premade crust? nasty
-mcinvale
Well, mcinvale, our pizza was fine, but I did some research and I decided I need not be intimidated by homemade crust. I found it's actually rather basic. My mom actually gave me her recipe (and encouraging words) which we basically followed (but I adjusted for package size yeast I had around).
Here it is:
3 cups flour
1pkg yeast (.25 ounce)
1 teaspoon salt 2 olive oil
1 tbs sugar
1 cup warm water 110 F
(warm water from the tap is about right)
Combine the warm water and yeast in a dish, and let fizz for a bit.
Then combine this with all the dry ingredients mix around with a dough hook if you have one... or a knife like I did. Eventually use your hand to much it around really well. Finally add the oil. 2tbs is enough, but you can add a little more.
Let it sit for about 1 hour or 2 until it gets puffy.
Start spreading it out with your finger onto a baking stone (or pan) that has a thin layer of olive oil on it.
That looks good
Then coat with garlic and olive oil
Toast in the oven for about 5 mins @ 375 F
I thought it looked pretty good! take that Mcinvale!
Okay now all add the other good stuff
Sauce - (notice we are using pasta sauce instead of pizza sauce - it was good, but a little watery)
Toppings - I like mine under the cheese
(Huzbun likes them on top - and I'm pretty sure there's a sexual innuendo in that - but I won't go there )
Oh and look - a finished product!
10 - 15 mins @ 375 F
Did homemade crust make a difference?
Cost of Pillsbury Dough $2.85
Cost of Homemade Dough
3 cups flour $0.341 pkg yeast (.25 ounce) $0.45 (guesstimating a lot here... would probably be cheaper if bought in bulk)
1 teaspoon salt $0.01 (actually slightly less, but who counts less than a penny)
Olive oil $0.14
Water $0.01 (again probably less)
Sugar $0.02 (again actually less closer to 1 and half cents)
Total $0.97
Well - it did cost a lot less (whoo hoo), but how did it taste?
It was much better tasting too. I think I could of eaten just the dough.
