New York Style Pizza & Pizza Sauce

Here comes other version of pizza, New York style pizza. Swathi suggested this in Baking Partners challenge for this month, actually she suggested three recipes and I choose the one by Pam of living rancho deluxe. As soon I saw the recipe it was interesting and I came to know first time about cool rise for pizza dough. Planned to try and finally tried this last Friday and we all feel in love. This is one of the best pizzas I have ever tasted; my husband says “I will be happy if you repeat the same again”.

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough:
Bread flour	28 oz
Water	Little less than 2 ¼ cup
Quick rise or instant dry yeast	1 tsp
Oil	3 Tbsp
Salt	as per taste
Yields: four 14 " pizzas
Pizza Sauce:
Whole peel tomato 28 oz can	1
Olive oil	1 Tbsp
Unsalted butter	1 Tbsp
Garlic pods	2
Dry oregano	1 tsp
Onion chopped	½ medium sized one
Basil leaves	¼ cup
Mint leaves	one handful
Yields: four pizzas

 

Directions for dough:

1. In a mixing bowl add water; in another bowl add flour, salt and yeast mix well.
2. Combine the flour mixture to water and mix well until the flour is incorporated.
3. Add oil and knead for 4-5 minutes (I used a stand mixer on low speed if your kneading by hand might increase the time).
4. Divide the dough to four equal parts and grease it with few drops of oil and place them in sealed bag (quart sized zip lock bags) in refrigerator for about 72 hours.
5. After rise bring the dough to room temperature (place the dough 1-2 hours in room temperature), dust a pizza peel or parchment paper and transfer the dough to that.
6. In the meantime, preheat the pizza stone or pizza pan for 45 – 50 minutes at 550º F, shape the dough and add your favorite toppings and cheese.
7. Transfer the pizza to preheated stone or pan and bake for about 6 – 8 minutes.

 

Directions for Pizza Sauce:

1. In a food processor pulse the tomatoes, it should be chunky.
2. Heat oil and butter in a sauce pan in medium heat, add garlic and oregano and saute for a minute until nice aroma comes.
3. Next add pureed tomatoes, salt, onion, basil leaves and mint. Mix well and reduce the flame to low or simmer and cook until it’s reduced to half in quantity by string occasionally.
4. This process might take about an hour, cool completely and store in a air tight container for about two weeks in refrigerator.

 

Note:

• For best result allow dough to rise for 72 hours if you are planning to use in 24 or 48 hours increase your kneading time 2 – 4 minutes more.
• Always use weigh machine for measuring the flour and for best results use king Arthur flour.

 

 

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Japanese Cheese Cake

This my second challenge in Baking Partners, first I need to thank Reeni and Swathi for choosing such a wonderful cheesecake for this month. Recipe source Dinna.

Ingredients:

Eggs	6
Powdered sugar	5 oz
Butter	2 oz
Cream cheese	9 oz
Milk	100ml
Lemon juice	1 tbsp
Cake flour	2 oz
Corn flour	1 oz
Salt	1 tsp

 

Directions:

1. Separate egg yolk and white in two large bowls. Let it come to room temperature. Mix cornstarch, cake flour and salt set aside.
2. Melt cream cheese and milk over a double boiler, when the cheese is almost melted add butter and mix well and remove from double boiler and allow it to cool completely.
3. Mean while beat egg yolk well, add to the cooled cheese mixture. Fold in the flour mixture and lemon juice and mix well without lumps.
4. Using a strainer filter the cheese and flour mixture and set aside.
5. Whisk egg whites by adding sugar little by little until soft peaks form.
6. Add egg whites to cheese mixture and fold well (Mix small amount at a time).
7. Grease eight inch spring form pan, wrap the bottom with aluminum foil (two or three times this is to prevent leaking).
8. Bake the mixture in waterbath (place the spring form pan in a large pan with 1 inch hot water) for 1 hour 10 – 20 minutes at 325°F or until golden brown on top.
9. Allow it to cool and serve.

 

Tips:

• I baked mine at 300ºF, oven temperature might vary, keep an eye while baking if your cake rise or turn brown very fast then you might reduce the temperature.
• Before you take your cake out of the oven open your oven door half way for 10 – 15 minutes and then take it oven.

 

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Hi
Today I am not going to post any recipes, Couple weeks before when I was checking my fellow bloggers page found lot of them posted same baking recipe as a row, after analyzing I found this group. Hope it's a nice place to learn baking recipes and baking tips, so mailed swathi immediately. This is the right time to thank her for accepting my request and Thanks for inviting me to join. Here is the information about Baking Partners.

  Baking Partners: A new Baking Group
A group of home bakers helping each other to achieve perfection.

Baking a home made Baking a homemade bread, cake or cookies will give the best outcome. However in order to achieve the best results, a perfect recipe and right techniques are required.

We are a small group of home baker friends, who love and want to learn more about the nook and corners of baking.  We are planning to try out recipes from books/magazines and cooking shows.  Every member gets a chance to present their choice of recipe and share important points with the rest of the group.

Main purpose of this group is to learn the techniques, critic the procedure if there are ways to improve, and to eat a delicious food.

Rules are simple, we will choose one recipe and send it out to the group by 16th of every month and the reveal date will be 15th of the next month. On that day we will blog about it. A linky tool will be open during that time and each member can link their post.

First month we are going to do a recipe, 2nd and 3rd month will be a theme and the 4th month we will be back at a recipe. By doing in between recipes, we will able to learn more.

All enthusiastic bloggers interested in baking are welcome, please email Swathi  of Zesty South Indian Kitchen  at favoriterecipes12@gmail.com.

We will appreciate the use of logo or worded link that will help to spread the word.  A bunch of thanks to Tina for designing this beautiful logo

If you   want to make it a gluten or vegan free diet, you can do those modifications also.