Sunday, May 06, 2007

Quest for da best homemade pizza [fast]

AKO'y NAHUHUMALING SA... mskm at rounin... hehe

SOBRANG daming pizza promotions lately..... PIZZAHUT (the $10.99 anysize, any specialty hand tossed pizza) at PAPA JOHN's (the $10.99 large cheese pizza with 5 free toppings), sobrang nakakatakam tuloy!!!

The bad thing: TOO much fat and CALORIES ang pizza (sabi a slice of pizza usually equates a mcdonald's big mac or quarter pounder, eh ang prob with pizza I dont eat just ONE slice right?)

SO, I SENT MYSELF IN A MISSION. Since I love pizza too much to give it up, ANG MISSION KO IS TO MAKE MY OWN perfect PIZZA! Btw, I hate frozen pizzas!!! suuuuuper di masarap ang crust at kulang ang toppings.. hehe

AT shempre ang routine before magluto, is to find out kung anong mga food items ang NEARLY ROTTEN sa refrigerator.

Rottening :)>>>3 large tomatoes at boiled ground beef

GROCERY :)>>> pita bread, $0.99 pepperoni (50 slices), shredded cheese (mozzarela)

HOW I DID IT: in exchange for the usual white pizza dough or premade pizza dough, I used whole wheat flat pita bread.

BASE SAUCE: so instead of using premade pizza sauce or marinara, I used what's rottening sa ref. Heat my ground beef, add my chopped tomatoes (2 in total minus the rottening parts hehe), and an almost expired tomato paste in the pantry. Simmer for 15mins, Add few water, mix, salt pepper, dash sugar, and garlic. Simmer for additional 5mins.

Assemble: Syempre since its my first time to try it with pita bread, conservative muna, pepperoni and cheese. NExt time na ung may iba't ibang toppings. So pita bread, base sauce, cheese, then meat.

OVEN TOAST: Its too small for me to waste energy to bake it, kaya I used oven toaster na lang. I set it at 425F between 8-12minutes....

AND WHAT'S a PIZZA WITHOUT HOT SAUCE eh?!

RATINGS: 3.5/5
:crust is healthy, tastes good-better than frozen but not as tasty as pizzahut or papajohns,
great crunch and chewyness
napadami ang sauce so mejo umasim,
bland cheese, should use provologne huh?
lacks herby taste
toested pepperoni.

ITS REALLY AWESOME for its cheap price and i think some healthier ingredients? hehe