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!
We decided to make Ben a poster for Valentine's Day. Our mothers loved the Mother's Day poster we sent, so I thought one for Ben would be a nice surprise for him. We plan to either sneak in his office at work and have it up on Friday or have it covering his car windshield (with lots of balloons too!). He's a little behind in reading my blog, so I'm pretty sure he won't see this before then.
My sister took our pictures (as we pretended to blow kisses into the air), and I turned that into a black and white photo (and added our poem). I took it to a local copy shop to get an engineering print made. We used a paint marker and the girls excitedly drew their own hearts on the poster. If you're still stuck on a gift for your honey, this one was quick to do, and the heart drawn hearts make it especially sweet.
I like seeing people draw hearts. There are so many different types. Brave's tends to be rounded, and True's are more V-shaped. Soul's ends up with sharper edges, and Glow's was kind of wacky (we had to help her out a little). I draw mine very similar to True's.
I love these pictures and how loving they are with each other. Sure, they fight too, but they are definitely the best of friends. I hope it always stays that way. Soul is my little fashionista. She's very specific about how she likes her outfit and hair. Lately, it's been denim jacket with everything. If you've been following here awhile, you know she's gone through many different phases. True and Brave try to dress similar to me, especially True. If I'm wearing something long, she'll look for something long to wear too. We've been sewing them some outfits that are similar to mine, so we will share those with you soon!
on me:dress, thrifted. shoes, rachel comey. on true:Â maxi dress, biker boots c/o old navy. on brave: striped dress, c/o old navy. dr. martens, shoes.com. pom pom clip, handmade (see here). on soul:jersey dress & denim jacket, c/o old navy. leopard sneakers, gap kids. on glow: knit dress & socks, c/o old navy. superga kids, zappos.
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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