Cowabunga!

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Aw, yeah, I know how to make a damn fine pizza.



I am finding that good pizza takes a lot of practice. I keep trying different recipes--but the most successful one I've found for thin crust, like the one up there, is snagged from the back of one of those bullshit cozy mystery books I periodically shelve.* I did hit a bit of a snag when the recipe suggested that I use my portable brick pizza oven for best results. Uh, yeah. Look, I'm surprised I have a pizza stone.** But even with the recipes, it takes a lot of work.***

On the plus side, if my appetite for pizza continues, all this kneading is going to give me some serious Popeye forearms. Who'd have thought pizza could make you a badass? The Ninja Turtles were right all along.


*But didn't actually read, because cozy mysteries are Not My Thing.

**Also I have this, thanks to my brother. That's all I really need.

***Getting the darn thing from the paddle onto the stone, for example. Which is why I had the fight with the oven.

Comments

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

Of course, even an automatic dough requires some kneading to get it into shape. You still get the fun of tossing it into the air, if you so wish. But I know what you mean. My dough always comes out slightly different; sometime's it's too elastic and won't stretch out easily, or overrises in the oven and I get a pizza with huge bubbles in it. I'm learning to prevent those issues, though, by adjusting the flour/water ratio when it comes out of the machine.