Christmas Eve Pizza

[iblive]

Made pizza tonight. As promised in another thread, thought I’d share my process.

Ingedients:
Potato (yes potato)
Clove garlic
Olive Oil (about 2tbs)
Bread flour (2-3 cups)
Basil (palm full)
1/2 cup butter milk
1/2 cup water
Pkg Yeast
Salt (tsp)

Boil potato with clove of garlic.When done run potato thru food mill or ricer. Add water/milk to potato. Let cool. In separate bowl add yeast, salt and basil to flour. Add dry ingredients to wet in a mixer..... or do the whole thing by hand if you really want to go old school.

I did my dough Sunday morning. Put in gallon zip lock bag and refrigerated till about two hours before cooking.

 

[iblive]

 

[eSGEe]

Im in --- got me Guinness and a plate............................................................................ya'll

 

[iblive]

I keep the sauce simple. Can tomato’s and Tbl paste. Add some basil, garlic and anise seed. Tonight I also added a bit of rosemary. I don’t measure. I go by smell. When it smells like pizza sauce, it’s good to go.

 

[iblive]

I usually do three cheeses. Monterey Jack. Cheddar. Mozzarellas. I have a pizza stone in the oven. Preheat to 500 degrees. Cook 9-10 minutes. Finished product looks like:

 

[eSGEe]

dude--- yer killing me here

 

[RVA]

Nice! You can now be counted among a number of double threats around here...good cook and good guitarist!!

 

[steveb63]

You sir, are a genius, looks great!

 

[iblive]

You sir, are a genius, looks great!

Thank you sir. Been doing these since somewhere in the 90s. The crust has always been a work in progress. Never really satisfied with it. This particular crust comes pretty close to what I’ve been looking for. Texture and flavor.

 

[eSGEe]

We had my "traditional" Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast this morning -- Pillsbury perfected them a long time ago

 

[iblive]

We had my "traditional" Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast this morning -- Pillsbury perfected them a long time ago

We’ll be doing a brunch today. Mrs. IbLive is also doing Cinnamon Roll of sorts. Frozen dinner rolls. Add some brown sugar and butter. Put in Bundt pan. Let thaw and rise overnight in the fridge. Cook. Eat.

 

[CabanaBoy]

Pizza - the perfect food for any occasion and a good name for a band

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[JohnnyGoo]

That looks great YUM

 

[Hackmaster]

Great lookin' pizza.
I think a lot of us feasted yesterday.
And will do again today. Why not, it's Christmas.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

I will take a large, twice that looks great.
Bet it tastes excellent!!

 

[Cadorman]

I love the King Arthur flours

 

[Trident]

Its nice those flours come in manageable weights...The bags I get are in 50-100lb. weights..Lol

Not fun to restock when low on ingredients....

My smallest mixer is an 80qt....

 

[iblive]

Follow up to last nights foray into pizza baking. I killed the oven. Spent 1/2 of Christmas morning locating and resetting the thermal fuse/breaker. We did find it. The day was saved. On to more baking. Tonight. Homemade bread and roasted veggies. Tackled by my better 1/2. Grilled ribeye steaks. Curtesy yours truly. And for dessert, cherry jubilee.

 

[Trident]

That sounds gooooooooood...

 

[Session 5]

Very nice job iblive!! Well done sir. You have now obtained your papers as Master Chef..