pizza night

On Fridays, we enjoy making pizzas,

individual pizzas,

everyone gets to choose their own toppings

and there is joy at home!

Here is my favorite dough recipe:

1 1/2 cup of warm water

1 tbs of sugar

2 tsp of yeast

4 cups of flour (regular)

1 1/2 tsp of salt

2 tbs of olive oil.

First "dissolve" the yeast in the water

and sugar, it takes about 5 min.

Then add the flour, salt and oil,

stir with a dough hook for 7-8 min.

Let the dough double in size

(about 1 1/2 h)

Then punch the dough and divide it in 6 parts,

6 seems to be about the right size for individual pizza,

and for the size of my baking stone (2 at a time).

I like thin crust pizza, so I roll the dough,

probably a major faux pas,

but it works for us.

The pizzas are not round, we go for a more organic feel,

whatever shape I end up making!

Then all the chefs take care of their pizzas,

here are some of our favorites:

the traditional: tomato sauce and mozzarella

the connoisseur: mozzarella, pear, blue cheese

(my favorite!)

the meat-eater: tomato sauce, mozzarella, ham, pineapple

the classical with a twist: mozzarella, fresh tomato, goat cheese,
herb de Provence.

Enjoy!