Beer Pizza Dough

Today is a very sad day. Sad indeed. Today is the day movers will come and haul away my beautiful, shiny, stainless steel oven so it can go to its new home.
And we will be ovenless for the next two months or so. I haven’t told you that we’re moving? Ooops. I loathe moving, but somehow I end up doing this way too frequently. That’s a whole different story, but yep, we’re headed off for our next adventure on July 25th and we’ve got to start emptying out our flat, selling our belongings and getting ready for the movers. So, today, at 6 pm the new owners of my oven will come to take it away.
So I had to make a going away dinner, one last hurrah before parting with the oven. But I couldn’t think of anything…until I opened the fridge and saw that one, lonely bottle of beer that had been sitting on the bottom shelf of the fridge for months now. It wasn’t that it was a bad beer, it was just a maltier beer than I prefer. And there was only one. But it would be perfect for pizza.There are few things that go together as well or complement each other as perfectly as beer and pizza. But put the beer in the pizza? Yes, perfect! It was the perfect final meal to cook with the oven. And it was delicious. A delicious yeasty dough, sweetened ever so slightly by honey. Yum! Easy and delicious!
Happy Eating!
~Nikki

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Easy Pizza Dough

I love pizza. But I love a lot of food. I think it would be easier to give you a list of things I don’t like, but then you would be painfully aware of how unrefined my palate truly is. I like pizza SO much that I can sit down and eat an entire large pizza by myself. Really, I’ve done it more than once. It’s one of those fabulous dishes that you just keep going for that next slice, even when your already full and you know that it’s going to hurt…but you just keep eating. But one of the real reasons I like pizza because it can be a relatively balanced meal: a little carb, a little fat and lots of veggies. It’s the perfect meal. Now I’m not talking stuffed crust pizza from your local delivery or greasy pizza that’s more like soup and leaves a greasy puddle on your plate. I’m talking about a pizza with a thin, crispy crust a touch of cheese and loads of yummy veggies. The best pizzas are the ones you make at home.

That being said, I’ve had a difficult time finding a good pizza dough recipe that doesn’t get chewy or gummy so I’ve always just purchased pre-made pizza dough and then topped it myself. But after tweaking this recipe I will never purchase pizza dough again! J and I went on a pizza kick last week, testing this recipe with different toppings and it was, well it was a fantastic night of eating!

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