Last night Carl made us an especially delicious homemade pizza. First attempt at making his own homemade pizza dough. The results were amazing! Its so incredibly easy that I seriously doubt we'll ever go back to store-bought dough again.
Carl's Curry Pie
Homemade pizza dough
2-3 chicken breasts (cut up into bite size pieces)
Curry sauce (we used a bottle of Trader Joe's Curry Simmer Sauce)
1 onion - sliced
Cilantro- a handful or two depending on your tastes
Mozzarella cheese - shredded
Mozzarella cheese - shredded
Pizza Dough:
we used a great recipe from The Kitchn
the ingredients are super simple and include:
3/4 cups (6 ounces) of water
1/2 teaspoon of active-dry yeast (if using instant yeast, you don't need to dissolve it during the first step)
2 cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour (we used wheat flour)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 teaspoon of active-dry yeast (if using instant yeast, you don't need to dissolve it during the first step)
2 cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour (we used wheat flour)
1/2 tsp salt
Once you've made the dough, just roll it out, get it on a baking sheet or pizza stone and go crazy!!
For the curry topping:
Carl tossed the chicken pieces into a bowl and smothered them in the curry sauce
He then laid the chicken right on top of the dough (I was a bit skeptical about this one - I was WRONG!)
I carmelized the sliced onions
He chopped some fresh cilantro from our herb garden
Keys to a great pizza:
Put on your toppings first - no cheese
Cook for about 5 minutes, rotate 180 degrees (to make up for the oven's hot spots)
Cook another 2-3 minutes, THEN add your cheese
Cook another 3 minutes and VOILA - its pizza time!
And don't forget that glass of Sangiovese...
Carl enjoying some of his favorite things: homemade pizza, glass of good red and favorite T-shirt
More favorite things from this weekend
Watching this awesome drum group banging it out:
These kids were amazing. Check the head-banging they've got going on.
A fun little walk downtown, with a quick pit-stop in front of our amazing Museum of Art
And a very necessary pit-stop here for some delicious gelato
More sweet goodness from here
Its always a must when I work up in Los Olivos
How could I resist these sweeties?!?!
Coming home from work, my honey waiting with a cocktail (sort of a necessity after the lame-o day I had) and our amazingly talented friend, Rusty Lindsey there for an evening serenade in our front yard
If you get a chance, please check out Rusty's site. He's awesome, and if you live in the SoCal area there's a good chance you'll be able to check him out live!
And finally, enjoying some craft time
Hope your weekend was filled with favorite things as well.
XO,
Chelsea
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I'm so happy you dropped by to check out my Vignettes. I love to read each of your comments and check out your blog too!! XO, Chelsea