May 16, 2012
When a Truck Isn’t Enough for Mobile Food
A wood-burning oven on a food truck. How do we feel about that?
It seems, at first glance, a fairly terrifying idea. I know visions of spontaneous fireballs danced in my head.
Of course, food trucks don’t actually cook while mobile, and they wouldn’t have passed the required inspections if they were wildly, obviously unsafe.
But there remains the issue of space. An entire wood-burning pizza oven won’t fit on the average food truck, and this week we saw two examples of making such a thing road-worthy.
Up in San Francisco, Del Popolo launched service yesterday, with just two pizzas on the menu. The vehicle, pictured above, is described as a mobile pizzeria “housed in a twenty-foot transatlantic shipping container that’s been re-purposed and modified into a kitchen.”
See more here.
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September 29, 2011
Brian made us both a midnight snack the other night. He transformed an ordinary slice of delivery pizza (hey, we do that sometimes!) into something other-worldy! He pan-fried it in a cast-iron skillet, which made it the crispiest pizza I have ever had. Also he sprinkled it with some red…
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September 5, 2011
April 18, 2010
Pizza is one of my favorite things to make from scratch. When I was a kid, we had family friends that we made pizza and cookies from scratch with every month. In college, my friends and I had huge pizza parties where we would all make our own pizzas and share around like one big family. And now, I make pizza with my family at the weekend because not only is it delicious, it’s so much fun to do together.
Pizza Dough (Courtesy Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home.) Makes 6-8 medium sized pizzas.
Ingredients:
- 7 cups strong type “00” flour
- 1 level tablespoon sea salt
- 2 x 7 gram packets dried yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 1/2 cups lukewarm water
To make:
- Sift together flour and salt. Create a “well” in the center.
- In large bowl, mix the yeast, sugar, and olive oil into the water. Let sit for a few minutes.
- Pour liquid into flour “well.” Gradually stir in the sides of the flour until dough is formed.
- Knead dough until it’s springy.
- Place dough in flour dusted bowl and cover with a damp towel.
- Let it sit for an hour or until dough has doubled in size.
- When it’s ready, punch the dough to push air out. Knead.
- If using straight away, divide it into sections for as many pizzas as you want. If not using, wrap in plastic wrap and put in fridge or freezer, depending on how long you want to preserve it. It can last in the fridge for a few days only.
To make Pizza:
- This is the real fun part because you can do whatever you like!
- Cheese (feta, mozzarella, Italian combo, fontina, havarti, swiss, muenster, etc)
- Sauce (homemade or your fav brand tomato, ranch, tabasco, sriracha, dressings, olive oil)
- Toppings (pineapple, sausage, pepperoni, chilis, basil, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, chicken, sundried tomatoes, olives, artichoke hearts, salmon, lemon, anything!)
- Have super duper fun!!
- Share :)
