Friday Night Pizza - Weekday Warrior to Weekend Goddess!
I think of myself as a weekday warrior and weekend goddess. I spend the work week as a fashion warrior, working hard in a very competitive industry, living in Manhattan in a city of grey and black. The pace is fast. My weekends are a complete shift . I move from the city to the country, living by the bay. The water is majestic and calming. The landscape is filled with color. I move from working at the desk to creating in the kitchen .
I travel to "by the bay" on fridays evenings by train. No matter what time I arrive,l find the time to transition from weekday warrior to weekend goddess. The surest way to get there is getting into my kitchen and whip up a quick dinner after the commute to the house.
One of my favorite dinners thing is pizza. I have tried so many different pizza dough recipes and my favorite is the one from Jamie Oliver. I have adapted the technique to make the dough preparation and clean up easier. This version also works well when using your home oven. I, like many home cooks, do not have my own wood burning pizza oven in my backyard. This recipe works perfectly using your oven. If you have never tried your own pizza dough this easy recipe is the one to try. I am also sharing two of my favorite pizza toppings. Pizza toppings are where you can definitely get creative and experiment. So have fun with this and hope it inspires the weekend goddess in each of you!
Basic Pizza Dough - adapted from Jamie Oliver's recipe in "Jamie"s Italy
Makes 2 - 17 inch pizzas
3 1/2 cups strong white bread flour or Tipo "00" flour
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4-ounce packets active dried yeast
1 teaspoon fine granulated sugar
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 1/4 cups lukewarm water
extra semolina flour , for rolling
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