Erika said: > > Didyaknow that you can freeze pizza crusts and mozzarella cheese?
Of course, you don't always have to throw sauce and cheese and stuff on there. Here's an old family recipe for white pizza (known these days as focaccia) that comes closest to duplicating what we used to get from the local pizzerie in Italy when we lived there in the '60's: White Pizza 4 3/4 cups flour 2 cups warm water (105 degrees) 3 teaspoons yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil coarse salt, rosemary Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add yeast/water mixture to 3 cups of the flour. Mix, adding regular salt and olive oil a little at a time. Add rest of flour bit by bit till dough feels right. Turn onto floured board and knead; add more flour if necessary to keep dough from sticking to fingers. Put dough in greased bowl and rotate to distribute grease all over the dough. Let rise till about double in size (approx. 2 hours). Remove dough, punch down and roll out on floured board to a thickness of 3/8 - 1/2 inch. Put dough in pan, cookie sheet, etc. Paint liberally with olive oil. Use thumb and two fingers to make dimples over entire surface. Sprinkle kosher salt and rosemary over surface. Let rise a little. Bake at 375o for about 25 minutes. When done, paint again with olive oil. Very simple, but using good ingredients makes all the difference. Using Kosher salt for coarse salt and lots of good olive oil for painting just before and after baking is very important. We make it thin and crispy, medium and chewy, and thick for sandwiches (slice slices in half horizontally, stuff with whatever you like to make sandwiches from). We make extra because it's great for snacks and it's just as good cold as re-heated. Yum. Gonna have to make some this weekend . . . George ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142395 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
