Homemade Pizza

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Ok here goes... My first blog

Tonight we made pizza dough in our new breadmaker and each of us made our own pizza for dinner. The kids loved the fun of it and ate well too.

I based the dough on Mark Bittman's recipe from "How to Cook Everything" substituting half the flour for whole wheat.

1 1/4 cups luke warm water

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 cups organic bread flour

1 1/2 cups organic whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon rapid rise yeast

Place in breadmachine on pizza dough setting.

Divide into 5 balls and leave for 20 minutes under oiled saran wrap.

Flatten into pizza shape and use a rolling pin if you like your crust a little thinner.

Toppings:

1. Caramelized onions and leaks - cook down 2 onions (cut into thin rings) and one leak stem (julienned) in a little olive oil for about an hour or so on very low heat. I cooked them a head of time.

2. Shitake mushrooms - cooked in the same pan as the onions after taking them out the pan.

3. Baby spinach - blanched and cooled in ice bath earlier in the day.

4. Pasta sauce (from the jar. I used Wegmans organic roasted garlic marinara)

5. Shredded mozarella

Cook:

Place on a baking sheet in a 500 degree oven for about 10 minutes

Finish:

Drizzle with excellent olive oil and balsamic glaze ( we make our own by cooking down a large bottle of balsamic vinegar and keeping it in a squirt bottle).