During my last trip to the grocery, I picked up yeast. I have never used yeast before, but have always wanted to. It seems like such an accomplishment, baking bread from scratch, and yeast is sort of alive, so that's cool and weird. I dying to try the New York Times No Knead Bread recipe, but that still seems a bit above my skill set, so I thought I'd try something a bit easier. Pizza!
Start by dissolving one packet of yeast in one cup of warm water.
When that is creamy, add it to a large bowl with 2 cups of flour, 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp salt and 2 tsp sugar.
Start forming it into a big tight ball, I had to add a lot more flour as I went to keep it get it unsticky (yes, that is the technical term).
Cover it with a dishtowel, and let it sit for 30 minutes.
Roll it out into a nice pizza shape, or an abstract, wonky rectangle, as I did.
My pizza expert cousin tells me I didn't add enough flour, and it was still too sticky, but what the hell does he know.
Top it with your favorite sauce, cheese and toppings. I used tomatoes, onions, broccoli and what I wrongfully assumed were cubanelle peppers, but were surprisingly spicy little fuckers.
Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until it smells ready.
Voila!
It wasn't "oh my god this is the best thing I've ever eaten", but it didn't suck. And for my first go-round with dough, I'm quite proud.
Max approves.
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