Showing posts with label pizza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pizza. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Design: Pizza, Pajamas and Wine
The base spouses' club has a wine and gourmet group that meets monthly. Each month they focus on a different theme. This month's theme was pizza, pajamas and wine! I was so bummed that I couldn't make it because it sounded amazing.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Homemade pizza
One of my all-time favorites pizzas is the Hula Hula at Spinoza's near Dayton, OH. The thing I love the best about that pizza is the crunchy macadamia nuts on top. I decided to try my hand at re-creating it (kind of).
I used a bread machine pizza dough recipe from Mom on Timeout. Her recipe gives both a one pizza and two pizza option. Below I am just sharing the recipe for the one pizza option.
Bread Machine Pizza Dough
Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 T butter, softened
1 T sugar
1 t yeast
1 t salt
1/2 cup plus 2 T water (105 to 110 degrees)
Directions
Add all ingredients into your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Make sure the water is warm enough to proof the yeast.
Turn your bread machine to the dough setting and let it do its thing. After a couple of minutes check on your dough to make sure it is not too wet or too dry. You can add water or flour a teaspoon at a time if your dough is too dry or too wet.
After the bread machine is done, dump the dough onto a lightly floured surface and work it until you have your desired shape. It was hard for me to make it perfectly circular and that's OK!
If using a pizza stone, dust with cornmeal. If using a another type of pan, you make want to grease it a little, too. Make up your pizza and bake at 425 degrees for 18 to 25 minutes.
For my pizza, I started with Newman's Own marinara sauce. For the cheese, I used mozzarella and cheddar; I'm not exactly sure how much of each I ended up with. Just eyeball it to your desired cheese level. Then I spread freshly cut pineapple and freshly cut tomatoes (that we grew in our backyard!) and slightly chopped macadamia nuts. It was so delicious!
I used a bread machine pizza dough recipe from Mom on Timeout. Her recipe gives both a one pizza and two pizza option. Below I am just sharing the recipe for the one pizza option.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 T butter, softened
1 T sugar
1 t yeast
1 t salt
1/2 cup plus 2 T water (105 to 110 degrees)
Directions
Add all ingredients into your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Make sure the water is warm enough to proof the yeast.
Turn your bread machine to the dough setting and let it do its thing. After a couple of minutes check on your dough to make sure it is not too wet or too dry. You can add water or flour a teaspoon at a time if your dough is too dry or too wet.
After the bread machine is done, dump the dough onto a lightly floured surface and work it until you have your desired shape. It was hard for me to make it perfectly circular and that's OK!
If using a pizza stone, dust with cornmeal. If using a another type of pan, you make want to grease it a little, too. Make up your pizza and bake at 425 degrees for 18 to 25 minutes.
For my pizza, I started with Newman's Own marinara sauce. For the cheese, I used mozzarella and cheddar; I'm not exactly sure how much of each I ended up with. Just eyeball it to your desired cheese level. Then I spread freshly cut pineapple and freshly cut tomatoes (that we grew in our backyard!) and slightly chopped macadamia nuts. It was so delicious!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Wine & Pizza
One of the many perks to being affiliated with the military is services like Outdoor Recreation. It's an organization on base that plans trips. I took my first Outdoor Rec trip last night for Wine & Pizza. Being in California, there is a plethora of wineries around. And you don't have to go all the way to Napa Valley either!
Everyone who signed up for the trip met at Outdoor Rec and they drove us. We visited Sierra Knolls Winery at their Bear River Tasting Room. It took us about 45 minutes to get there; I was a little worried that I was going to get car sick because the roads are a little curvy and I had an empty stomach. Luckily I made it through just fine.
The awkward part was that it was 2 couples, the girl who organized it, her father and me. I felt a little bit like a 3rd wheel. One of my friends was supposed to come, but she had to back out.
When we arrived they started pouring the wine samples. I think we tasted around 5 or 6 different types. I do not know anything about wine and do not usually like wine and I wasn't a big fan of any of the wines we tasted. I sat with the girl and her dad and they both liked several of the varieties, but they knew a lot more about wine than I did. They were fun to talk to.
We also had wood oven pizza...yum!
It was such a nice little spot for an evening visit. The weather was perfect and we sat outside for a little bit before heading back.
I did purchase a bottle of their Chocolate Dessert Wine. The winery owner recommended pouring it over some vanilla ice cream with some berries sprinkled on top. That just sounded so delicious. And the wine was actually pretty good...because it tasted just like chocolate. :)
Everyone who signed up for the trip met at Outdoor Rec and they drove us. We visited Sierra Knolls Winery at their Bear River Tasting Room. It took us about 45 minutes to get there; I was a little worried that I was going to get car sick because the roads are a little curvy and I had an empty stomach. Luckily I made it through just fine.
When we arrived they started pouring the wine samples. I think we tasted around 5 or 6 different types. I do not know anything about wine and do not usually like wine and I wasn't a big fan of any of the wines we tasted. I sat with the girl and her dad and they both liked several of the varieties, but they knew a lot more about wine than I did. They were fun to talk to.
We also had wood oven pizza...yum!
It was such a nice little spot for an evening visit. The weather was perfect and we sat outside for a little bit before heading back.
I did purchase a bottle of their Chocolate Dessert Wine. The winery owner recommended pouring it over some vanilla ice cream with some berries sprinkled on top. That just sounded so delicious. And the wine was actually pretty good...because it tasted just like chocolate. :)
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