There are some things that I've wanted to make, that I've been told are really quite simple but that have always intimidated me. Making fresh pasta is one of those things. Homemade bread. Pizza dough. Are there foods you've been too intimidated to try?
I plan to conquer these fears, starting with pizza. I first made a pizza dough while at home but it was a no-rise recipe off the back of a special pizza yeast (the only yeast the grocery store had.) Here in Berkeley I got a packet of regular yeast, and Partner-in-Crime and I tried again. We followed a recipe for dough from Epicurious that involved a step where you slightly fry the dough. Definitely got a nice char taste that my oven alone couldn't impart. I used my trusty cast iron and it all went smoothly. The biggest thing I learned is you can never roll the dough too thin.
Monday, September 19, 2011
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this was precisely the issue i was having when i was experimenting with pizza, it was NEVER thin enough..... mine all ended up like pseudo casseroles.
LAME.
that fennel looks BANGING.
Rolling pin was the only way that it worked for me. I liked this dough recipe a lot, definitely recommend.
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