Homemade Pizza

Hello fellow readers! Not that there are very many. Anyways, last week was a little crazy in terms of work and social outings so made 2 dishes this week. First one being the so called "basic" pizza. This was the most difficult challenge yet. Even worse than my first attempt at creme brulee.

Step 1 was to make the base...ok so I follow the instructions for the main part except for the part about the yeast. There were no instructions on how to use the dry yeast on the packaging and me thinks I killed it because my dough didn't double in size =[ The cold weather probably didn't help the situation either!!



I also made my pizza base sauce which was a cheat way of doing it. I reduced some tomatoes, added salt, pepper and mixed herbs and that's it! Pretty basic and it was yummy.



Anyways, after waiting for my dough to "prove" and noticing it didn't prove, I started to make my pizzas anyways. I made the Classic Margherita and the Pizza Bianca with Potatoes and Anchovies. Great tasting topping but not great tasting base. The toppings cooked faster than the base too which was another indication of fail dough. If I didn't make pasta for dinner as well, probably would have starved.



Overall, pretty horrible outcome. The pictures make the pizza look good but they really weren't. I am determined to try again, but probably not for a while. Next blog entry...FRANGIPANE TART!!