The other night I made pizza from the Joy of Cooking. Remembering that Becky posted about her pizza awhile back I thought it would be a good chance to compare Joy recipes.
First I called my sister and got her recommendation for toppings. She chose, no surprise, thinly sliced onions and green pepper. She also reminded me to account for rising time, perhaps knowing that I have a tendency to overlook such minor details.
Then I called Lindsay and asked her to bring over her digital camera. I should note that I often find recipes from the Joy of Cooking and follow them through to dinner (or breakfast, in the case of the cornmeal pancakes), however, it's rare that I have my camera's batteries charged. As soon as I realize that there will be no photo to accompany my post I give up on the idea altogether.
While I waited for Lindsay to bike down to my apartment I mixed up the dough and set it next to my heater to rise. It rose while I prepped the vegetables and made up a salad between sips of wine. When it was time to punch down the dough I was pleased to find it so elastic! It was so easy and fun to knead and then pull into a pie shape. Also: there was so much dough! I made two rather large pies and ate them for the next two days. Reading that back, it strikes me as kind of gross. In actuality, it was quite pleasant.
I rolled the first pie and covered it with the onions and peppers. I threw it in the oven and BAM! It became a real deep dish pie. I was totally surprised by how much it rose in the heat. I had brushed oil on the uncooked crust so that by the time it came out it was good brown, but not burnt.
In order to vary my style, I stretched the second pie so the crust was thinner... half-way hoping to come up with something akin to New York Pizza. Because of that, it became a much larger pie. Since I only have a cookie sheet to bake on, the pie became a rectangle. I topped this one with peppers, onions, pork sausage and greenchiles. There was enough
...here's where our prodigal son's account drops off. still, not bad.
also, appreciate: the lighter and hiking-knife on the counter. jack-of-all-trades.
Looks great, T.
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