Playing Possum and My New Experimental Dough Enchancers 3/26/2011

I have been thinking about trying a blend of ingredients to make a dough enhancer.  I will see where this experiment takes me.  I am sure I will learn some knowledge about if a "homemade" dough enhancer does help to make pizza dough and maybe bread dough.

I have been taking care of stray cats outside and before winter a possum was coming around to eat some of the cats food outside.  Now that darn possum is eating so much of the stray cats food.  I guess I can compare the possum with the new dough enchancer I want to play I want to try.  The dough enhancer might play possum on me.  I will find out.

Picture of some of the ingredients I might try in a "dough enhancer" and the possum tonight.  It did want to play possum when I went to take the trash out.  I scared the possum and it almost went off the side of the deck, then it went to hide behind the flower pot.  The possum wouldn't leave from behind the flower pot..lol  I guess the possum thought he was hiding from me.

Norma

Great-Granddaughter at my small pizza stand eating Pizza and Playing with the dough!

These are some pictures taken 3/22/2011 of my great-granddaughter at my pizza stand when they came to visit. My great-granddaughter really likes pizza and also really likes to play with pizza dough. :)

Norma

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Next Attempt at Modified Reinhart Country Dough 3/22/2011

This was my next attempt at the Modified Reinhart Country Dough.  The formula and what I did are at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,13320.msg132097.html#msg132097

Norma

Modified Reinhart Classic Dough..attempt 3/22/2011

This was my first attempt at the modified Reinhart classic dough.  The formula and other pictures are at:  http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,13347.0.html

Norma

Pyzanos Pizza Dough 3/22/2011

I had made a dough for a bake in Steve’s WFO, but we had too many doughs for the amount of people that came to Steve’s home that night, so I froze this dough and decided to make it at market 3/22/2011.  This is the link to what I did with this dough.  http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,8032.msg132105.html#msg132105

Norma

My Pie Monday: Wood Fired Pizza, Broiler Pizza, Baby Pizza! 3/21/2011

This was “My Pie Monday” on 3/21/2011 posted by Maggie Hoffman.  http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/03/my-pie-monday-20110321.html My pie I made at Steve’s home in his WFO was featured on the front page of the Slideshow.  http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/03/my-pie-monday-20110321-slideshow.html

Thanks Slice for including my pie in your collection of “My Pie Monday’s”! :)

Norma

Guy Fieri's Deep-Fried Pizza Dough

For awhile I have been looking at this recipe from Guy Fieri to make deep-fried pizza.  I thought the deep-fried pizza would be interesting to try and I also thought the recipe was interesting, because it call for a high amount of ADY, sea salt, AP flour, sugar, and a high amount of olive oil.  It said in the recipe the dough should ready to be used in a little over an hour. First I rehydrated the ADY in warm water and then I mixed the dough by hand and the only thing I change from the recipe was I mixed the olive oil in last.  The dough was put into the oven with the light on for an hour, then punched down and left to rest for 10 minutes, then rolled out.  This dough reminded me of the other dough I tried for the
Focaccia col Formaggio di Recco at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,13104.0.html  The dough today also was quite elastic when rolling it out.

The dressing were the same as Guy Fieri used except I used mostly Polly-O whole milk mozzarella with some mild white cheddar.  After making these deep-fried pizza, I think other dressings could be used inside other than what is listed in the recipe.

Guy Fieri says in the video that he likes Fair Food, just like I do, because I have fair blood in me too, from all the years my husband and I had stands at fairs and festivals.

If anyone is interested in the recipe it is at.  http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/guy-fieri/crispy-deep-fried-pizza-recipe/index.html

The video is to make Guy Fieri’s deep-fried pizza is at.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c17geK-9dsI

This deep-fried pizza turned out very well and was easy to make. The crust was nice and crispy.  I did let a couple of skins thicker to see what would happen and they also turned out good. I think children would really like the Guy Fieri deep-fried pizza.  This was an easy recipe to make and the end results were good. It says in the recipe the dough can be frozen. A new quick way to make pizza for me.  Delicious fried fair is good in my opinion.  I also made fried Oreo’s and Twinkies at one point in my life.

Norma