pizza and more

[Fred588]

I mentioned elsewhere that I had a bread machine being delivered today. It works rather well. I can now say that home made pizza is now on the menu for guests at Studio 588. Home made French bread will probably be added as well.

[Mynock]

Try this if you don't have one. Makes your crust get perfect.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000E2V ... ref=plSrch

[Fred588]

Its worth consideration. I tend to make my pizza rectangular but the shape does not really matter.

Try this if you don't have one. Makes your crust get perfect.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000E2V ... ref=plSrch

[Mynock]

It's like a pizza stone but more durable. Having a big chunk of metal heat soaked in your oven also helps maintain the higher temps you need for good pizza.

[Fred588]

I've been making pizza for a while. My paternal grandmother was from a town about as far south as you can get in Sicily without getting wet. Pretty much the same town the British invaded in WWII.

Actually I think my pizza is better than hers, but what I wish I knew how to do was make a sort of pie she called impanada (or empanada). It was a sorta of thin-crusted pie both on top and bottom and the filling had things like spinach and some sort of cheese (ricotta?) little bits of hamburger, plus a few other things.

[Boggy Man]

but what I wish I knew how to do was make a sort of pie she called impanada (or empanada). It was a sorta of thin-crusted pie both on top and bottom and the filling had things like spinach and some sort of cheese (ricotta?) little bits of hamburger, plus a few other things.

If you google it, you can find many recipes online (most are for empanada). Also, something that is similar is spanakopita, which has a filling of feta or rocotta cheese, spinach (or leeks, chard or sorrel), eggs, onions or scallions, seasoning, inside a phyllo pastry.

[Fred588]

but what I wish I knew how to do was make a sort of pie she called impanada (or empanada). It was a sorta of thin-crusted pie both on top and bottom and the filling had things like spinach and some sort of cheese (ricotta?) little bits of hamburger, plus a few other things.

If you google it, you can find many recipes online (most are for empanada). Also, something that is similar is spanakopita, which has a filling of feta or rocotta cheese, spinach (or leeks, chard or sorrel), eggs, onions or scallions, seasoning, inside a phyllo pastry.

Yes, I have done that. What I probably should have said was I wished I knew how my own grandmother made it.

[Fred588]

Making a loaf of French Bread today, the first to be cooked by the bread machine. A few days ago I made a pizza but for that the machine makes the dough and a regular oven cooks it. Actually, I added a healthy dose of garlic and onion powder to the ingredients so its French garlic/onion bread.