yuuuuuuuup.
pizza is the best, man.
anybody who can't hang out with pizza is a real piece of sh!t,
and that's no joke.
me? i'm NOT a piece of sh!t,
and i also happen to really love pizza,
so that's kind of a good thing, for sure.
most recently, i tried a new thing.
yeah.
i put little bitty sexxy sprankles IN the dough,
and it turns out, that's an expert addition to my pizza repertoire.
mmhmm.
fire-roasted tomato flakes, dudes,
AND sossamon sesame seeds in both colorways.
heck yes, that's how you doo-doo that upgrade sh!t,
believe it.
the whole thing had a verrrry mediterranean vibe to it, too.
i mean it.
check the teleport:
WOOOOO!
c'mon.
that's some kind of wonderful, bro.
and that dough was ON POINT, too.
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NEW DOUGHSKI!
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preheat your oven to 450℉
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in your uprighteous stand-up mixer, with the dough hook in place,
knead up:
2 cups flour;
1 1/2 tsp salt;
1/2 tsp sugar;
1 pkg regular-A* yeast (~1 T);
2/3 cup warm water,
w/ 1 tsp bread machine yeast bloomed with 1 tsp agave (5 minutes' worth of activation);
3 T vegan butter;
2 T fire-roasty 'mato flakes;
1 T sesame seeds.
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knead it for 11 minutes and let it rise on up-
it'll likely get big quickly, for all the double yeast and warm weather around here,
it was poppin' off in record time.
we always stretch it on a steel tray, lightly oiled, and floured, as big as we can make it.
that's the only way.
smaller is stupid, and MORE is the truth.
too much is the right amount,
and that's the most true when we're discussing pizza.
really.
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we have leeks on there.
well, like, a third of a cup of the whitest part of one leek, anyway.
and about a cup of sliced red onion, too.
there's MORE fire roasted tomato flakes,
and fresh cracked black pepper,
and fried garlic spranks, because rules is rules-
and nootch dusted on there too.
also, sliced baby grape tomatoes. why?
because we left off tomato sauce, and we left off chee',
so we added allllll the good things to keep it interesting and delicious.
the main event, however, was adding the smoky chick peas.
F* yes.
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SMOKY PEEPEES!
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toast up the following spices in a hot pan:
1/2 tsp ea GPOP;
1/2 tsp cumin;
1/2 tsp ground coriander seed;
black pepper;
1 tsp smoked hot paprika;
1 tsp paprika.
add a glug of olive oil,
and 1 15oz can of drained rinsed chickpeas,
and toss 'em all up until they're totally coated in spicy nicey-niceness.
that's how you turn it up, b.
real talk.
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you add all the items to the surface of the thing, once the oven is hot enough,
and bake it for about ten minutes or so,
convection-style with all the circulation happening all over the place.
...what happened next?
next,
it got removed from the steel pan, and fired up directly on the oven stone.
the stone is so key, here, neighbors, for the best crust ever.
how long did it bake on there for?
until it was finished, man. obvi.
go get one if you don't have one....you'll thank me later.
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......aaaaaaaand then it got the good garnish.
yeah!
cool cukes and freshie-fresh parsley!!!
that's how you keep it tasting like summer.
and then, last but not least, a little drizzle of SAUCE!
wooooooo!!!!
tahini sauce for the title fight championship bout.
yeah.
two spoonfuls of sesame paste;
1 T lemon juice;
2 T warm water;
pink salt, black pepper, GPOP, and sumac, to taste, stirred and set up,
and poured over the top,
for an over-the-top experience that can't be measured in any articulate manner.
y'all ain't ready for how good it really is.
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dog walking in the rain?
heck yes.
we've got a big day ahead of us,
and he needs to be exhausted for it to work the way i'd like it to.
that means an exxxtra-long trek through exxxtra-awful conditions.
crabtree is not intentionally awful.
but he IS awful.
he just wants to be included and paid attention to.
really, that's all most of us really want.
i try to keep that in mind...
y'know?
he's basically a three year old feeling left out of grow-up conversations.
it's hard, though, because he is also a whiny little b!tch-A*,
which is enormously irritating.
but, that's his thing, which in turn is my thing,
and the only thing that i can really DO about it is think differently about what i want.
it's that simple.
i want him to be asleep forever, and never need anything from me ever,
but he does need lots of love and physical contact and eye contact and ear scratches
and car rides and cuddles and sh!t.
that's NOT what today holds, at all.
so, it's tire-him-out-time, so he can interact without being absolutely awful the whole time.
here's the thing- i love him because he's always here for me.
and that's what i'm keeping in mind as i prepare us both for a big day of family togetherness.
he needs special care, and it's up to me to provide it.
all we have to do is not ruin everything.
sounds simple.
let's see if we can do it;
never quiet, never soft.....
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