Saturday was a rainy day here in Don Muang so I decided to make pizza from scratch with my kids. Was not sure how Thai flour would turn out but we gave it a go. I have never really been a baker.
Got the yeast and mixed 1 teaspoon with a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of warm water. Wait until it begins to foam and do its thing. Then transfer to a mixing bowl and add your other ingredients.
Then add your salt and for us a little garlic powder.
Now you add your olive oil, I used 1 tablespoon and a little more.
Now we are ready for the flour. The recipe was for three 14 inch pizzas so 2 1/2 cups flour.
From here we have the sticky start, you can them transfer to a flat dry surface to knead the dough.
Now its time to transfer, we just cleaned and used our counter top, you have to knead it for 12-15 minutes.
Smaller hands better kneading. Adding more flour to keep it from sticking to the surface you are working on.
Ready to coat in olive oil and let rise for at least an hour.
Now it has set covered with cling film and a dry cloth for about an hour and fifteen minutes, should double in size.
Then you punch it down and let it rise for another say 45 minutes.
The second rising and getting ready to rock and roll.
Now we had planned on enough for three but with the way it rose, we ended up using half the dough to make two nice size pizza's one 15 inches or so the other close to 12.
Cutting the dough.
The kids had been helping all along and the making of the shape is not easy as the dough is very elastic. We used a floured Chang bottle as the rolling pin.
Now begin to add the home made sauce. I used a tomato sauce that I sauteed off with some diced onions, and garlic. Rosemary, basil, and oregano were used to season it.
Now its time to add the cheese. We used just over 250 grams of mozzarella on the bigger one.
Then the thinly sliced onions, red bell, and we use Dixie sausage as our pepperoni.
A final layer of cheese as this house is addicted to gooey mozz.
Getting ready for the oven. I decided to make Hot Wings with it as a side dish.
15 minutes on bake for the wings at 170 then about 5-7 under the broiler.