The Heart Of Texas

The girls wanted homemade pizza for dinner so I got right after the preparation of the dough. I like it to rise twice and then again in the refrigerator. Then 2 hours prior to cooking I like it to rest at room temperature. I have been experimenting with many different flours. Napoli 000 is extremely good, but the high-gluten Baker's Flour from Central Market works great. Recently I bought some finely ground cornmeal. I mixed in about 1/4 cup at the beginning and then worked another 1/4 during the proofing process. Giving the yeast some time to activate in the warm water is very important. The chemical process of the yeast working on the flour is a glorious thing. Adding honey also changes the chemical process. The honey has a positive reaction with the yeast. It seems to accelerate the effects. Sorry, I went off on a tangent. Using the same recipe as my previous pizza, I made a special one for my lovely. I cooked and drained 1 pound of Italian sausage. I bought fre...

I decided to make a turkey pot pie for the family this evening. I wanted to get away from shortening so I tried organic butter. The crust was fantastic. It goes like this: 3 cups baker's flour 1 cup Kerrigold's unsalted butter 2 t sea salt 1/2 cup ice water That's it! The filling was the following: 1 large sweet yellow onion 5 carrots chopped 6 stalks celery chopped 2 cups turkey meat chopped 1 cup turkey stock 1 TBS corn starch 1 TBS cracked peppercorn just enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the skillet Enjoy the pictures!