Alan went shopping and asked me if I wanted anything and as the dogs had worked their way through all my eggs I asked for the eggs. Later on I had to go out myself and I was tempted by the Pizza Dough.
I'm so easily tempted.
But in my defence I had a plan for all the fridge vegetables yesterday, and I thought that once I had chopped and cooked everything a nice simple tea with some of the rewards of my labours would be just the ticket for a Sunday evening. And it really was.
The fridge drawer before I began chopping.
I have been setting myself a little side-challenge which I nicknamed Stretching Food to see how much use I can get from various things with just a little extra thought. Up to now I have done 1 tin of peaches, 2 tins of salmon and this week it is going to be the turn of my roasted vegetables.
The first meal was using a handful of them on half of the pizza dough to have that nice easy tea that I promised myself. I have to say that I'm not impressed with the ready made pizza dough, I would have been better using that sheet of ready rolled puff pastry that I bought last week, but I had forgotten all about that.
I will use the other half of the pizza dough in a different way I think
How would you use it?
Sue xx
Why didn't you like it as pizza dough? Would it work if you kneaded it a bit then shaped it into a submarine roll and baked it?
ReplyDeleteIt seemed to bake hard and the base itself had absolutely no flavour. I can obviously do something about the flavour by adding more toppings and some salt, pepper and herbs to the base, but the hardness was surprising. I will definintely be playing the remaining half to remedy it.
DeleteI would suggest making little "hot pockets." Divide the dough in a number of portions, make a ball and then flatten, fill with cheese, meat, veggies or whatever filling you would like, then bake until done. You can then wrap individually and freeze them.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking along these lines, I thought little 'dough balls' with a surprise filling. Although it wouldn't be much of a surprise as I would be the one filling them. Lol. :-)
DeleteI think I'd make some calzones - pretty much what Debbie suggests, in fact. Or spread the veg and some cheese over it and roll it up and cut pinwheels. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been debating calzones or 'dough balls'.
DeleteNow, the pinwheel idea is genius, I have seen this before but never done it ... perhaps now is the time.
Thanks for the warning about the pizza dough-I have been tempted by it in the past. I’d probably use it as garlic bread so that the olive oil would add some flavour. (I use oil and garlic not butter) Catriona
ReplyDeleteAnother good suggestion, I would have to remember to very lightly cook it so as not to let it get too hard again. But it is a good idea ... and I LOVE garlic bread. :-)
DeleteWell how about something sweet? Banana. walnuts and honey, something along those lines. Never made anything like that myself but it might work.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't even considered anything sweet, good suggestion. :-)
DeleteI agree with the filled pizza dough buns, brushed with oil and herbs they should taste lovely.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Now, you've just made them sound even MORE delicious!!
DeleteRather than use the oven, I cook down a similar mix (ratatouille minus the aubergines) in a Le Creuset pan with a can of chopped tomatoes and seasoning, and use it as a base for soup, topping for pizza or pasta, mixed in with rice etc. You've had some good ideas for the left-over pizza base - an oomph of garlic oil sound a good way forward or the pinwheels.
ReplyDeleteI usually do the roasted veg in the Remoska but this batch filled my two biggest oven trays so the oven it had to be, I added the carrots to fill the last remaining gap. There are some brilliant ideas for using up the left over base aren't there, I might use some of them for that roll of puff pastry I've got. :-)
DeleteThose roasted veg look delicious, I could eat them right now!
ReplyDeleteI'd drizzle on some extra virgin olive oil and chuck on a liberal sprinkling of sesame seeds and sea salt and make a Cretan dakos salad with that pizza dough. https://www.lazycatkitchen.com/dakos-salad/
Oh gosh I followed the link and that looks so tasty.
DeleteI never think to sprinkle sesame seeds on things, I really should. I am literally going to get my jar out of the cupboard now to remind me and make an effort to use them more.