Pizza tonight

[ricksrealpitbbq]

Tonight we had pizza

First in order to make good pizza you need a good sauce. In my opinion good tomatoes are key and it gets no better than Pastene kitchen ready tomatoes. I can't buy these around here so when people visit from up north they know to bring me at least a case

Here we have olive oil coating the bottom of the pans. It's not as much as it looks in the pictures

Next we have the dough waiting to be spread out by hand. The dough was made by my wife, I know my limitations. No foolish spinning dough tricks. Just press it out to the edges of the pan

Next comes the sauce. The sauce was made with crushed garlic, fresh cracked pepper, pecorino romano and parmesan cheeses, oregano, basil, and a little sugar

And the toppings. Tonight it was cheese, pepperoni, and black olives


ETA forgot to mention the olive oil in the sauce

 

[ricksrealpitbbq]

And here it is all done

The house sure smells good right now

 

[The Ironic Chef]

Yeah, pepperoni..... pepperoni and olives is a great combo. Nice looking pizza Rick.

 

[scubalaydee]

yummy, yummy, yummy for the tummy, tummy, tummy it looks absolutely delicious!

 

[SpiceIsGreat]

I have never made my own pizza dough. I should give it a try. Usually just go out and by my favorite pizza dough.

 

[scubalaydee]

My first attempt to make dough was taught by my father who is chinese and believes that I must learn to knead dough the right way, and prepare a good chow mein, anyway my mom also taiught me how to make scones, bake, fried bake, sweet bread, Christmas black fruity cake and so forth, then I married a young man with an East Indian background, and made my first dosti roti oh my it was terrible the largest biscuit I ever made, no one had breakfast that morning, I was so embarrassed that I promised myself to master the art of making all types of bread, and I can say a lesson learned I am comfortable making a good looking dough not the angry looking dough that looks as though it is mad at you. I remember when my mommy gave me my first lesson then the next day suggested I give it a try, I can tell you that was some kind of angry and twisted dough I created, my mom exclaimed what is that supposed to be of course my answer was dough, it looked so easy when she was doing it and of course my mind was on getting out of the kitchen to go outside and play with my friends making dough was far from my mind, but I got the hang of it eventually.

 

[SpicySweet]

yummm the pictures look delicious! I get so lazy though whenever I am crazing pizza I just order out! haha but this recipe might get me to change my habits

 

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Hey Rick they look so yummy!!!

I used to have a pizza stone and made many homemade pizza's, but when I moved I left it behind and so quit making them I wish I had a pizza stone again! It made the very best pizza crust in the world! Not to mention it made terrific pita breads too.

 

[SpicySweet]

yesss pizza stones are so useful! I make garlic breads and stuff on it too and it just comes out so much crispier and tastier

 

[The Ironic Chef]

Hey Sis, I use a pizza stone at times and other times I really enjoy my crust when baked in my large cast iron skillet that has about a tablespoon of olive oil coating the bottom. I'll make a moister dough and just pat it into shape in the skillet. Let it rise again for about a half hour before topping.

 

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Ic I hear you about the iron skillet crust, it is good! There is not much that you can't do with an iron skillet Hubby and I found a cast iron gridle on sale at Lowe's for the very incredible low price of $1.75 and could not pass it up! Believe it or not until you wrote that post I hadn't even thought of using that instead of a pizza stone for the pizza! Thanks IC you're simply the greatest!

 

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Rick- beautiful photos! Somehow I missed this thread a couple days back when it first came out...

Your pics of all the multiple crusts reminded me of cooking Sunday mornings at the Oil Camps in Alaska. Sunday lunch was always Pizza Day and whether we were cooking for 30 or 300 we always made at least a dozen types of pizza- from Hawai'in Ham & Pineapple to Bacon-Cheeseburger, Plain Pepperoni, Meatlovers, Chix-Pesto, etc.

And IC- I had never thought of making a pizza crust in a cast iron skillet- but I love the way cornbread, cobblers and German pancakes turn out in the skillet- so I'm sure pizza would be fantastic as well... Great Idea!