When I'm upset, I cook, and to say the least, it's been an upsetting week. So tonight I made pizza from scratch. My pizza dough is adapted from a Food Network recipe, and my ricotta pizza smear is a recipe all my own. I made dinner for my roommate and I using ricotta, roasted vegetables, and blood sausage that I brought back from Spain. shh..
Pizza Dough Recipe
Ingredients
3 1/2 to 4 cups bread flour, plus more for rolling (Note: I used 1 1/2 cups-- 220g whole wheat flour and 2 1/2 cups -- 365g bread flour, but have used AP instead of bread flour and havent noticed much of a difference)
1 teaspoon sugar (you can replace this with maple syrup or honey instead if you want)
1 envelope instant dry yeast (0.25 oz)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 1/2 cups water, 110 degrees F
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 teaspoons
3 1/2 to 4 cups bread flour, plus more for rolling (Note: I used 1 1/2 cups-- 220g whole wheat flour and 2 1/2 cups -- 365g bread flour, but have used AP instead of bread flour and havent noticed much of a difference)
1 teaspoon sugar (you can replace this with maple syrup or honey instead if you want)
1 envelope instant dry yeast (0.25 oz)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 1/2 cups water, 110 degrees F
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 teaspoons
Directions
Combine the bread flour, sugar, yeast and kosher salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and combine. While the mixer is running, add the water and 2 tablespoons of the oil and beat until the dough forms into a ball. If the dough is sticky, add additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough comes together in a solid ball. If the dough is too dry, add additional water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Scrape the dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead into a smooth, firm ball.
Grease a large bowl with the remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil, add the dough, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in a warm area to let it double in size, about 1 hour. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide it into 2 equal pieces. Cover each with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let them rest for 10 minutes.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/pizza-dough-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback
While my dough was rising, I sliced sun dried tomatoes and mixed them in with a small container of fat free ricotta cheese. I added to this some shredded parm cheese, salt, and pepper, but be sure not to add too much salt because the parm is salty enough on its own.
So an approximate recipe is...
246g (1 cup) part skim or fat free ricotta cheese
1 oz sun dried tomatoes
56g (2 oz) shredded parm cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbsp olive oil
Just combine all ingredients.
Once everything is mixed together and the dough is rolled out, cover it thinly with the cheese mixture and I topped it with roasted vegetables. Then baked it on a pizza stone for about 12 minutes at 450 degrees F.
When finished, you have delicious roasted vegetable pizza. Yumm
