 degrees and 20 minutes later with a little freshly grated pecorino romano cheese. I prefer the cheese with very little browning, however another 3 or 4 minutes would have browned it quite nicely.
They lift right out of the cast iron skillets. A quick wipe and the skillets are clean and the pizzas are ready to be cut.
It's extremely easy to adjust the dough to get a thinner crust. Sometimes I toss it before putting it in the pan to get it nice and thin. The crust has a nice crunchy texture and isn't doughy.
All together, it's about $7.00/pizza, 20 minutes of prep time, 20 minutes of cook time, and an hour to let the dough rise.
Why would anyone ever want a frozen pizza when a real pizza is so easy to make?
I use my cast iron to bake the pizzas in. I use homemade sauce and real tomatoes. The only thing from a can are the sliced olives-they aren't available fresh.
I used unbleached all purpose flour for the dough. I usually use unbleached bread flour, but we made a couple loaves over the weekend and I didn't have enough. The bread flour doesn't rise quite as much as the all purpose does.
The meat is ground turkey. My pizza (right) has ground turkey spiced with my own blend of seasoning, my wifes pizza (left) is mostly plain ground turkey with a couple of spoonfuls of spiced ground turkey mixed in. Real mozzarella cheese tops it off. The top edges of the crust are dressed with a little olive oil.
600 degrees and 20 minutes later with a little freshly grated pecorino romano cheese. I prefer the cheese with very little browning, however another 3 or 4 minutes would have browned it quite nicely.
They lift right out of the cast iron skillets. A quick wipe and the skillets are clean and the pizzas are ready to be cut.
It's extremely easy to adjust the dough to get a thinner crust. Sometimes I toss it before putting it in the pan to get it nice and thin. The crust has a nice crunchy texture and isn't doughy.
All together, it's about $7.00/pizza, 20 minutes of prep time, 20 minutes of cook time, and an hour to let the dough rise.
Why would anyone ever want a frozen pizza when a real pizza is so easy to make?