Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sarah Dixon's famous pizza

Those of you who know my mom know this recipe. Those of you who dont are missing out. I have also added the toppings I used when I made it for E's birthday.

1 pkg (or 1 Tablespoon) active dry yeast
1 1/2 cup warm water
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
About 4 cups bread flour
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

Sauce:
1 can tomato paste
1 tomato paste can water
Italian seasoning
Garlic salt

Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let proof 5 min. Stir in 1 cup flour and salt. Add 1 more cup flour; stir well and add olive oil. Add remaining flour 1 cup at a time until dough is too stiff to stir. Turn out and knead for 10 mins, adding additional flour if needed. Oil bowl and blce dough in it to rise one hour or until double. Roll out into oiled pizza pans; top with sauce, seasoning, garlic salt, cheese and toppings. Bake at 450 fro 10-15 min on the bottom rack.

For E's birthday I made a BBQ chicken and a creamy pesto and tomato. They were both UH-mazing.

For the BBQ chicken I used

BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce
Cheese
chicken
sauteed onions
Bacon

The onions and bacon are not absolutely necessary, but they truly send it over the top.

For the creamy pesto sauce I followed this recipe:
(sorry this is not very exact, you can make something up that seems like this)

1 cup fat-free less-sodium chicken broth
A half a small jar of pesto
1 (8oz) block fat-free cream cheese -- softened

Combine all ingredients in a blender. This actually make enough sauce for 1 lb of pasta, but I froze some of it. Its really good on pasta.

I used this sauce instead of tomato sauce, followed by cheese, diced tomatoes, and onions. It was so so yummy.

1 comment:

  1. So I left a comment earlier but it didn't show up! I don't know what happened!

    Anyhow, does the crust recipe yield one or two crusts? I want to make this for dinner!

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