April saw my love of pizza fire up and May has kept that fire going. I have kept using the classic New York Style dough from Serious Eats. It continues to be incredibly consistent and bakes well. I tend to vary the flour between all AP, 50/50 AP and 00 flour, and all 00 flour without noticing any changes. Two – three days in the fridge is the sweet spot for it, so if I make dough Sunday morning, the pizza Wednesday and Thursday will be the best.
Here are a few photos of my pizzas from the last few weeks.
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White Pie: roasted mushrooms and cream sauce (recipe below); aged provolone and mozzarella
Roasted Mushroom Cream Sauce:
The sauce definitely doesn’t look that great after baking, but it tastes fantastic.
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Slice mushrooms and peel garlic. Roast in 350 degree oven until they’ve lost most their moisture and smell delicious
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Add diced red onion to a hot pan with butter. Cook until starting to become translucent (7-10 minutes)
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Add cream. Cream should scald and become foamy. Stir to make sure cream doesn’t burn.
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Once cream has reduced and leaves a trail on the bottom of the pan, add to mushroom mixture.
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Blend mushroom cream mixture until smooth.
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Classic Margherita style pie
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Pesto pie: fresh walnut pesto sauce; mozzarella and goat cheese
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Cheese pie: blended san marzano tomato sauce; aged provolone and mozarella, torn basil and goat cheese
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Modified Smoky Blue pie: blended san marzano tomato sauce; mozzarella; roasted onions, gorgonzola, basalmic reduction