BBD # 21 Pizza Party

This month's it's Zorra's time to chose a theme and she made us very happy with PIZZA !

Some time ago looking for a sourdough recipe for pizza I found this on the cookaround forum : it's a super succesful recipe coming from Cinzia !



We usually make a variety of toppings : zucchine, tomatoes and anchovies, potatoes....... but if I don't make the favorite one .... I'm in danger !!






Cipolle !!!! (Onions !!)



Sourdough Pizza

280 gr sourdough
450 gr bread flour
250 gr hard durum wheat flour
400 ml water
40 gr extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons salt

Mix everything in the morning and let rise around 5 hours. Shape the pizzas, oil the surface and cover with cling film for around 5 more hours, turn on the oven at the highest setting (I use a baking stone). Meanwhile prepare the toppings. Bake for around 15 minutes. Buon Appetito !!!

Focaccia Messinese con Indivia (italiano a seguire)

In my late craziness for starters I'm trying to convert every recipe from commercial yeast to starter. And I found a famous and very nice Italian Blogger calling for such recipes.
The recipe I'm making lately everytime I bake pizza at home is this focaccia, I saw it once on TV and fell in love with it ! Actually the first reason I liked it was because the organic vegetable pack we buy every week has lots of curly endive and I didn't have any recipe left for it but now we are hoocked !!




Focaccia Messinese

200 gr bread flour
200 gr semolina flour
200 gr starter
250 gr water (about)

Knead and let double in a warm spot.
Roll (or flatten it) in a oiled baking sheet.
Turn on the oven.
Then add little pieces of anchovies, cover totally with very thin layers of cheese (fresh caciotta) , lots of curly endive (rinsed and chopped), and top wit chopped fresh tomatoes. Sprinkle some olive oil and salt (depending on how many anchivies you used) and bake in a 400 oven until done. As you can see last time I added some boiled potatoes left from potato pizza.


Ho visto questa focaccia da qualche parte in TV e me ne sono innamorata ..è squisita !!

Focaccia messinese

200 gr Manitoba
200 gr farina di semola rimacinata
200 gr pasta madre
250 gr acqua (circa)

Impastare far raddoppiare e stendere in una teglia
Accendere il forno a 250°.
Aggiungere dei pezzettini di alici sott'olio, coprire interamente con sottili fette di caciotta fresca, coprire abbondantemente con indivia riccia lavata e tagliata e spargere dei pomodorini tagliati. Sale e olio a piacere e infornare.

Daring bakers Pizza & toppings

(I'm sorry I don't know how to turn it !)
This month thanks to Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yums we baked pizza ! I was very curious to try a new recipe and we all liked it, the only problem is that you should plan a day earlier to have pizza. Rosa asked us to toss pizza like a real pizzaiolo (here in Rome I've never seen one doing it !!!) The kids and I had lots of fun watching the videos (they really believed I was going to be that good!).
But they were disappointed.
For the toppings we were very traditional :


tomato sauce and mozzarella,



potatoes and mozzarella,



anchovies and onions,



eggplants paste and cheese



and not traditional at all: pinapple muscovado sugar and caramel sauce !


Please visit the Daring Bakers blogroll for many wonderful creations !