Now it is time to do some kneading.
1: Put the water in a large bowl. I prefer to use a wide steel bowl. Make sure it is hand warm (30-35 C). Heat if necessary.
2: Add the yeast, add a few grams of flour. Wait for the yeasty smell. It tells you that the yeast is good.
3: Add the olive oil, a third of the flour, then the salt. Mix with spoon until smooth. Keep adding flour while mixing until the dough becomes too thick for the spoon.
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In my last post i completely forgot to mention the toppings…
Well, now that you already have the base ingredients, you have to go to the shops again to buy the toppings. Definitely buy the essentials. With all other toppings: be creative!
Essentials:
Mozzarella or other cheese, 2-3 balls of Mozarella
Oregano, dried or fresh
Pepper, salt
Tomato passata
Choose your own favourites, these are just suggestions:
Anchovies
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Following a tradition started in Australia, a bunch of us made pizza in Austria on the weekend.
Given the truly international praise received by the pizzas, I am going to make public the secret recipe.
I will start with the ingredients for the pizza base.
Today, as a matter of urgency, I am addressing a very serious issue. No, I am not talking about Spooning. I hope we all know about that already…
No, on the contrary I am talking about a rather atrocious activity: using a spoon when preparing a cappuccino.
Please DO NOT EVER use a spoon!
Wikipedia explains what a cappuccino is and clearly no spoon is required.
Of course, once someone tries to make a cappuccino without the spoon it becomes clear that the milk needs to be around 70 degrees Celsius and not hotter and the person frothing the milk needs some skill and practice, which would also be applied when preparing the coffee. Thus a spoon moratorium would result in the improvement of not only the froth of cappuccinos but also the experience in general.
I propose an anti-spoon movement with the goal of a general spoon-moratorium. I already made this symbol, which we can print on stickers and t-shirts and hand out to every approved café as a sign that spoons are not used. In the near future we can avoid all cafés without stickers.
