PIZZA WITH 5 MINUTES A DAY DOUGH…I’m a convert! Happy Earth Day too!
Peter @ Kalofagas via Twitter
My first exposure to Artisan Bread in 5 minutes, as I’ve written earlier, was thanks to Paula @ Dragon’s Kitchen. I risk repeating myself, but it was really the best thing to have happened to my bread baking days. There was a time when I was mortified of yeast, a fear I then shared with my good friend Ben, my amigo from What’s Cooking US. Together we moved our strengths from baking powder to yeast, & there’s been no looking back. AB in 5 converted my yeastly thinking completely. How can I even put into words, the luxury & ease of dough, sitting ready-to-use in the fridge. Just take a ball of it, slap it or roll it into shape, & voila, you have bread … Bread in many avatars!
Twitter me: Bread baking is non-existent here…most folk are TERRIFIED of yeast, as I was once!
Twitter Zoe: Shame! You have to teach them not to be afraid! 😉 I hear that all the time, which is why we wrote the book.
Her words pretty much sum up yeastly fears across the globe, & I’m happy to say the book has changed the lives of hundreds of home-bakers. I can’t wait to lay my hands on the book, as Peter says there is a nice naan recipe included too. For the moment, I am enjoying this master dough to the max!!
Artisan Bread in 5 minutes … Pizza Dough
adapted from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a day
by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François
Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups plain flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 head roasted garlic
1 1/2 tbsp active dried yeast
Handful fresh chopped herbs
3 cups luke warm water
Method:
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Take a large container that will fit inside the fridge. Pour in the warm water, add salt, yeast, oil, garlic & freshly ground pepper & stir well.
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Add the flours together in one go, & mix in well with a wooden spoon till well incorporated & no dry dough is visible.
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Allow dough to rise in a warm place for2-5 hours, & then refrigerate until use. It’s a good idea to keep it in the fridge overnight because the dough is easier to use the next day.
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Take a small ball of dough, size of an apple, dust it well with lour, & then roll into a circle to line your pizza pan.
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Dust the pizza pan generously with cornmeal before putting the dough on.
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Give the dough a light brush of olive oil (or garlic flavoured olive oil), a slathering of pizza sauce, add toppings of your choice, top with mozzarella, and bake on top shelf at 300C for about 20 minutes till cheese light brown & bubbly & the crust is light brown too. Rest for 10 minutes before serving. (I made a couple of round pizzas & a rectangular one too…moreish I thought!)
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ENJOY!!!
Here’s my pizza sauce recipe, written mainly for Maya in mind, who asked me for it some time back, but I don’t have an email address for her. My 13teen year old cannot tolerate mushrooms on her pizza for some insane reason, so I sneak those into the sauce, with a carrot to keep it company. The kids haven’t figured it out yet, & they won’t coz the daughter does not read the recipe portion of my posts, not yet! They are both happy to eat this pizza, hot or cold, any time of the day!!
Pizza Sauce Recipe
Ingredients:
8-10 tomatoes 1/2 kilo; peeled & roughly chopped
1/4 tsp roasted red chili flakes
1 big onion, chopped
5-6 cloves of garlic, chopped
300ml tomato puree
1 generous handful fresh herbs (I used thyme & oregano)
200gms mushrooms; grated fine
1-2 carrots grated fine
Salt to taste
1 pinch of sugar
Method:
Add olive oil to pan, & simmer red chili flakes for a minute or 2.
Add the tomatoes, tomato puree, carrots, salt & pepper if desired. Add herbs & simmer for 30 minutes till the sauce is nice & thick. Mash any bits of tomatoes with the back of a spoon. Let the sauce cool & the flavours to mature. The sauce can be made 3-4 days in advance & stored in the fridge.
31 Comments
Maria
I LOVE ABin5! We just hosted a pizza party, I still need to do that post:) The pizza looks amazing! I wish I had a slice now!
Nicisme
Looking good, I really must try the 5 min dough.
Happy Earth Day to you Deeba!
(I’m almost first today – blame Twitter!!)
Peter M
Deeba, thank you for citing the quote, looks like your family got the cheese in this delicious pizza!
Artisan Bread in 5 is a fantastic book and I really like your ‘touches’ to the pizza.
Eliana
Your pizza and sauce look incredible. I will have to check out Artisan Bread in 5 very soon now. Thanks!
Snooky doodle
Oh I m a pizza addict and this surely is making me drool. And that sauce looks delicious 🙂
Barbara Bakes
Such beautiful pictures! I have yet to try the ABin5, but I think I must now.
Gera @ SweetsFoods
Deeba Happy Earth Day to you! Pizza, twitter and glorious mouth-watering photos!! Can have I dinner with you?
Cheers!
Gera
Helene
I made it and blogged about it. This is the best bread. So good. My family rave about it. Fantastic post!
Elra
HAPPY EARTH DAY TO ALL OF US!!!!!!!!
Delicious looking Pizza Dee!
Cheers,
elra
Linda
Happy Earth Day and I wish I had a slice of your lovely looking pizza!
A_and_N
I love your pizza sauce!! I should try it, D!
Arundathi
Yum! Now I’ve gotta get me that book! 🙂 And we’re thin crust people too!
Arwen from Hoglet K
LOL at the hidden veggies in the sauce! Very sneaky.
Dragon
Happy Earth day! Now pass me a slice of this delicious pizza. 🙂
Nags
pass me a couple of those calzones, please!
Nachiketa
U’ve got me bitten by the bug… it’s time to challenge my self again….
This is next on my list…. cause Daksayani loves pizza… i have to make it for her…..
Parita
veggies hidden in sauce thats sweet…my mom does the same, she adds soya bean flour and wheat flour together when making rotis 🙂 I love the pizza, and would love to make a pizza from scratch one day 🙂
Manggy
Happy Earth day! Good job on the pizza. I’ve flunked a few times, but not enough to make me afraid of yeast, my goodness 🙂 (then again I’m not afraid of many things)
Bellini Valli
You always bring your dishes to life on these pages Deeba. If I didn’t get asome of the best Italian pizza dough for free every week I would definitely be making this…I love bread and if it only takes 5 minutes all the better:D
Kitchen Flavours
Deeba, What an flavourful post….Every pic in the post tempts me to have it right now….Yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Lucy
Deeba, everything looks so good!!! Just loving that dough 😉
Sophie
That pizza looks spectacular :)! I love how packed with veggies it is :).
noble pig
That is one beautiful pizza. I also want to the mouse who gets the cheese!
Laurie
Your pizza looks fabulous! I like the dough too.. I will have to try this one, adding some whole wheat flour should give it some great texture. And your sauce.. YUM!!
Debbie
I, too had a HUGE fear of yeast for a long time. I recently got up the courage to try a coffee cake with yeast and it turned out fine. Still a bit leary with yeast, but getting better! Your bread looks great…love the sauce..
Gloria
Look wonderful Deeba , nice recipe, xxGloria
Elenka
Happpy Earth Day to you too! Thanks for the recipe. Pizza is one of my favorite foods. I can make that. Ice Cream is my second favorite food. I’m not going to make that!!
foodbin
nice pizza and good homemade sauce
Ozge
Deeba, you never cease to amaze me! Incredibly delish pizza, just the right toppings, crust… I love the way you present it as well. Love!
Angela @ A Spoonful of Sugar
Happy (belated) Earth Day! Your pizza looks fantastic and has reminded me that I really must check out 5 mins a day!
Marissa L. Swinghammer
Thanks for posting this! I've always loved baking bread but struggled with whole wheat but not now. I have the book on my wish list and am trying what I can find online in the meantime. This dough is rising now and I will try it in a few days.