One has to wonder...where are all the good...ok, how about simply decent pizza joints in this country??? Brian and I gave our Aussie pizza quest a second try last night, and struck out miserably. Although, the first attempt at pizza was at a Domino's...after Mel and Jake repeatedly warned us NOT to eat Domino's here. We did it anyway, and were appalled that it was worse than the cheapest Little Caesars $5 crap at home!! (Didn't think it could get any worse than that!)
Last night's attempt was an actual "pizzeria" down the street. We crossed our fingers, ordered a large pepperoni & onion and got a very tiny-burnt crust-overcooked cheese-almost nonexistent tomato sauce-piece of salty cardboard. :(
Which begs the question....WHAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE, Australia?!? Nobody is asking for Pizzeria Bianco (heaven) quality like in Phoenix. (Which, might I mention, is Oprah's fave pizza joint in the U.S.) But seriously, thank goodness the Thai/Indian/English grub here is fantastic.
(And don't even get us started on not being able to find a decent plate of pancakes/waffles/french toast around here...)
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I just really love the picture you found. I have a great recipe for homemade pizza, if you want. Let me know.
Sounds like an opportunity, to me.
Yes (Jody)-email me the recipe or post on here for all to see... I'm willing to give it a try at this point!
Here you go! This was our family's tradition Sunday dinner (the only day of the week we managed to eat together) growing up. I've probably had it hundreds of times. Hope you like it!
(hopefully you can find all the ingredients you need.)
Dough:
1 c. warm water
1 pkg dry yeast (2 tsp)
2 t. sugar
1 t. salt
2 T olive oil
2-3 c. flour
Soften yeast in warm water, add other ingredients and 2 cups of flour. Mix. Add more flour and knead until smooth. Let rise until doubled. Makes one large cookie sheet sized pizza.
Sauce:
Two 6 oz. cans tomato paste (not sauce)
½ c. olive oil
½ c. water
1 ½ t. dried basil
1 ½ t. dried oregano
1 t. garlic salt
Mix together. This makes enough for 2 or 3 large cookie sheet sized pizzas, depending on how thick you like to spread it.
Roll out dough, place in pan. Spread sauce, top with shredded mozzarella cheese and toppings. Bake at 425 for about 10 minutes.
Sweet! New project, thanks girl. If I use wheat flour will it make a difference in cooking time or temperature?
Yep, time to open a pizza joint :) You can call it "Yankee's Pizza" and have a picture of something American as your logo... I bet it would be a hit if you could pull off making a Chicago deep dish or offering New York style slices.
-G
OMG!! Guess you will have to start making it yourself =( Boo! My Dad used to make pizza for us all the time. We had a hard time finding good pizza around here too- which is weird since we're so closed to NY. But, then again, it's a small town and there's mostly just buffet style restaurants around here! haha! I like Greg's idea AND the name. Anyway... I'll bring my belgian waffle iron when I visit.
ummmmm, I'd be really careful about making pizza crust with whole wheat flour. It turns out pretty nasty in my opinion. In fact, I'm about to blog about a whole wheat pizza crust experience I recently had. It wasn't good.
And I don't know if it would make a difference in the cooking time or temperature.
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