{"id":15085,"date":"2012-03-05T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=15085"},"modified":"2012-02-09T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T21:14:36","slug":"artisian-pizza-and-flatbread-in-five-minutes-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/artisian-pizza-and-flatbread-in-five-minutes-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Artisian Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know pizza was a patriotic treat invented to display the colors of the Italian flag under Queen Margherita? Hence, Pizza Margherita. In fact, over there in the roots of original pizza, there are only a couple ingredients, and there are now very protective regulations <\/a><\/strong>about its creation and service. What, no Taco or Supreme? I must eat it all the the restaurant\u2026no leftovers? They\u2019re not playing around<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 by Jeff Hertzberg — what is that about? Though I haven\u2019t given it full lab work, I suppose it is feasible after the author\u2019s caveats.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve premixed a big batch of dough (eight 12\u201d pies) ahead of time and stored it in your fridge, where it will keep well as a living, breathing, yeasty organism for up to a couple weeks.\u00a0 You\u2019ve preheated the oven to 500 degrees. You\u2019ve rolled the dough out by hand super thin.<\/p>\n

When ready to rock, claw out a wad of that goo, sprinkle with a few yum-yums and slip it off your pizza peel onto the white-hot stone.<\/p>\n

The simple genius of it is, even with your most unsatisfactory efforts you\u2019ve STILL got a pizza for pretty much no money. Five pounds of flour is a little over a dollar.<\/p>\n

The author mentions in the forward there is a remarkable dearth of recipe books focusing exclusively on pizza. While it could use more photos, there are a lot of great ideas in here, even if you\u2019re not going to pursue the five minute-approach.<\/p>\n

Try a topcoat of tomato slices when people are foisting them on you. How about corn or rye flour in the mix when you want a hint of a Reuben sandwich or tortilla taste?<\/p>\n

I saved someone else’s bread maker from the landfill and run it on half a cycle. It isn\u2019t five minutes, but I\u2019m not exactly being gouged 24 dollars either.\u00a0 It’s funny how the barometer for culinary forgiveness gets fudged when it was your hands kneading the dough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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