Friday, 30 January 2015

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe Biography

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This will most likely be a long post.  I won’t be offended if you skip all the writing.

But, The Curvy Carrot (my extracurricular baby) has just turned one.

I cannot believe that I started this blog one year ago.  I had just gotten back from the Food and Light Workshop in Boulder, Colorado with Annie.  I had been tossing the idea around in my head for a long time.  There I was, the ONLY participant at the workshop with these super talented and ingenious photographers/chefs/bloggers…and when I introduced myself, I was totally embarrassed to admit: “I don’t have a blog….yet.”  Suffice it to say, I think I have come a long way in a year, but I know I have so much more to learn.

A year ago, I was living with my parents, in the middle of a very intense period of my life:  finishing up residency, going through a divorce from a very unhealthy relationship, trying to sell a home in a super horrible market, but I simply decided to lay it all out there and start doing what I wanted to do.  No more limitations, no more disappointments, no more sacrificing what I wanted for anyone else. And what I wanted to do was channel my energy into something that would inspire me, lift me up, challenge me, and allow me to grow as a novice cook and blogger.  I was told so many times that I didn’t know how to cook, I couldn’t scramble an egg the right way, that my way was always the wrong way, that I chopped an onion wrong…just to name a few.  No more.  I wasn’t listening to or believing that anymore.  Instead, I was going to start listening to that faint voice in my head that was echoed by one of my dearest friends very loudly (Annie, of course) who told me that I could do it.  Even if no one ever read this little blog….it was mine.  All mine.  And the pictures? All mine.  And the food? All made and tasted by me…and yes, I can cook.

I’ve reached several goals in a year.  I’ve posted every other day religiously, tried new foods, challenged my lack of creativeness, made both Foodgawker and Tastespotting (originally I was so intimidated to even submit anything!), made lots of new and amazing friends through the blogging world (you are the best-I know I don’t return comments as frequently as I should, but I will try to be better, I promise!), figured out the do’s and (definitely) do not’s of the blogging world (but I am still learning, of course), and, all along the way, I am celebrating the power that lies within the ability to just stop saying why you can’t do something….and suddenly figuring out that you most certainly can.

So, a year later, I am in a (very) tiny and (very) hot little one-bedroom basically studio apartment with two cats and one very tired doggy (who loves her new friends at “camp” everyday) with an oven that only fits one baking sheet at a time and an excruciatingly long pre-heat time.  I have really no counter space, and although I have overhead skylights, the harsh direct sunlight is very difficult to work with.  I’ll be experimenting with diffusers, white boards, and props.  I’ll be trying to branch out of my macro lens dependence.  I’m dedicated to making better (and hopefully healthier!) food and taking better (natural light) photos (but I am still going to throw indulgences in there every so often, you know).  Bear with me.  I’m planning a very fantastic upgrade to the website within the next few months to make it easier to navigate and more “professional” looking.  And as far as I am concerned, I am just getting started.

To celebrate my “blog anniversary”, so to speak, I am putting links to ten of my most personal favorite posts over the past year.  My, what a fun ride it has been!I have always been a fan of white pizzas, and with all these great options for cheeses out here,  I knew I couldn’t go wrong with a four cheese pizza..with my favorite herb: basil.  The cheese choices could be easily substituted with your own favorites, but I personally loved the combination of both the softer ricotta and goat cheeses with the mozzarella and Parmesans.  I put a little red pepper flakes on mine and sprinkled a teensy bit of flaked sea salt on top.  SO GOOD!Four Cheese White Pizza

Servings: 1 pizza, approximately 6-8 slices

Ingredients

For the dough:***This recipe makes enough for two pizzas.

1/2 cup warm water

2 and 1/4 teaspoon (or one packet) of instant yeast

4 cups (22 ounces) bread flour, plus more for rolling out your dough

1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 and 1/4 cup water, at room temperature

2 tablespoons olive oil.
This will most likely be a long post.  I won’t be offended if you skip all the writing.

