Saturday, April 4, 2009

Artisan Pizza

So we've been continuing to keep the dough for artisan bread in our fridge at all times and are really enjoying a constant supply of fresh crusty bread whenever we want. I also have to report on another great cheese find at Costco. The Fancy Yancy's Smoked Gouda is less than $6 per pound, is super tasty, and goes great with the baguettes. Yum!

Besides baguettes, we also tried making pizza out of it and it turned out great. I am in love with this super versatile dough and am excited to experiment with the possibilities even more.

Ingredients:
- See dough recipe here

- Tomato sauce
- Tomato paste
- Oregano
- Mozerella cheese
- Toppings of your choice (we used grilled chicken breast and tomatoes for the pizza pictured above).
- Cornmeal or parchment paper.

Directions:
- Take about a pound of the dough, dust it in flour and roll it into a ball.
- Set the dough aside and let it rest for at least half an hour. An hour or even two would be fine also.
- Heat your oven and baking stone to 475 degrees.
- Stretch and toss the dough until it makes a nice circle about 12 inches in diameter. Place it on top of a generous amount of cornmeal or parchment paper.
- Mix some tomato paste and tomato sauce together until it reaches the consistency you like and spread it all over the pizza, minus the crust.
- Sprinkle oregano on the pizza.
- Place whatever toppings you like on top.
- Sprinkle on the cheese.
- Slide the pizza onto the baking stone and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Cut into slices and enjoy!

13 comments:

Molly Jean said...

Fabulous!

Easy and tasty... looks great to me!

Anonymous said...

I really want to try this bread. It is so versatile

Christina Kim said...

Yum, homemade pizza!!

Tangled Noodle said...

I'm all about pizza! This looks marvelous - I need to keep your dough recipe on hand.

Reeni said...

Home-made pizza is the best! This looks wonderful!

Patsyk said...

I love that cheese, now I've got to try it on a pizza... YUM!

Anonymous said...

yummm...this is perfect to try out the Sunshine Fantasy topping I had the other night. sliced boiled egg, ham, sausage, mayo...

stephchows said...

you really can't beat a nice warm crusty pizza. man i'm hungry now!

Carolyn Jung said...

Gouda that's more than gooood enough? Sorry, I couldn't resist! ;)

lisaiscooking said...

Your pizza looks fantastic! (I still need to read that book.)

Kristen said...

I really need to try this bread! Your pizza looks fantastic.

Colleen said...

I'll take a piece of that right now, please!

Su-Lin said...

what a beautiful pizza!