I'm very excited to announce that I completed:
#16: Make Gram's pizza on my own
Several years ago I begged my grandmother for all of her recipes. However, I never used most of them. Truthfully, she makes them all way better (mostly because half the recipes she gave me were either different versions or she left out the "secret ingredients"). So, I managed to FINALLY make an attempt at making pizza--something EVERY Italian should know how to do.
So, I took my Gram's recipe and cut it in 4th. She usually makes 8-10 pizzas at a time and I really don't need all that. I also had to do some different shopping than usual. I spent about 20 minutes wandering around the grocery store, because apparently no one buys yeast anymore. It took me FOREVER to find. I actually had to call my mom and ask where she thought it would be. I had guessed near the flour and was wrong. Luckily, it was in the same aisle and I eventually got out of there, yeast in hand.
I also had to make a few adjustments. My Gram is super old-school and does all her kneading by hand. I am FAR too lazy for that and used the dough hook on my mixer. In the end, it came out A-OK. Not exactly like Gram's, but not bad either. I made both of her traditional pizzas, one red and one white. I had to make a couple adjustments again, though. I started making red sauce, but forgot it was on the stove and I kind of burnt it. So, I ended up needing to use my emergency jar of store-bought sauce I keep in the cupboard. I also used a bit more cheese than Gram traditionally does-- mostly because she's a little weak on the cheese.
In the end, I made it and I'm super excited that I still have pizza two days later! Check out the photos!
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| The yeast that took me forever to find. |
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| Yeast mixed with warm water. |
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| Making the dough |
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| The poor sauce that had to be discarded |
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| Rolling out the dough |
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| Red pizza in the oven |
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| White pizza about to go in the oven. |
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| White pizza is my FAVORITE! |
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| Finished red pizza. YUM! |
and just a quick update on:
#9: Keep a plant alive for more than a year.
My mother claims that my bamboo isn't quite dead. So, we cut the bottom off and we're trying to keep the rest of it alive. There's not much left to work with, but here's a picture of what's left... Just gotta keep it going to August!
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| My poor bamboo has no bottom half! |
