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Perfected by John: Best Pizza Dough Recipe!

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Pizza Dough Recipe Here!  Toppings Recipes to Come!

I found this recipe in the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day Cookbook.  The Master Recipe: Boule (Artisan Free-Form Loaf) recipe can be used for pizza dough or anything really.  This is a no-knead bread book and involves mixing your ingredients and storing them to rise a few hours.  Sometimes we make this full batch and let it stay in the refrigerator for a few days and make a pizza every night for a few nights!

John took it upon himself to master this pizza dough and has made it many a’ times.  The first pizza crusts had a bit of a sweet taste for a while.  After some experimentation, John happened upon the solution.  Reducing the amount of salt by half did the job!  Zach and I can be harsh critics at times, and this pizza dough rocked our world!

For home pizza you must have:

  • A Baking Stone or Pizza Stone
  • A Wooden Pizza Peel

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Consider a Try of … Martha Stewart’s Bobotie: South African Recipe

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Bobotie is often described as South African Moussaka.

I wanted to make a South African stew-type dish with rice similar to the dishes we ate at a B&B in JoBurg in 2007, so I searched recipes online. I found this Martha Stewart Recipe for Bobotie and I discovered it was a recipe that every South African woman (or every self-respecting South African Housewife, their words, not mine) knows how to make.

I learned from a NYTimes article that Bobotie was created as a result of the blending of Eastern and Western influences at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.  The Dutch East India Company ships landed in Cape Town on their way back to Holland from Indonesia in the 17th century. The ships started bringing spices and, later, Malay-speaking slaves to work in the kitchens for the Dutch.

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Out of Town: Denver, CO

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

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Week #1 CSA Food Box: Best-Ever Roasted Beets in Dipping Sauce Recipe

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

This is a new post to our blog.  Each week we will feature a new recipe utilizing our CSA  foods!

We just got our first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Food Box last Thursday from Live Earth Farm, Watsonville.  This farm has many pick-up locations throughout Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County.   The box consists of 100% organic  fruits and veggies that are no more than 24 hours old!

Week #1 Box: List of Fruits & Veggies by Month – Harvest Schedule

WEEK #1: RECIPE #1 :

If you don’t like beets, trust me, you’ll actually love these.  This is a gateway beet recipe! 

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