cider and pizza night

I planned a cider and pizza night tonight and I figured I would not have a recipe to post because I have already posted my pizza recipe, yes?  No!  Or at least I could not find it when I searched.  I was going to talk about the three projects going on in that picture:  one dress and two quilts.

Much too much to do and then I add in a craving for pizza.  I am very picky about pizza.  I really only eat the ones I make.  There are a few others but they are far and few between.  That tells you, that on a Friday night, when I am craving pizza, I have actually started it that morning and make for dinner.

This is one of those times when I just cringe.  Just like at the work meeting when I was very obvious I knew how to make my own butter because I was going through the washing step.  Welcome to my life.

Pizza

sourdough starter

1 cup flour

3/4 cup water

1 cup water

pinch of sugar

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 cups flour or a combination of all purpose and whole wheat to equal 3 cups.

Start your starter eight hours before, minimum.  In a large ceramic bowl, mix the starter, 1 cup flour, and 3/4 cup water.  Cover and let sit until bubbly, 8 to 12 hours.

Dump everything in the bowl and mix it up.  You will want to knead this up until smooth but it will be a very wet dough.  Cover and let rise a couple hours or until double (big and puffy)

Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

Flour a baking stone or put parchment paper on a baking sheet.  I also have a very nice cast iron pizza pan that is well seasoned and I add a bit of olive oil.

Roll out dough (a had a small and large thin pizza out of this so we could have a savory and sweet).  Place on baking stone.

Put your toppings on the pizza.  We had two.  The first was basil pesto, potato, onion, garlic, and asiago cheese.  The second was cinnamon sugar and butter.

Bake for 17 to 20 minutes or until the edges are brown.

Dessert pizza

Savory pizza.

They both went really well with cider.  Made my Friday night.  My Beloved wishes my polenta pizza soon.