Posts Tagged ‘One Pound Wonders’

No-Oven Pizza

May 8, 2023

It is not possible to make pizza at home, at least not in the oven, it is not hot enough. But it is possible in a frying pan?

I tried a couple of weeks ago, proof of concept.

I made many mistakes. Second attempt, learn from mistakes.

Sorry Jamie Oliver, self raising flour no suitable, lacks strength and elasticity.

A couple of weeks ago I spotted in M&S frozen pizza dough. Give it a try.  Take out of the freezer the night before and leave in the fridge. In the morning take out of the fridge and leave for a couple of hours to reach room temperature.

A mistake I made was to take the pizza ball out of its little plastic bag and pop on a plate. It would have been ok if covered. It started to dry out.

My first attempt I did not dust with flour the surface or my hands. Sticky dough sticks to everything

The dough ball, push down with the heal of hand, then from the middle push outwards. Looks easy, not as easy as it looks, but becomes easier with practice. Keep pushing until about 9 inches if looking for a 12 inch pizza.

I was pleased it was circular, not irregular.

Now pick up, lay across back of hand and pull outwards.

A mistake. I should have laid across the back of both hands and pulled out from the centre.

I did not extend sufficiently, and pizza was not as thin as I would have wished.

Drop into a frying pan with heat on full whack.
It will take a couple of minutes. Lift to see if getting burnt spots.

For some reason I did not get the burnt spots and cooked for too long.  But, the surface did start to bubble.

Flip over.

Scoop out tomato sauce. Drop in the middle. Using the back of a spoon, apply in a spiral.

Add Lincolnshire Poacher cheese, sprinkle dried oregano. A couple more minutes. Periodically lift pizza to look at the base.

Surprisingly not bad. Pizza crispy, soft inside. Would have been even better had I a thin base.


This time burnt spots, cheese starting to melt.

Better than would find in a chain. Not as good as the best.

Use soft wheat 00, for pizza. Makes the world of difference.

I should have added mozzarella cheese.

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Smoked bacon and pea gnocchi

April 13, 2023

Smoked bacon and pea gnocchi adapted from quick and easy gnocchi Jamie Oliver One Pound Wonders.

ingredients

– 400g fresh gnocchi – 2 rashers of smoked back bacon
– 2 cloves of garlic
– 200g frozen peas
– 150ml single cream
– Lincolnshire Poacher cheese

– 2 rashers of smoked back bacon
– 2 cloves of garlic
– 200g frozen peas
– 150ml single cream
– Lincolnshire Poacher cheese

– pinch of smoked paprika (optional)

method

Fill a sauce pan with boiling kettle water and place on a high heat. Add little salt.

Meanwhile, roughly slice the bacon and place in a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat with a big pinch of black pepper and cook for around three minutes, or until golden and crisp.

Finely slice and stir in the garlic, cook for a minute, then add a splash of water and the
frozen peas. Add more water if required Cook for two minutes, or until the peas are tender, use a potato masher (or back of a large spoon)
to squash them slightly.

Stir in the cream, remove from the heat and grate and mix in most of the cheese.

Cook the gnocchi in the pan of boiling salted water for 2 to 3 minutes – as soon as they rise to the surface they’re ready. Remove with a slotted spoon (or drain the pot) and toss into the sauce, adding splashes of starchy cooking water, if needed, to loosen.

Taste, season to perfection, then dish up, finely grating over the reserved cheese.

thoughts

A very tasty dish.

I lacked sufficient single cream, improvised, poured in a little double cream and semi-skimmed milk.

Maybe better to use the back of a large spoon than a potato masher as will then have a range of squashed and whole peas.

I used fresh gnocchi (easier than making from scratch).

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Mushroom risotto

March 28, 2023








Adapted from Jamie Oliver One Pound Wonders mushroom risotto.

ingredients

– mushrooms
– chicken stock
– dry vermouth
– white wine
– olive oil
– clove of garlic
– pinch of herbe de Provence
– red onion
– 2 sticks of celery
– risotto rice
– Lincolnshire Ploughman cheese

method

Chicken stock into a pot and bring is simmer.

Place a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat with slosh of olive oil.

Peel, finely slice and stir in the garlic for two minutes

Slice and add the the mushrooms, dried thyme and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Cook until the mushrooms start to caramelise and any wate stirring occasionally, then remove from the heat.

Remove the mushrooms to be returned later.b

    Peel the onion and finely chop with the celery. Add the the pan. Adda slosh of olive oil. Cook until softened.

    Once the veg has softened, stir in the rice to toast for 2 minutes.

    Return the mushrooms.

    Add vermouths d white wine.

    Keep adding stock, stir.

    Cook for around 15 minutes.

    Add Lincolnshire Poacher cheese and a dollop of creme fraiche.

    Plate. Sprinkle on top the cheese remains.

    thoughts

    Disappointed. Not as creamy as mushroom risotto at Old Ithaki.

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