The only restrictions were - we had to use both a sauce and toppings on our final pizza... and... well... we were supposed to take a picture of us tossing the pizza dough. Right. That didn't happen. But I did borrow a camera so I could show you these lovely picks. Click here for Peter Reinhart's Napoletana Pizza Dough recipe. Don't be scared that it requires two days to complete - really it is only 15 minutes on day one and a few minutes on day two.
My dough on day 2. This is when I realised that the yeast I used was old and the dough ball was EXACTLY the same size as it was when I put it in the fridge. But it still tasted great!
A bit blurry, but that is because I was so excited to get all the toppings onto this baby! Yes, I know it said that 3 or 4 toppings including the cheese were plenty, but if I am making pizza, it HAS to have extra cheese. Two kinds. And I had to have the turkey bacon. And the onions. And the broccoli to make me think that this was going to be healthy. If I had mushrooms in my pitiful fridge they'd have gone on too, so there Peter Reinhart!
The finished product! Not so bad for a first time, ja?
I found this to be a really fun challenge, and it was so easy I don't think I will ever buy pre-made pizza or pizza dough again. I'm already contemplating my next pie... white sauce, blue cheese, carmelized onions, and maybe apples or pears... hmmm.
6 comments:
Looks very tasty! Nice job on this challenge!
That is one gorgeous pizza! Was it difficult to eat with all the toppings...I mean hard to handle, 'cuz I know it was tasty.
I love your over the top approach to toppings! I'm definitely going to try the turkey bacon broccoli combo. Libby
Elle -
It actually wasn't hard to eat, after all the cheese melted down and the bacon shriveled up I was left with a fairly flat pie. But the crust was not very crisp, more chewy than anything, so I still had to do a "fold-over". It was more like a pizza burrito!
Nice pizza! Love the idea of turkey bacon on there...next time! ;)
Your pizza looks great, well done!
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