12" pepperoni, red sauce, mozzarella, feta, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, black olives and shredded parmesan around the rim. Made this ahead of time to reheat on Monday.
Then... This was my first attempt at Calzone. I told the wife that I was going to make Pizza in a Blanket.
Pepperoni, red sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, shredded parmesan, mushrooms, green peppers, onions and black olives.
Today’s sourdough bread! I am glad to be in a good enough rhythm in this new place to be back to baking. This is my third set since moving and first time I actually took a picture.
Every year I make cherry tarts for one of our oldest friends - a friend for 50 years for her birthday.. There are always some small scraps of pie dough left over, and I normally bake them along with the tarts. The scraps usually get a dollop of whatever preserves we have in the fridge to make a bite of pie, but this time I went looking for something else and found a jar of Hershey's hot fudge in the back of the fridge and figured why not? I did heat up the hot fudge a bit to take the chill off, spread some on a piece of the scrap crust and it was great. If you use a store bought crust, it would be even easier. It will stiffen up when it reaches room temp, or it could be refrigerated too, but then it would be pretty stiff.
So now I'm thinkin' that I could blind bake a pie crust, heat the hot fudge a bit to make it easier to spread, and spoon it into the crust. Maybe add some whipped cream too.
I dropped off 2 loaves this morning for my favorite nurses and team in the infusion department, i had not baked in a few months, was hoping everything was still fresh in mind.
Not shown were a couple ciabattas for my wife and I, and my wife's mom.
Pit Barrel Cooker
Weber Master-Touch
Blackstone Omnivore 4 Burner Griddle
Thermoworks: Signals, Billows, Thermopens, Thermopops, Nodes, bunch of silicone stuff, and more!
OnlyFire Rotisserie w/ Basket attachment for the Weber
Vortex for the Weber
Both of Meathead's books!
Way too many BBQ related accessories, tools, and doo-dads!
Wife's first attempt at Sourdough bread. Her sister-in-law is quite the baker, and had offered to give her some starter, and then come by and show her how to make it.
The good news is, since my mother was a better than average cook and a great baker, we already had most of the supplies to make this happen.
On Saturday, they took over the kitchen and viola! produced what I would call, a very good first attempt. Tasty, and will be using for a sandwich or two this week!
We're working on the crust, attempting to make it a little more golden next time.
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
Have you all seen some of the social media posts discussing a bread starter that traveled the Oregon Trail, traced back to 1847? Who knows about the legitimacy of the posts, but thought it was pretty cool if it is real. You can get it for free from some of the posts I’ve seen.
3 friends and I get together once a month and it's my turn. We usually have one person pick the restaurant and pay for everyone. With the person paying also picking the restaurant, they can't complain that the restaurant picked was too expensive, and having one person pay makes it much easier than trying to divide the bill.
Anyway, they have been asking me to cook instead of picking a restaurant. I said OK. I'm gonna make smoked cheesesteak sammys with fries and another YTBD side.
I did heat up the hot fudge a bit to take the chill off, spread some on a piece of the scrap crust and it was great. If you use a store bought crust, it would be even easier. It will stiffen up when it reaches room temp, or it could be refrigerated too, but then it would be pretty stiff.
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