Ah, Home
Ec. Remember that? I took it (I had no choice) in eighth grade,
resenting the fact that the guys got to take Shop instead and learn about
cars. I was already a pretty fair plain
cook in eighth grade, but I never learned a lot of the essential stuff about
cars.
Funny
thing—my daughter also took Home Ec in eighth grade, but she got to take Shop
too, and learned how to run a table saw and to spot weld. And there were some
significant changes in her cooking segment since my day. For a start, the teacher had a Ph.D. and
insisted that everyone call her "Doctor". But I'll admit that what she taught included
a lot more about food science and how cooking actually works than my long-ago class
did.
The original version, complete with grease stains |
Here's the
basic recipe:
1 package
active dry yeast =
fungus
2/3 cup
warm water
1 cup flour
½ tsp salt
1 Tblsp oil
More flour
if needed [my note: it may take a lot]
At this point my daughter
added "medical examination"
2/3 cup
pizza sauce (of your choice)
1 cup
grated mozzarella cheese
Dissolve
the years in the warm water. In a large
bowl, beat in the dissolved yeast into the flour, salt and oil until smooth. Elbow grease
kneaded dough |
Turn out the
dough and knead until smooth and elastic, about five minutes. [Keep adding flour until it's no longer sticky.]
Form the
kneaded dough into a ball and oil the surface lightly. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45
minutes. [In the class, this was accomplished in one session; then the dough
was bagged and stored until the next day.]
dough after rising |
When you're
ready to make your pizza, preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly oil the pizza crust. Spread 2/3 cup of pizza sauce over the top, [assuming
you want a red pizza; if not, go straight to the cheese]. Sprinkle the cheese over the sauce.
Dough rolled out |
At this
point you can add seasonings of your choice, such as garlic, pepper and herbs
like basil yum
yum. Note that so far this is
vegetarian, but you're free to add sausage, bacon, pepperoni…whatever you like.
And you can vary the cheese.
Bake for 15
minutes and serve hot.
Side note from my daughter: fungus + people need these: water, oxygen, heat, food
One more comment on the
flip side: In response to the question,
Why is the dough needed?, my daughter answered, "the other stuff would
burn without it."
Smart kid,
right? And she's a pretty good cook now.
"needed fungus" Yum, yum. :)
ReplyDeleteI wondered: do we need to cool the crust before adding toppings, if we want to make it and eat it right then?
ReplyDeleteThanks for this recipe; I've been looking for a good and easy pizza crust! Have tried several, but everyone complains they taste "too much like bread."
LynneW
This is so cute! Does Julia know that you posted this? Love the note about medical examination -- what was that about? Eating fungus? LOL! My best to the very beautiful all grown up Julia.
ReplyDelete~ Krista
Love this! This looks delicious!
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Adam Kaplan
akaplan@primecp.com
It looks delicious!
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