Pizza Staples: Marinara Sauce and Pizza Dough

Here are the recipes to try from "Brendan and Karen go to Pizzatown"

Homemade Marinara Sauce
If you want to make this into meat sauce, like for lasagne or something, just start off by putting about 1 or 2 lbs of ground meat in the pan beforehand and browning it- then start this recipe from the top. I like to do about equal parts ground beef, veal, and pork, or 2 parts beef to 1 part ground pork. If you like it spicy go for some spicy sausage and some ground beef. If you use meat, you don't need to use the oil.

Ingredients:
  • couple T olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped finely
  • couple cloves of garlic
  • 1 carrot, chopped finely
  • 1 stalk celery, chopped finely
  • handful of chopped parsley
  • salt and pepper
  • about 1 cup of wine- can be red, can be white, can be old
  • about 1 T red wine vinegar
  • 1 big can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 regular sized can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 small can of tomato paste or about 3 T ketchup
  • optional- red pepper flakes

Method:
  • Heat the olive oil in a big heavy saucepan. Add onions and lower heat to medium. Cook onions until soft but not brown.
  • Add garlic, carrot, celery, and parsley and cook a few minutes, until fragrant.
  • Add wine and vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste, and bring to a boil.
  • Add tomato stuff and cook on lowest heat for at least an hour, more to further concentrate the flavors. Scrape sides and bottom to mix in reducing tomato sauce.
  • Adjust seasoning and add red pepper flakes if desired. Use as pizza or pasta sauce.

BK's Pizza Dough
This made enough for 2 10-inch pizzas, serving 4 people with no problem.

Ingredients:
  • 1 T dry yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup cornmeal
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 T olive oil
  • handful of rice flour
Method:
  • Sprinkle yeast into water and wait about 10 minutes. Stir it with a chopstick if necessary.
  • Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Make a well and add yeast mixture and olive oil. Combine.
  • Turn it out and knead it until smooth, about 5 minutes. Put flour on the surface if it's too sticky. (It won't feel completely smooth because of the cornmeal.)
  • Put it back in the bowl and let it rise for about 8 hours in a warm spot in the kitchen, like on top of the fridge.
  • When you're ready to make the pizzas, put a pizza stone in a 450 degree oven for about 20 minutes to heat it.
  • Pull 1/2 the dough out  and stretch it into a pizza shape around 10 inches in diameter, making sure there are no big air bubbles. Put toppings on. Sprinkle rice flour on the stone. Slide onto hot stone and cook about 5 minutes, when a bit browned and crispy.
  • Remove from oven and drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Serve immediately.

 

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