Showing posts with label Italian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian. Show all posts

Sunday, March 4, 2012

HOME MADE PIZZA

Ingredients:

For Pizza dough:-
All purpose flour---- 3cups
rapid rise yeast---1 1/2 pk
sugar---1tsp
luke warm water---1 1/4 cup
garlic pwdr---2tsp
salt----11/2 tsp
oil---3-4 tbl




Pizza sauce
tomato paste---1 can(regular)
tomato puree---1 cqn(regula)
oregano---2tsp
rosemary---2tsp
garlic---4 cloves minced
pepper--1/2 tsp crushed
salt ---as per taste

Veggies as per your choice.i use capsicum,onion,tomatoes.


I use assorted  cheese pk  for pizza  available in the market.this gives more flavour.
u can use mozeralla.

Method:
  • First take luke warm water add 1 tsp of sugar and rapid rise yeast,mix it well and keep aside for sometime(20mins)
  •  Now take all purpose flour  add salt ,garlic powder ,add 3 tbl of oil mix well,now add the yeast water  to the flour  and make it to a dough. The dough may feel too sticky add a tsp of oil .
  • Now grease another bowl with oil and transfer the dough to that bowl and cover it and leave for 30 mins
  • After 30 mins take the dough(the dough would have raisedle) knead the dough again and  rest it for 15 mins.
For sauce:
  • In a pan take tomato puree,tomato paste add oregano,basil leaves(dry),rosemary,garlic along with salt and little pepper. bring this to boil (for 4-5 mins)
  • Grind it smoothly in the blender.
  • Preheat the oven in 455F
  • Now in the pizza stone spread the dough very thinly(take 1/2 of th dough for 1 pizza) spread the tomato sauce over the dough evenly,now arrange the veggies as per your choice.( you can spread some cheese before adding veggies and  spread the cheese throughly  .
  • Bake the pizza for 10-20 mins until the cheese melts.


Serves : 2


Monday, February 27, 2012

Veggie Pasta


Ingredients:

Pasta - 2 cups
Onion - 1/2
Green peppers - 1/2
Tomato -2
Garlic cloves - 1(finely chopped)
Parsley - to garnish
Olive oil - 1 tbs
Salt & Pepper - to your taste


For seasoning:


Oregano - 1/2 tsp


Italian seasoning - 1/2 tsp




Method:


For the puree:

  • Boil the water and add tomato to it and leave it for 10 mins.
  • Take it out and put that in the cool water so that the skin peels of automatically.
  • Blend the tomato's and keep it aside.
  • In a pan add water and allow it to boil along with salt.
  • Then add pasta to the boilig water and allow it to cook.
  • Once its cooked rinse them in the cool water and add the seasonings.
  • Meanwhile in another pan add the olive oil and add the onionand garlic cloves.
  • Season them with salt and pepper. Fry it for 3 mins.
  • Add the green peppers, tomato puree and allow it to cook for few mins
  • At this stage add the pasta and fold it
  • Then garnish them with fresh parsley.





Optional


You can also add parmesan cheese after adding the pasta.




Serves - 2