It was a lot of hard work! I kneaded by hand. The person I'm with helped me too. He was so nice wiping sweat off my forehead as I worked the dough. As some point, he got half the dough and kneaded some. We spent a good part of our Friday night kneading.
I kept reminding myself and him that Daniel didn't think much of kneading dough, but Mr. Miyagi proved him wrong--it was good (fighter) training. I would be saying the same if one day, we find each other cleaning windows, only I'd add wash in, wash out.
I made dough enough for eight, but only baked four. The one in the photo is literally the first one out of the oven :)
As you can see I can still learn a few things to help with the shape and layout. I may have placed a certain mozzarella pieces too close to the edge.
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| more that a rectangle |
I made the pizza dangerously thin, only because I want pizza crust that way. The same is true for the rest of our household.
So it was pizza for (late lunch) for the person I'm with on Saturday.
I was happy to hear him say wow after the first bite :) He ate half his pizza, then had the other half for breakfast on Sunday.
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| basil and mozzerella on my home made tomato sauce |
For toppings, I made home made tomato sauce. I thought I'd go all the way homemade, the dough part was the hardest anyways. So I made a sauce from whole tomatoes, basil and a lot of garlic. Some olive oil plus salt and pepper too. Much better that something from a can.
I really enjoyed this project that I think I'd give it another go applying things I've learnt :)
