On 8/11/2014 5:46 AM, sf wrote:
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> I buy refrigerated pizza dough from the grocery store from time to
> time so I can see what the quality of prepared product is and bought
> some on Saturday because I was tired and feeling lazy. Well, I was so
> tired that I slept and didn't make dinner, so I used it for pizza
> yesterday. Normally, I'll add a little oil or salt to the dough - but
> it felt so good that I didn't do anything and oh my goodness, I think
> they've got it. It made a crispy crust without being hard. Excellent
> quality, but it was a little hard to form so I took my time and got it
> as thin as I wanted. Wow, lots of bubbles in the raw dough and the
> finished product was full of them. That's the way I like it!
>
> Something is odd over at Tinypic and I couldn't upload images, so I
> set up an account with Imgur. Different format, hopefully this link
> works because the account isn't public. http://imgur.com/DZrSH8g
>
>
I buy whole wheat raw pizza dough at Trader Joe's. My doctor wants me
to use complex carbohydrates -- whole wheat instead of white -- because
of my type-2 diabetes. Before rolling the dough, I pick a branch of
rosemary about 12 inches long, strip the leaves, and finely chop the
leaves in a miniature food processes. During the initial rolling of the
dough, I sprinkler the rosemary on it and then fold the dough in thirds.
Rolling the dough at right angles, I repeat the rosemary and folding.
I use a perforated steel pizza pan. Applying a very thin coating of
olive oil on one side of the rolled and stretched dough -- oiling my
hands and then rubbing the dough -- I place the dough on the pizza pan
with the oiled side down. I bake just the dough at 475F (the
temperature on the dough's package) for 6-8 minutes. This pre-baking
prevents soggy crust. Taking the dough out of the oven, I apply the
toppings, using marinara sauce instead of pizza sauce. I then bake the
assembled pizza another 8-10 minutes, still at 475F.
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David E. Ross
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