All ingredients for the dough are weighed before they go in. The starter has to do some resting and the baking stone has to heat up.
Per Mom, we must always use Ligurian olive oil.
This is a very wet dough and the olive oil can't be added till the flour and water are completely mixed.
A bit more rest for the lazy ass pizza dough.
Then lots of stretching...and more rest, till the next evening.
Mom oils the pan, then spreads the dough out slowly to fit the pan (almost) for Roman-style pizza.
A simple raw pizza sauce goes on the dough, then Mom chops up toppings. My stepdad and I choose olives, braided fresh mozzarella (the braided kind has less water) and Spanish chorizo (not as spicy as Mexican chorizo). My mom adds red onions, well-rinsed capers and deep red bell peppers to hers.
Olive oil is drizzled over it before it goes in for partial baking. Then the mozzarella is added before it finishes baking.
And that's it. Absolutely amazing Roman-style pizza. Unbelievably good. And I didn't even have to go to a restaurant.
when do i get to eat that? the bakery got a postcard from italy today...and i longed for you. awkward?
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