Chapter 183 Pizza
While waiting for the cheese to solidify, you also need to prepare the side dishes and sauces.
Mu Xi was fetching water behind the kitchen. The weather was cold before, so the well was not frozen, but the water tank connected to the kitchen faucet was not frozen.
It is not that cold now, so Mu Xi broke the ice inside and scooped it out, then filled it with water again. He wrapped the outside and the top with thick straw so that it would not freeze.
The kitchen window was open for ventilation, and when she looked out she could just see Mu Xi.
"What flavor do you want? How about tomato?"
Mu Xi tilted the bucket in his hand and poured the water into the reservoir. He heard her words and waited until the water was poured out before replying, "It's all right, just don't make it too sour."
Zhao Yeqing took out the dried tomatoes, added water to the pot, and threw a handful of dried tomatoes in to cook.
Wait until it is soft before removing the lid, adding sugar and stirring evenly, cooking over high heat to dry out the moisture inside, and finally adding a little butter and garlic and stir-frying to get a pot of rich tomato sauce.
After scooping it out, start stir-frying the minced beef, add butter and sauté until fragrant, then mix it into the tomato sauce.
Of course, minced beef cannot be considered the meat on pizza. It has to be in large pieces so that it feels like eating meat.
Cut a portion of beef belly into sieve-sized pieces, fry it in butter to induce the Maillard reaction, and set it aside.
I took the pot back to the stove and stir-fried some lamb with cumin. I added a thin layer of starch to the bottom of the pot, and the starch had a rich aroma.
Take the fermented dough out of the room, divide it into two portions, tear it into pancakes about twelve inches long, use a rolling pin to roll it as round as possible, and fold the edges of the pancakes.
The side dishes just out of the pan need to be cooled down a bit before being put on the dough, so that they will be fragrant when baked.
The cheese ball that was previously placed outdoors has become half frozen, so it is now convenient to cut it. Use a knife to cut it into slices and then into shreds.
If you want to make the cheese for pizza into strings, you have to wait until the cheese is thawed before using it. Completely frozen cheese cannot be made into strings if it is put directly into the oven.
Now that it is in a semi-frozen state, it is both easy to cut and easy to thaw.
When it softens, spread a layer of cheese on the pizza crust, then put the lamb on it, pour a little starch sauce on the meat, and then spread another layer of cheese.
The other crust is first covered with rich tomato beef sauce, followed by cheese - beef cubes - cheese.
Mu Xi filled the reservoir with water and lit the barbecue in the backyard.
Zhao Yeqing handed two pizzas out of the window, and Mu Xi took them directly from outside and put them into the oven.
I estimate it will take more than twenty minutes to bake.
After sealing the oven, Mu Xi walked in, turned on the faucet first, made sure the water was flowing normally, and then washed the pots and pans.
Zhao Yeqing moved a small stool and sat beside the oven to watch over it.
He was holding a martial arts novel in his hand.
The temperature from the oven melted the snow next to it, and she only reacted when the snow water flowed to her feet.
It was estimated that the ground here would freeze again tomorrow morning, so she raised her voice to remind Mu Xi to be careful and not to step on it and fall.
Today's temperature has risen to minus five degrees Celsius, which is the mildest temperature in recent times.
Only occasionally a chilly north wind blows over, making people feel refreshed.
Slowly, a slight aroma wafted out of the oven, as if it was condensed by the cold air. The aroma lingered only around the oven and could no longer be smelled farther away.
She turned down the heat to avoid burning the pizza.
There are fire holes on the top and bottom to ensure that the food inside is heated evenly.
Choose the right time and when it's almost done, open the red bricks that seal the oven.
Last time I used tin foil to seal it, but the insulation effect was average and it was a bit wasteful.
This time, because the internal space of the oven has been enlarged, red bricks are directly stacked at the oven mouth to seal it, which can be taken down after baking.
Zhao Yeqing planned to use tongs to remove the red brick, but the red brick was too heavy and he could only hold the front end of the tongs.
Mu Xi looked at the time and came out, wearing gloves on his hands, "Let me do it, you'll easily burn your hands like this."
When the oven was opened, the aroma inside seemed to have found an outlet and poured out all at once.
The aroma of the roasted dough even overwhelms the sauce and side dishes, and the smell of wheat is like the satisfaction of eating the staple food.
Zhao Yeqing lowered his head and looked inside. The pizza was already baked, but the area around the crust was a little burnt, probably because it was stacked too high and the fire in the upper burner was burning too strongly.
However, there is only one thing that has basically no effect, but instead makes the roasted wheat aroma have a special burnt fragrance.
Pizza should be eaten while it’s hot, so the two of them took it and hurried back to the house.
Use a knife to cut into classic triangular pieces.
Zhao Yeqing likes sour and sweet food, so he first picked up the beef pizza with tomato beef sauce.
The pizza was sprinkled with enough shredded cheese, which formed long strings when you picked it up.
Compared to the cheese you buy, this cheese is obviously more fragrant and has much better stringiness.
The sweet and sour tomato beef sauce is wrapped with milky cheese and mixed with the soft dough into the mouth. The flavors complement each other. The fat of the diced beef melts in the mouth, with a hint of milk aroma.
Zhao Yeqing narrowed his eyes instantly.
Mu Xi couldn't help but curl his eyebrows when he saw her look. He knew it was delicious without asking.
He didn't take the tomato meat sauce that Zhao Yeqing had just eaten, but picked up the cumin lamb.
This pizza is not spread with sauce, but a little starch sauce is drizzled on it when putting the lamb.
The slightly thick sauce will not evaporate quickly in the oven, but will moisten the pizza crust underneath first, so that it will not be baked dry after baking.
The upper and lower layers of cheese on the pizza crust are paired with lamb. The milky aroma neutralizes the overly prominent aroma of cumin, allowing the taste of lamb to blend into the cheese crust.
Zhao Yeqing finished the pizza in his hand. Seeing that Mu Xi was eating lamb, he habitually asked, "Is it delicious?"
Mu Xi seemed to have expected her to ask this question, and he nodded in response before he even swallowed the pizza in his mouth.
Zhao Yeqing couldn't wait to pick up the mutton.
Completely different flavors, yet so harmonious.
After eating two large pizzas, both of them were very satisfied and had fully satisfied their cravings.
Zhao Yeqing sighed, "I haven't ordered takeout for a long time. This time I finally got my fill."
There is no shortage of milk at home now, and as long as there is flour, there will be endless pizza.
It was as if spring had suddenly arrived, and she was extremely grateful for her decision to come to the meadow.
Mu Xi was also thinking about the inventory at home, and after counting them carefully, he said:
"You need yeast to make the crust. I didn't pay attention to it at the beginning and only brought back two packets of yeast from the village. Now I'm afraid it's not enough."
I usually use a lot of it to make steamed buns, dumplings and flatbreads, and now there is only a little bit left in the last pack.
Zhao Yeqing thought about it and said, "It's OK. If we don't have yeast, we can just grow it ourselves!"
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