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 didn't plan to take a mini-blog break, but it just happened as I have been sipping on cold chocolate soy milk and relaxing (kinda). I really need to get some chai tea to make my own chai tea latte! Thanks to those who told me how to make it. I am really bad at these tea/coffee things.
Seriously, another subject, but friends are the best. They give you little treats that just make you smile. My friend Jane gave me the cute mug/cup things from my favorite store. Really, you can't go wrong there. I love them and it could be for Rubyellen Bratcher or Ruby and Ben... either way works for me.
I had a grand weekend. I hope you did too. My best friend and I met up with some of the gals I used to live with in London. Reminiscing is always fun! Then, the surprise party I have been planning with my middle seester for weeks now, finally came to fruition. It was for her "best friend" and he was quite surprised. Our family and his family (plus friends) was there, we should have just made it an engagement party, it would save us the trouble later! It was a fun party, will show more pictures soon.
Well, off to do some Monday morning cleaning before the girls wake and darn me because I forgot my point-and-shoot camera at my mom's, so I am completely camera less for now. My shop opening will have to wait...
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