Thursday, August 19, 2010

Greek Pizza



Ingredients:
     Pizza dough
     Semolina or corn meal
     Mozzarella cheese
     Tomato sauce (optional- if I don't use tomato sauce, I use chopped tomatoes on top)
     Chicken
     Feta Cheese
     Kalamata Olives
     Spinach
     Onions
     Garlic 


 * I didn't put any measurements for the toppings because I made up the recipe and it all depends on how much of each topping you want on your own pizza. 


So this was the first pizza made on my new pizza stone. It turned out good, but a little bit underdone in the middle. Every pizza that I've made before was using wheat dough, which Shaw's was all out of this time. I think that the wheat dough cooks more evenly because they have never come out underdone before. 


Anyway, the pizza is really easy to make. It turns out best with a pizza stone (in my opinion) but you can improvise with what you have. 


1.) First, sprinkle the pizza stone with semolina or corn meal. Then put it in the oven to heat up for about 20 minutes at 450°


To ensure the smoothest transfer from the pizza paddle to the stone, make sure to prepare the pizza at the last minute so it doesn't get stuck to the paddle and create a huge mess. I've made this mistake and it's not fun. 


2.) While the pizza stone is heating up, it's a good time to chop up and prepare all the ingredients. On the Greek pizza, the toppings I used were:


Mozz Cheese (I used LF and only a little bit)
Feta Cheese (I used a lot)
Kalamata Olives (halved)
Spinach (sautéed)
Onions (chopped)
Chicken (cooked and chopped/shredded)
Garlic (minced)
Tomato Sauce (or chopped tomatoes)


3.) So about 15 minutes into the pizza stone heating up, I started rolling out the dough. I prepare the pizza right on the pizza paddle for easy transfer. Make sure you sprinkle a lot of semolina or corn meal on the pizza paddle and on the dough as well. 


4.) After the dough is all rolled out on the paddle, start adding the toppings. Once you have everything you want on the pizza, slide it onto the pizza stone in the oven and let it cook for about 15-ish minutes or until the bottom of the pizza is a nice light brown. 


Then eat it all until you can't fit anything else. 


Enjoy!

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