Thursday, December 30, 2010

Pizza - pesto, basil, capers and white cheddar

We made pizza tonight. My youngest daughter, aged ten, made the dough. After rising it, she worked it and stretched it to shape. Her topping choices were cheese and salami, with a bit of pesto. For the other pizza, we chose white cheddar cheese, pesto, capers and basil.


The dough was really good tonight. It may be due to using much less sauce than usual. Often we use more sauce and the middle of the pizza crust gets soggy. This time with less sauce it was much firmer, although next time I would add more toppings - maybe onion or a meat. The capers & basil pizza was good but a little bland. But still, not bad for a last-minute out-of-the-pantry meal. (By out of the pantry, I mean we did not plan ahead and get ingredients - we used whatever was in the cupboard, fridge & indoor herb garden).