Kale and Mozzarella Pizza with Wheat and Barley Crust

Start with homemade pizza dough and then just saute some kale with garlic and slice some good mozzarella cheese.  And that is basically it!  I love these straight-forward dinners with short ingredient lists. Of course, the Thermomix facilitates by having fresh pizza dough with a variety of different flours mixed and kneaded in just a few minutes.  I leave the dough to rise on the kitchen counter and then we walk to the park knowing dinner will be ready in 15 minutes.  When we get home, I just have to assemble the pizza and put in in the oven. When I go to St. Lawrence market, I pick up some mozzarella and a bunch of organic kale.  Mid-week, I have a fast and yummy meal on the table in little time.  If we decide to make a different kind of pizza, I can use the kale to make some kale chips.  We enjoy this pizza with chicken caesar leftovers from the previous meal or carrot ginger soup.  What makes this crust particularly good is that you let it brown in the broiler before adding the toppings.  You will find the original recipe and idea at:http://marcussamuelsson.com/recipes/whole-wheat-kale-and-mozzarella-pizza-recipe
                                                                  

dough ready to become pizza!

Thermomix Pizza Dough Ingredients:                                             
280g warm water
1 sachet dry yeast
20g olive oil

2 tsp rock salt                                                 
350g whole wheat flour
100g all-purpose flour
50g barley flour


Thermomix Instructions:
Place the water, yeast, oil and salt into the TM bowl.  Mix for 5 seconds on speed 3
Add the flour.  Continue mixing for 6 seconds on speed 8 to combine.
Set the dial to closed lid position.  Knead the dough for 2 minutes on Interval speed.
Transfer the dough to a floured bowl and let dough rise to double the quantity, about 30 minutes.

When I turn my "green" pizza
 upside-down
I don't have to see what I'm eating!

                                                      

Personal Pizzas and Pizza Sandwiches for You and Your Toddler

spinach, roasted garlic
mixed cheeses
and tomato sauce

It is so simple to prepare pizza dough in my Thermomix.  I enjoy mixing up different flours and topping them with whatever we have in the refrigerator.  See my basic pizza dough with Thermomix method below.  Of course, you do not need a Thermomix to make pizza dough.  A new favorite topping of ours is ground lamb with chopped onion/shallot, garlic, fresh herbs and olive oil.  Just cook the ground lamb until half-way done and then top pizza with the lamb and veggie mixture. Sometimes, if we have it, we spread roasted garlic on dough before adding lamb mixture.  When pizza is hot out of the oven, crumble some feta, throw on some arucula and drizzle with fresh lemon juice and olive oil.  Does my toddler eat this? Sometimes, but without the salad/feta topping.
                                                         
A few days ago, I got really excited when I saw these:  hand-held, self-contained pizza sandwiches on, http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/pizza-sandwiches.  Since I always bring my toddler's meals with us wherever we go, I must give these a try.  I will post pictures when I make them.  

farmer's market yellow cherry tomatoes
with roasted broccoli and mozzarella

What you need:

ground lamb pizza with
arucula/feta (ran out so used romaine)
topping

280 grams warm water

1 sachet dry yeast

drop of maple syrup

20 grams olive oil

2 teaspoons salt

200 grams whole wheat flour

200 grams white flour

100 grams spelt flour

What to do:
Place the water, yeast, oil, maple syrup and salt in TM Bowl.  Let rest for 5 minutes.  Mix for 5 seconds on speed 3.


Add the flour.  Continue mixing for 6 seconds on speed 8 to combine.


Set dial to closed lid position.  Knead the dough for 2 minutes on Interval speed.


Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with tea towel.  Let dough rise to double the quantity, about 30 minutes.

Break dough into portions and let rest again for 15 minutes.  Form your pizzas and add your favorite toppings.  


To make pizza sandwiches: roll out dough, fill one half and fold over, no need to seal.

salami, cheese and tomato sauce
pizza pockets

check out our favorite salami
 http://www.berettaorganics.com/products/?id=3125