After lunch, Olivia and I felt like making a nice big nasty mess in the kitchen, so we got out the flour, the yeast, the measuring cups and went all crazy. The intention on Saturdays has been to plan some kind of "themed" entertainment. For example, last Saturday, we watched a Jackie Chan movie and ordered in Chinese. This weekend, I thought, wouldn't it be fun to make pizza and watch some metal crunching monster truck action? So, Michael was in charge of finding some monster truck-a-thon insanity for our viewing pleasure while Olivia and I got the pizza dough rolling--so to speak.
I won't say the crust turned out exactly as planned, but it was satisfactory for a crust that was mostly made with whole grains. Our toppings were delicious and healthy--the modern twin wonders of chicken sausage and turkey pepperoni. And for the grown-ups, the additional pleasures of mushrooms, spinach, red peppers, and mascarpone cheese. Delicioso! The kids loved it, and they really loved the vintage 1980's monster truck footage their dad treated them to while they ate!
What follows is a play by play of our dough making efforts, with Miss Olivia in charge.
Proofed yeast in a Pyrex measuring cup. We used a total of 2 1/2 cups of water, a dash of sugar, and Hodgson Mill's yeast made especially for whole grains.
Miss O.diligently mixing all the flours together. We used two cups of whole wheat, two cups of whole grain oat flour and two cups of all-purpose white flour.
A 6-year-old's hand full of kosher salt seemed like the proper measure.
Pouring in our liquid and proofed yeast.
She counted slowly to six while pouring in the olive oil.
Mom was left to finish the kneading process. (Miss O's arms got really super tired!)
And here is the fruit of our labors. The kids had a plainer version with just the turkey pepperoni and the chicken sausage. A fine accompaniment to any monster truck rally.
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