So, I have been craving pizza this week and although I’d prefer to order it, we’re trying to save money so I decided to make my own.
I did some research on pizza dough and this recipe by Jamie Oliver came highly recommended.
So I bought some 00 flour and some semolina flour and some toppings and got to work.
Adam was my helper. Sort of.
So I weighed my flour and sifted it onto my board. There are no pictures, BTW. Get over it. 🙂
Then I made a well in the middle.
Then I poured the liquid in the well.
And then I made what might have been a fatal error. The well was not big enough.
At this point I should have started mixing and added in the rest of the liquid as I could. Instead? I tried to make the well bigger. And broke the well.
Usually my son saying “Oh no! What happened!” makes me smile. This time I just stood there as liquid flowed off the board, down the counter, over the washing machine to the floor. What happened? Mummy messed up!
So I stood there, trying to decide if I had a total disaster on my hands. How could I salvage this? I had no idea how much liquid I had lost.
I started to mix the flour into the liquid that was there. And decided to make half again as much liquid.
So I added about half of that amount in and kept mixing. And realized it just might be fine.
It went to smooth elastic form fairly quickly and I left it to rise, fingers crossed there was enough yeast.
And there was.
Disaster averted. Pizza currently in the oven. Mess cleaned up.
The part Adam helped with?
Wiping the kitchen floor. 🙂