The failed Italian

Assalamualaikum!

Alhamdulillah!I've finally received an internship offer which will start tomorrow!Excited but nervous.InsyaAllah.The working hours are long and the idea of smelling people's armpits in the monorail is not appealing at all.But, for learning purposes one has to learn to sacrifice!
I haven't been posting much of my recipes these days because i have camera-phone-memory card issues.Not a good excuse i know.But oh well.

I tried making pizza the other day.This is not the first time but its definitely the first disastrous one.I misread the recipe and added toooo much flour.Its all pudgy and doughy.So here is the RIGHT recipe and some pictures =)

Pizza Dough

300ml warm water
2 1/2 teaspoon active yeast
1/4 teaspoon sugar
500g flour (plus for dusting)
1 pinch of salt

1. Put warm water in a bowl and add yeast and sugar.
2. After 5 minutes,as the yeast starts bubbling add flour and salt
3. Use your hand to mix them all together
4. Shape them into a ball ,sprinkle with some flour and cover it with a wet towel.
5. Let it rise for a bout 2 hours
6. Punch and knead the dough into 6 small balls.Do the same as in (4) and let it rise for 30 minutes.
7. Flatten them using a rolling pin or your hand into large circles
8. Add the topping of your choice and bake for 7 -10 minutes.

If the crust is not brown,but the cheese is already bubbling,keep in the oven a while longer.I took it out a bit too early and my crust is slightly under cook and pale.(plus doughy because of the excess flour but lets not remember that shall we?)

Toppings

Store bought pizza/pasta sauce

Mozzarella

Capsicum

Beef pepperoni

Button mushroom

Yeast and warm water

Added flour and salt

Dough boy =)

In the oven

Messy but delish

The crust is a bit pale no?

I'll defintely try again next time and make it better!I would *ehem* look at the recipe carefully,bake it longer,add fresh herbs (oreganoooooooooo!*drool*).
Btw,we bought Prego pasta sauce if i'm not mistaken because we cant find and pizza sauce.I don't know if Prego is Malaysianizing their products because it taste not as Italian as before and wayyyyy sweet.Might be just us but oh well.

Till then,Salut,
Love
Anggerik