Pastry Pizza Roller
Jan 23, 2012 Bakery Stores
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Roll out any kind of dough with ease! This handy gadget rolls out pie dough, pizza dough, and more smoothly and evenly, with two different sized rollers on each end. The 4 ¼” wooden roller works best for rolling out dough, while the 2 ½” end smoothes edges and sides. It’s the perfect miniature rolling pin!….more info
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Why You Should Make Your Own Pizza
Oct 5, 2010 Bakery Recipes
Pizza is a universal food. Originally confined to Italian neighborhoods, pizza has now become mainstream. Travel anywhere in the world and you will be able to find some type of pizza.
As noted bread baker Peter Reinhart explained to me: “Pizza is the perfect flavor delivery system.” Pizza is the ultimate comfort food.
With a little practice, you can easily make your own delicious home made pizza.
Here are four reasons why you should make your own pizza.
1) Making pizza is easy. With the basic tools found in any kitchen, you will be able to make pizza dough. All pizza dough follows the same basic pattern. Mix flour with yeast, water and salt. Some pizza dough recipes call for oil, however this may be omitted. (I use olive oil in my recipe, but this is a matter of preference.) There are many wonderful pizza dough recipes available to you. You need to find one that you like and will satisfy your own taste.
2) Making pizza is healthy. Since you are making your own pizza, you have total control over the ingredients used. I encourage you to use the freshest ingredients available. The old standards, pepperoni, sausage, tomato sauce, and various cheeses, like mozzarella, make excellent toppings for pizza. There are many vegetables that can be used for pizza as well, including fresh garlic, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, onions, mushrooms and zucchini. Fresh seafood such as shrimp and clams can also compliment your pizza. Experiment. You will create new taste sensations. You are only limited to your imagination when deciding what to put on your pizza.
3) You will save lots of money. You will be amazed at how economical it is to make your own pizza. The actual price of putting together a quality pizza at home is much cheaper than buying pizza at a pizzeria. One way to save money is by purchasing ingredients on sale. You can multiply your savings by obtaining items in bulk at a food discount warehouse. For example some items like mozzarella cheese can be purchased in bulk. Use what you need, and freeze the rest to be used the next time you make pizza. The savings of buying your pizza ingredients in bulk is substantial.
4) Making pizza is fun. Pizza can be a wonderful group activity. When you make pizza, you can get everyone around you involved in some part of the process. Pizza is also an enjoyable family activity. All kids love making pizza. Pizza is a fun activity which can be enjoyed not only by families but by singles as well. When you make pizza, you make magic happen.
Still not convinced you can make your own pizza? Here are some steps you can take to painlessly, create your own pizza. Start with a frozen pizza shell purchased at a supermarket. This is a good way to begin to learn how to make your own pizza. You are in complete control of what toppings you will use.
The next step is to purchase fresh pizza dough from a bakery or pizzeria. This will give you good experience in working with dough and shaping your pizza. Making pizza like this will allow you invaluable experience.
Finally, you can try making your own dough from scratch. Making dough may seem difficult at first, but will get easier and easier over time. You can find a link to get a free copy of my pizza dough recipe here: http://www.pizzatherapy.com/sq.htm
Without much effort, you will be making healthy pizza, saving money and having a lot of fun. The hardest part of making pizza is the clean-up.
Do You Know Where Did Pizza Come From?
Sep 10, 2010 Gourmet Food
We all love pizza and you probably don’t know many people that haven’t actually tried it and virtually no one dislikes it! It’s a classic favorite that we like to eat, make and use to celebrate for all different occasions well some of us do anyway! But where did it come from and who made the first one? I mean why is it round and thin? Let’s find out!
Well the actual origin of the name is kind of unclear but as for how it became known as a dish is simple. As far back as the year 997 the actual word was used in medieval times and it was also known as a Galatte or flat bread. This flat bread was just used to indicate the temperature of the bakers oven so he knew when he could put other items in to cook. This bread was sometimes sold to the poor on the streets as it wasn’t seen as a proper meal at all.
Many years later around 1700 or so people started to cover the flat round bread with a simple white sauce to make it more appealing and easier to eat and enjoy. Around one hundred years after that is when people really started to think more as things like oil and fish were used, a chef at the time noticed and commented on how versatile this idea was.
In 1889 a royal chef made a one of these flat breads for the Italian Queen consort Margherita of Savoy and yes, you guessed it, it’s that classic we all know and love the Margherita, but why did he choose it? Well think of the colors, white mozzarella, red tomatoes and green basil, the colors of the Italian flag, perfect!
No doubt after he had done this word would have got around and people started to experiment and wonder what else could go on these so called pizzas and as we know today just about anything an go on them! It started to grow massively in its popularity with it spreading to all different parts of the world.
Of course we know that it is now very popular indeed in the United States and this will stem from the flow of Italian Immigrants that came over in the 19th Century who would have introduced the idea to Americans who literally lapped it up! The Italians would make them and go selling them on the street from tubs on their heads for 2 cents a chew and it was much appreciated by all.
Of course selling on the streets isn’t always the best option and businesses grew aware of just how popular this delicacy was and how much the public liked it. This lead to cafes and stores selling it and then of course there were the pizzerias dedicated to selling it alone, Manhattan was the first place a pizzeria was opened according to many.
Whoever started it and whoever gave it its name we all love it, adults and kids alike, it can put a smile on our face, make our kitchen smell amazing and excite us when we go out for a meal. Whichever is your favourite just remember how it all started and be thankful someone came up with the idea!
Learn more about pizza. Stop by Daniel Perez’s site where you can find out all about pizza recepie and what it can do for you.
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