I love using focaccia bread for pizza crust and recently I have been loving Tyler Florence’s Fabulous Focaccia recipe. The recipe below is pretty much Tyler Florence’s except my slight change of using whole wheat and unbleached flour together (the directions are pretty much from his recipe, so following the directions directly from Tyler Florence works too, maybe even better).
ingredients:
2 tsp active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
2 tbsp sugar
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached flour
1 tbsp coarse salt
1/4 cup olive oil
In a mixer, proof the yeast by adding together the warm water and sugar. Stir gently until it dissolves. Let stand until foams appears. Turn mixer on low and slowly add the flour to the bowl. Dissolve salt in 2 tbsps of water and add it to the mixture. Pour in 1/4 cup olive oil. Once well mixed, increase the speed to medium. Mix until dough is smooth. If dough is too wet, add more flour; if too dry, add a bit of water.
Turn dough out onto a clean surface and gently knead it a few times. Form dough into a round ball and place in an oiled bowl. Cover with a damp towel and place it in a warm place. Allow the dough to rise (when it is doubled in size) for about 1 hour.
Once dough has doubled in size, place on a clean surface. Roll out dough to desired pizza size and desired crust thickness. We are a fan of thin crust, so we roll it out until dough is about 1/4” to 1/2” thick. Place desired toppings to create your pizza. When we make pizza, we usually have the oven at the highest heat setting possible and depending the toppings, the pizza will bake anywhere from 10-18 minutes.
The pizza we made for our fall-ebration was an Acorn Squash and Gorgonzola Pizza taken from here. It is really yum, but we like more spice to we used a chili garlic oil right on top of the crust before we put on the cheese (and we even drizzled just a smidge on top before we ate it)
You will just love this pizza! Anyone else feeling a wee bit hungry?!
p.s. i usually triple the recipe and separate the dough into 6 balls and freeze them, so i have dough ready when i want fresh pizza.
I am! Actually more than a wee bit 😉 After reading the recipe and seeing the picture, I cannot not wait to try it. Sounds so yummy and so easy at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
I recently discovered a love for gorgonzola on pizza (particularly with figs! I know, I wouldn't have thought of it either). Thanks for posting this recipe, I'm looking forward to trying it out!
I have a large growing pile of fabric scraps. I refuse to throw them away because I am sure they can be used for something. I have been seeing different types of interesting necklaces made of buttons, beads, and fabric. Then, I figured why not make one out of my scraps...
I think it made my white shirt a little less boring. This was so quick and easy to make.
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How to make a recycled scraps necklace (which is very similar to the straps on my braided tablecloth bag):
1. Take your scrap fabric, I cut a .5''-1'' snip and tear the rest of the fabric down for a nice frayed edge. Used 3 different fabrics for each strand.
2. Take 3 of the torn pieces and tie the ends together with a rubber band.Â
3. Braid the 3 pieces together and tie ends together with rubber band when done.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 for more strands. Remember you can make the strands any length you want, if run out of fabric, just weave more into the braid.
5. Once all the strands you want are braided, gather one end of each strand together and straight stitch together with sewing machine. Repeat for the other ends of the strands. Snip off any excess.
6. Gather ends of the necklace and sew together (snip excess) or a ribbon can be sewn at the ends to be able to tie the necklace closed, but I just sewed both ends together.Â
7. Voila! A nice way to make use of all your lovely scraps.
Sorry if the directions get you a little lost, but it really is easy. I promise. Maybe I should put some in the shop. Please share any other good ideas you may have of things that can be made with scraps. I would love to hear (read) them!
I am! Actually more than a wee bit 😉 After reading the recipe and seeing the picture, I cannot not wait to try it. Sounds so yummy and so easy at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
I recently discovered a love for gorgonzola on pizza (particularly with figs! I know, I wouldn't have thought of it either).
Thanks for posting this recipe, I'm looking forward to trying it out!
you are totally making me hungry hun!! this looks delish!!
Yummy to the maximus yummiest!!!!
This looks delicious, just one questions though. At what point do you freeze the dough? before you let it rise?
It looks soooooo delicious, I'm going to have to try this recipe for myself. Thanks for posting!
-Ceci.
I made (and loved) the recipe! Thansk for sharing!
http://selfishlyhappy.blogspot.com/2011/05/recipe-pizza-crust.html