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While Mrs R did the finishing touches to the doors (made from the wood from pallets) on the oven stand I started preparations for the evening meal.
The previous day a new flour caught my eye while in the supermarket called pizza flour (Allied Mills) so it came home with me. While I has some dough already prepared this was love at first touch, it felt soft and malleable and very little elasticity. No time for resting this dough it was put straight to work.
As our friends arrived they were greeted with roasted mushrooms (herb butter, parmesan cheese and paprika). Later that night on my new found best friend dough we handed out a shrimp/prawn with pesto and tomato pizza followed by a cinnamon lamb pizza. They turned out just right. As the fruit of the vine and brew from the barley helped the pizzas go down the evening was moving along very nicely.
In between the "grown up" pizzas the kid and a mate put together their pineapple, ham and cheese pizza. A little later mate was still hungry so they used some to the left over ingredients to make another.
A quick query of the guests revealed that no more main course was required so I popped the pear and berry crumble in oven entrance to warm up. 30 minutes later I smelt the wiff of sweet fruits was able to serve them the desert.
In the meantime, while clearing a few things away I made a couple of margheritttas to quickly cook and put in the fridge for another day.
A good night was had by all.
After the guests left I put the oven door on (made from hardwood pallets) as I had plans for the oven tomorrow.
By mid morning the next day one one of the two "spare" pizzas had disappeared.
Our neighbour had given us dressed duck a few days earlier so Sunday was going to be a zero miles day (well sort of). It started with roast duck, roast pumpkin again from our neighbour, our spinach, plus some bought potatoes, carrots and broccoli. After the fire was reignited it all went in the oven and a couple of hours later we were all enjoying a tasty Sunday roast.
Today, the phone went and Mrs R was now having a friend for lunch. So, off came the oven door and in went a little more wood. Our friend enjoyed the last of the prepared dough with some nice toppings for lunch. Never one to waste anything Mrs R got to work on the chopping board and for dinner tonight we enjoyed a beef casserole followed by our own baked quinces.
Yum.Yum. Yum.
We might let the WFO have a day off tomorrow!
The previous day a new flour caught my eye while in the supermarket called pizza flour (Allied Mills) so it came home with me. While I has some dough already prepared this was love at first touch, it felt soft and malleable and very little elasticity. No time for resting this dough it was put straight to work.
As our friends arrived they were greeted with roasted mushrooms (herb butter, parmesan cheese and paprika). Later that night on my new found best friend dough we handed out a shrimp/prawn with pesto and tomato pizza followed by a cinnamon lamb pizza. They turned out just right. As the fruit of the vine and brew from the barley helped the pizzas go down the evening was moving along very nicely.
In between the "grown up" pizzas the kid and a mate put together their pineapple, ham and cheese pizza. A little later mate was still hungry so they used some to the left over ingredients to make another.
A quick query of the guests revealed that no more main course was required so I popped the pear and berry crumble in oven entrance to warm up. 30 minutes later I smelt the wiff of sweet fruits was able to serve them the desert.
In the meantime, while clearing a few things away I made a couple of margheritttas to quickly cook and put in the fridge for another day.
A good night was had by all.
After the guests left I put the oven door on (made from hardwood pallets) as I had plans for the oven tomorrow.
By mid morning the next day one one of the two "spare" pizzas had disappeared.
Our neighbour had given us dressed duck a few days earlier so Sunday was going to be a zero miles day (well sort of). It started with roast duck, roast pumpkin again from our neighbour, our spinach, plus some bought potatoes, carrots and broccoli. After the fire was reignited it all went in the oven and a couple of hours later we were all enjoying a tasty Sunday roast.
Today, the phone went and Mrs R was now having a friend for lunch. So, off came the oven door and in went a little more wood. Our friend enjoyed the last of the prepared dough with some nice toppings for lunch. Never one to waste anything Mrs R got to work on the chopping board and for dinner tonight we enjoyed a beef casserole followed by our own baked quinces.
Yum.Yum. Yum.
We might let the WFO have a day off tomorrow!
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