Sunday, February 6, 2011

Montara Feb 2011: We meet the stove.

Welcome Blue Star.  My what fire power you have.  This weekend we had planned many flatbread experiments, but had to zero in on only one kind, due to time (the pantry project was calling).

So it was the semolina pizza bread, with a little more semolina (1 part to 3 parts a/p flour) and oops, buttermilk powder snuck in the dough.  The package looked just like the semolina package, who knew!

Its ok.  It reaffirmed that milk powder makes a softer dough (better than unscalded milk, which makes blob dough).  I could see how semolina allows for more stretch and is so loved for pasta.  The stretch in pizza dough is helpful (too much elastic makes for a frustrated pizza maker), but I could see why less might still be helpful.
The dough handled well - perhaps because of the olive oil in it also.

ok, so I didn't have a peel, and the first pizza just made onto the tile...but it was tasty!
carmelized onion, herbed garlic oil & Belavitano cheese (added chili flake to the rolled version).

As to the toppings, I almost called this blog "Cooking With Mugs."  Will need to start a few spreadsheets on seasonal toppings and ordering forms...
More Soon!