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S'MORES PIZZA January and February are prime football watching months, with the Superbowl the grand finale. Here are some delicious snacks to share with football fans! BY RYAN SPELTS
Homemade Pizza
I love homemade pizza, and I love making it authentic. We have awesome neighbors behind us who have a brick oven that we have been able to make pizza in, and we love it. The key to pizza, in my opinion, is the dough. Great pizza dough has two key characteristics. One is that it needs to have a slightly rubbery resistance to it when you bite into it. It is hard to explain, but when you bite perfect dough, you can tell it isn’t just bread. Second, it needs to be a little sour. This comes from letting it ferment for 3-5 days in your fridge. This gives the dough the perfect texture and flavor. The dough itself is super simple; just flour, olive oil, warm water, yeast and salt.
One tip I will give you, though, is if you want to try a s'mores pizza, precook the dough by itself, poking lots of holes with a fork. When the dough is starting to brown, sprinkle it with graham cracker and butter mixture. Then, put on marshmallows and chocolate sauce and cook for about 2-3 minutes until everything melts. Yum!
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Pepperoni
Dough Recipe
Add 2 tsp. of dry active yeast to 1 1/2 cups of water at 100º (Let sit for 2-3 minutes and watch for bubbles to start forming) Mix in 1/3 cup of olive oil 1 tsp. salt 4 cups of flour (add more if dough is too sticky) Knead the dough for 5 minutes and then put in a covered bowl and put it in the fridge. Let it raise there for 3-5 days. Take it out 30
minutes before making pizza so it isn’t hard and get it to room temp. Roll out or toss small sections for personal pizza (use flour to keep it from sticking) or make bigger chunks to make two medium to large pizzas. The dough will rise in the oven, so I try to get it fairly thin. Put corn meal down on your cooking surface and cook in the oven. If you are using your oven in the house, turn it up as high as you can. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
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Smoked Pizza
If you have a smoker, a great way to add even more incredible flavor is to get a pizza stone; pre-heating it before putting the pizza on helps. I use a pizza peel with generous amounts of corn meal to make the dough slide off. Top the pizza with your favorite toppings before sliding it into place in the smoker or pizza oven. It takes some practice to make this work. Turn up the heat to as close to 600º as you can. Cook for 8-15 minutes; you just have to watch it and see how it is doing. The cheese should be melted and topping sizzling. Make sure to keep the lid closed primarily so it makes the heat go all around and not just on the bottom. It is tricky to keep an eye on it while also keeping the lid closed, so watch on your first one so you know how long it will take.
