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Making Pizza from Scratch: Sausage, Fennel and Olive Pizza (Part 5 of 5)
Out of the four pizzas that the seniors made in the South Arm Cooking Club for seniors, I like this most. Perhaps, it’s the cooked sausage and sauteed onions and fennels which gives this pizza a lot of flavours. Joyce, Karen and Sydney worked together to make make this pizza.
Although I’m not a fan of olives, I find that the taste of these black olives is quite mild. I love the sweetness from the sauteed fennel and onion and a hint of spiciness from the Italian sausages. This Sausage, Fennel and Olive Pizza gets the thumbs up from me.
Ingredients
- 2 Italian sausages
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 fennel bulb, sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pizza dough
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1/3 cup black olives, sliced
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Making Pizza from Scratch: Roasted Garlic, Mushroom and Roasted Red Pepper Pizza (Part 4 of 5)
Hugh, Frank and June made this Roasted Garlic, Mushroom and Roasted Red Pepper Pizza. We took a short cut using jarred roasted red peppers instead of roasting the peppers ourselves. However, we still have to roast the garlic. This require a bit of time management as the garlic takes 30 minutes to roast and you need to let it cool down before you can squeeze them out from the husks.
The Roasted Garlic and Roasted Red Pepper add sweetness to this pizza. However, I find that the rosemary is a bit overpowering.
Ingredients
- a pizza dough
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 2 heads of garlic
- 1 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 3/4 cup sliced jarred roasted red peppers
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Making Pizza from Scratch: Margherita Pizza (Part 3 of 5)
Lorna, Christina and Paul made this Margherita Pizza in the South Arm Cooking Club for seniors. The original Margherita Pizza is made with tomato, sliced mozzarella, basil and extra-virgin olive oil.
Margherita Pizza is another easy to assemble pizza. It only needs some mincing and slicing.
Ingredients
- a pizza dough
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese (we used shredded ones instead of sliced ones)
- 2 thinly sliced roma tomatoes
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup sliced basil leaves
Making Pizza from Scratch: Pizza Sauce (Part 2 of 5)
Carol and Margaret were incharged of making the Pizza Sauce in the South Arm Community Kitchen for seniors. This recipe is adapted from Gourmet. It makes about 2 1/2 cups of Pizza Sauce.
Ingredients
- a 28-oz can crushed tomatoes in puree (about 3 1/2 cups)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a large non-reactive saucepan, bring the tomatoes puree and oil to a simmer.
- Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes or until the sauce is reduced to about 2 1/2 cups.
- Season the sauce with salt and cool to room temperature.
- The sauce can be kept in the refrigerator, covered for 5 days.
Making Pizza from Scratch: Pizza Dough (Part 1 of 5)
Someone suggested to make pizza from scratch in the South Arm Community Kitchen for seniors some time ago. So, finally Stella and Charlene organized for a pizza making session for the seniors.
Due to the time constraint, Charlene prepared some pizza dough ahead of time. She prepared four pizza dough as the seniors are going to make four different kind of pizzas. Hurray!
Does’nt the risen pizza dough look lovely, soft and smooth? Nevertheless, Charlene did show the seniors how to make pizza dough from scratch with the help of Joyce, Karen and Sydney. The recipe is adapted from Gourmet. It makes enough dough for two 9 inch pizzas. However, the seniors are going to make a large rectangular pizza instead of two 9 inch round pizzas.
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water (105-115F – it should feel like warm bathwater)
- 1 package active dry yeast (about 2 teaspoons)
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra for oiling dough
Pizza Party
Nanzaro’s class is having a Pizza Party just prior to the Winter break. This is another fun project for the class. The students got to make pizza all by themselves. The class is divided in groups of five and they made the pizza from scratch, from making the dough and choosing their own toppings.
The class had so much fun doing this project. It’s the best pizza they ever had because of their labour of love.
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The recipe for the pizza dough is very simple and that is the beauty of it; good for classroom project.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2/3 cup lukewarm water (plus an additional 2 tablespoons)
Instructions
- Mix 1 cup of flour with all other ingredients.
- Gradually add 2nd cup of flour until it forms a ball. Use your hands to from and knead the dough.
- Place the dough in an oiled bowl and lightly oil the dough by rotating it in the oiled bowl.
- Let the dough rest 10-15 minutes in a bowl covered with a dish tower or saran to keep it warm.
- Spread out onto greased pizza pan and top with your favourite toppings.
- Bake at 425F for approximately 15 minutes.
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Pizza Hut
Believe it or not but we have NOT been to a Pizza Hut or called for delivery for almost seven years now. We always get their flyers all the time at home and told ourselves we should try them out — we just never did … until about four weeks ago.
Most of the Pizza Huts around were small delivery places or stalls in the mall. However, there is a full service Pizza Hut in Richmond on 8340 Westminster Hwy.
For the pizza we ordered their “4-For-All” Pizza which comprises of four different types of pizzas — cheese, supreme, pepperoni and canadian. That’s is great because the boys loves pepperoni and cheese but I don’t care too much for them.
The pizzas are not the typical round ones but are squares. It was quite a lot of pizzas for the four of us. We especially like pizzas that has lots of toppings that they drop off. Nanzaro loves the Pepperoni a lot.
Pizza Hut had their new “Side Sampler”. It costs $5.99 for a sampler that includes:
- 5 chicken wings with Ranch Dip
- 10 breadsticks with Marinara Sauce
- 10 Cinnamon Sticks with Icing
The breadsticks were surprisingly very good, particularly with the dips and sauces. They were served warm and soft — just heavenly.
We also ordered a pitcher of Lemonade. The entire bill comes to $31 (including tips). Simple but certainly a great meal.