But, The Curvy Carrot (my extracurricular baby) has just turned one.

I cannot believe that I started this blog one year ago.  I had just gotten back from the Food and Light Workshop in Boulder, Colorado with Annie.  I had been tossing the idea around in my head for a long time.  There I was, the ONLY participant at the workshop with these super talented and ingenious photographers/chefs/bloggers…and when I introduced myself, I was totally embarrassed to admit: “I don’t have a blog….yet.”  Suffice it to say, I think I have come a long way in a year, but I know I have so much more to learn.

A year ago, I was living with my parents, in the middle of a very intense period of my life:  finishing up residency, going through a divorce from a very unhealthy relationship, trying to sell a home in a super horrible market, but I simply decided to lay it all out there and start doing what I wanted to do.  No more limitations, no more disappointments, no more sacrificing what I wanted for anyone else. And what I wanted to do was channel my energy into something that would inspire me, lift me up, challenge me, and allow me to grow as a novice cook and blogger.  I was told so many times that I didn’t know how to cook, I couldn’t scramble an egg the right way, that my way was always the wrong way, that I chopped an onion wrong…just to name a few.  No more.  I wasn’t listening to or believing that anymore.  Instead, I was going to start listening to that faint voice in my head that was echoed by one of my dearest friends very loudly (Annie, of course) who told me that I could do it.  Even if no one ever read this little blog….it was mine.  All mine.  And the pictures? All mine.  And the food? All made and tasted by me…and yes, I can cook.

I’ve reached several goals in a year.  I’ve posted every other day religiously, tried new foods, challenged my lack of creativeness, made both Foodgawker and Tastespotting (originally I was so intimidated to even submit anything!), made lots of new and amazing friends through the blogging world (you are the best-I know I don’t return comments as frequently as I should, but I will try to be better, I promise!), figured out the do’s and (definitely) do not’s of the blogging world (but I am still learning, of course), and, all along the way, I am celebrating the power that lies within the ability to just stop saying why you can’t do something….and suddenly figuring out that you most certainly can.

So, a year later, I am in a (very) tiny and (very) hot little one-bedroom basically studio apartment with two cats and one very tired doggy (who loves her new friends at “camp” everyday) with an oven that only fits one baking sheet at a time and an excruciatingly long pre-heat time.  I have really no counter space, and although I have overhead skylights, the harsh direct sunlight is very difficult to work with.  I’ll be experimenting with diffusers, white boards, and props.  I’ll be trying to branch out of my macro lens dependence.  I’m dedicated to making better (and hopefully healthier!) food and taking better (natural light) photos (but I am still going to throw indulgences in there every so often, you know).  Bear with me.  I’m planning a very fantastic upgrade to the website within the next few months to make it easier to navigate and more “professional” looking.  And as far as I am concerned, I am just getting started.

To celebrate my “blog anniversary”, so to speak, I am putting links to ten of my most personal favorite posts over the past year.  My, what a fun ride it has been!I have always been a fan of white pizzas, and with all these great options for cheeses out here,  I knew I couldn’t go wrong with a four cheese pizza..with my favorite herb: basil.  The cheese choices could be easily substituted with your own favorites, but I personally loved the combination of both the softer ricotta and goat cheeses with the mozzarella and Parmesans.  I put a little red pepper flakes on mine and sprinkled a teensy bit of flaked sea salt on top.  SO GOOD!Four Cheese White Pizza

Servings: 1 pizza, approximately 6-8 slices

Ingredients

For the dough:***This recipe makes enough for two pizzas.

1/2 cup warm water

2 and 1/4 teaspoon (or one packet) of instant yeast

4 cups (22 ounces) bread flour, plus more for rolling out your dough

1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 and 1/4 cup water, at room temperature.

2 tablespoons olive oil.

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

White Pizza Recipe

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