On Saturday we have being outside in yard cleaning mode. So we didn't feel too inspire to cook a lot, we decided just to make homemade pizza.
One more time I have to thank my aunts, this time my aunt Maralyn, a year ago she sent us a vegetarian cooking book that I use a lot to get inspirations for our dinners as this time, I use the pizza dough recipe and veggies that we had at home for toppings.
For the pizza dough:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp rapid rise dried yeast
1/2 - 2/3 cups warm water
1 Tbsp olive oil
Mix flour and salt.
Dissolve the yeast in warm water (105 - 115 F) and let it rest for at least 20 minutes. Mix in with the flour and olive oil.
Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover it.
Every time you work with active dry yeast try to do it in the warmest place in your kitchen. In my case I have to turn the oven and work on top of the stove, since my house is very cold.
Punch down the dough. Knead again for a couple more minutes and roll out.
We don't have a pizza stone so our pizzas are always either rectangle or square.
For the toppings:
3 Tbsp Tomato paste
1 Tb sweet chili sauce
1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives
1/4 cup chop onion
1/4 cup chop mushrooms
1/2 zucchini sliced
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/3 tbsp oregano
Salt to taste
Once you have the pizza dough readdy, add the tomato paste and sweet chilli sauce in the base (I just love that combination). Then place all the other toppings and mozzarella cheese at the end.
In to the oven for about 15 - 20 minutes.
There is not dinner without dessert, at least not in my house, and I made an easy "mazamorra de piña" with chocolate pudding. In my house my mom used to make all kinds of "mazzamorras" (puddings), with whatever fruit she had at home, or sometimes just a plain milk and vanilla pudding.
Mazamorra de Piña : (Pineapple Pudding)
2 cups of pineapple chunks
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 cups of water
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves.
Bring to boil the pineapple with the cinnamon stick and cloves, then add sugar and let it boil for 10 more minutes, in a separate glass dissolve the cornstarch in 3 Tbsp of cold water, and add to the pineapple mix until it makes a nice pudding like texture.
Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and serve. I particularly like this dessert warm but my husband likes it cold. Oh well, we like the same things but in different ways, the blesses of the married life.
One more time I have to thank my aunts, this time my aunt Maralyn, a year ago she sent us a vegetarian cooking book that I use a lot to get inspirations for our dinners as this time, I use the pizza dough recipe and veggies that we had at home for toppings.
For the pizza dough:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp rapid rise dried yeast
1/2 - 2/3 cups warm water
1 Tbsp olive oil
Mix flour and salt.
Dissolve the yeast in warm water (105 - 115 F) and let it rest for at least 20 minutes. Mix in with the flour and olive oil.
Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover it.
Every time you work with active dry yeast try to do it in the warmest place in your kitchen. In my case I have to turn the oven and work on top of the stove, since my house is very cold.
Punch down the dough. Knead again for a couple more minutes and roll out.
We don't have a pizza stone so our pizzas are always either rectangle or square.
For the toppings:
3 Tbsp Tomato paste
1 Tb sweet chili sauce
1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives
1/4 cup chop onion
1/4 cup chop mushrooms
1/2 zucchini sliced
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/3 tbsp oregano
Salt to taste
Once you have the pizza dough readdy, add the tomato paste and sweet chilli sauce in the base (I just love that combination). Then place all the other toppings and mozzarella cheese at the end.
In to the oven for about 15 - 20 minutes.
There is not dinner without dessert, at least not in my house, and I made an easy "mazamorra de piña" with chocolate pudding. In my house my mom used to make all kinds of "mazzamorras" (puddings), with whatever fruit she had at home, or sometimes just a plain milk and vanilla pudding.Mazamorra de Piña : (Pineapple Pudding)
2 cups of pineapple chunks
2 Tbsp corn starch
2 cups of water
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves.
Bring to boil the pineapple with the cinnamon stick and cloves, then add sugar and let it boil for 10 more minutes, in a separate glass dissolve the cornstarch in 3 Tbsp of cold water, and add to the pineapple mix until it makes a nice pudding like texture.
Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and serve. I particularly like this dessert warm but my husband likes it cold. Oh well, we like the same things but in different ways, the blesses of the married life.
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