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Jumbo-sized (3.5 inch diameter) silicone cupcake liners become the perfect cooking pan for baking these single-serving deep dish pizzas.
Pesto is a tasty replacement for Marinara sauce when you are want some variation from the standard tomato-based sauce. However, Pesto can be expensive to make. This Pesto recipe is a tasty, cheaper option, that can be made easily in less than half an hour. Leaving out the Parmasan Cheese will significantly lower the cost. Using a small amount of Marmite will replace the Umami falvor that typically came from the Parmasan, and the reduced price makes this Pesto fit better in your budget. The cost can be further reduced by replacing Pine Nuts with raw, chopped Almonds. Pesto can be a great addition to any pasta dish, a tasty relish for an italian sandwhich, or a Pizza sauce. The Olive Oil should be integrated by hand, since using a blender to mix in the Olive Oil can cause the Oil to break down and result in a bitter flavor.
This spicy/sweet nectar is the perfect finishing sauce. Use a silicone basting brush to paint liberally around the edge of your Pizza, across the top of your bread loaf, or on chicken before putting it in the oven. If you are unable to find Aleppo Pepper, any other Ground Hot Peppers or Hot Pepper Flakes can be substituted in a pinch. Optionally, you could also replace the Pepper with 1 Tablespoon Tabasco Sauce or 1 Tablespoon Franks Hot Sauce, and reduce the Vinegar by half.
Generally, Pizza Dough is best cooked at high temperatures, like 800° to 1500° F. However, most in-home ovens can only reach temperatures of 500° or 550° F. Although a Pizza Stone or a Cast Iron Pan does not increase the heat levels in your oven, it will hold the heat within your oven longer, allowing the dough to cook into a perfect crust. Add sauce to this dough, some meat and vegetable toppings, and a freshly shredded Mozzarella. 10 minutes later, it is Pizza time! Sugar is a commonly used to help yeast growth. Diastatic Malt Powder (NOT malted milk powder) is modified flour that can replace the sugar (3:1) and produce more active yeast with a higher rise and a finer crumb.
This quick and easy red sauce can compliment pasta, be served over grilled vegetables, or used as a pizza sauce. Enjoy the convenience of a flavorful marinara sauce that can literally be put together in minutes and requires no cooking, before adding it to the pizza.
This red sauce will provide a nice change when you want something other than the standard marinara sauce.
Strombolis and Calzones, for the uninitiated, are like a pizza, that is wrapped up like a burrito. Calzone purists claim that a Calzone should be made without sauce as an ingredient. Instead, the sauce is served on the side. In my opinion, a sauce-free Calzone is unecesarily dry, even with the inclusion of a marinara dipping sauce. Additionally, the Calzone is typically folded over, while a Stromboli is rolled up. This recipe includes sauce as an ingredient. Similar to pizza, the possible options for filling your Calzone is endless. You should note that the order that toppings go onto the Calzone is different from a pizza. Start with cheese, then add sauce, then a layer of meat and/or vegetables, and finally top it all off with the seasonings.
