My first pizza making experience

OH yeah... I tried my hand on my very own, first homemade pizza. All from scratch, the dough and the fillings.

The bread maker was very helpful indeed, it was a no-brainer, I just need to weigh the ingredients and dump everything in, turn the switch on, press for the designated program and press start. 

By 1.5 hours, the dough is ready to be poured out for the pizza making time.

There, I figured my first mistake. I had no rolling pin! Hence, I just used my fingers to try spreading the dough as neatly and evenly as possible. It wasn't a disaster but a rolling pin would certainly do a much better work than these fingers!

Next, squeeze the tomato sauce over it but I realized I should have use a spoon to even them out. That was done the next time and the next. Learning through the way. 

 I used minced pork the first time since it was what I could find in my fridge that time. Diced up capsicum and big onions and sprinkled on top of the minced meat.

 Almost there. Just 2 more ingredients, mushroom and mozzarella cheese.

 Meimei snapped a picture of me washing up as I went along. I have this habit of washing up in the process of cooking anything at all, as I don't like seeing a messed up kitchen.

It's a very rare picture of my back and I like it. I look like a freaking ghost with long hair!

Ahh... I also liked some tangy spicyness on the food I prepare, so in went some long sliced red chilly.

 And there, ready to go to the oven. I think it was too overloaded with stuffs!!!

 Then, I realized my 2nd mistake. The pizza pan I bought for the first time was too big! I was so upset with myself for overlooking that very important detail and I couldn't throw away the pizza as well! The kids would be too disappointed and me too. I tried to find something else to replace the pan but it was also tough to move the whole pizza without destroying the whole array totally.

In the end, I put the pan tilted to its side as shown in the picture above, praying that it would still turn out ok.

ta-da!! The end product.

It was still very yummy and the kids had nothing but praises for it. The hubs didn't believe I made it from scratch, suggesting that I bought those frozen ones from the hypermarkets (as what he normally does) and just heat it up, claiming then I made pizza.

The next day, I quickly bought a rolling pin and a smaller pan back home and made another one, with ham and sausages topping. I also did a banana kaya pizza, imitating Domino's which I absolutely LOVE! They turned out all pretty good.

And here, I share the recipe for the dough for you. You can knead it up yourself too, I believe, by mixing all the ingredients up evenly and kneading it for around half an hour then letting it sit for another 1 hour. At least that's what the bread maker guide/ recipe book says!

Dough
Ingredients
water - 140 ml
olive oil - 15 ml
unbleached white bread flour - 225 gm
salt - 5 ml/ 1 tsp
sugar - 2.5 ml/ 1/2 tsp
easy blend dried yeast - 2.5ml/ 1/2 tsp

No more Pizza Hut or Dominos!!