Spicy Bacon Pizza

Okay, so this was one of those experiments that didn't work out so well. It was actually quite a simple, non-controversial idea: we were going to make bacon calzones with a bacon-stuffed crust.

However, my attempt to make pizza crust just really did not work out -- the recipe I used was too dry, and in trying to get the dough to stay in a ball I over-kneaded it. We ended up with something that was -- after proper time was (with halfhearted hope) given to it to rise -- approximately the size and consistency of a small brick.

So an emergency call was put in to Dr. D, which went something along the lines of "Hi can you please stop at the supermarket on your way over and pick up a pre-made pizza crust no the crust isn't happening no trust me it is kind of disastrous."

Bacon Saturday continued regardless, and we settled for an easy but very tasty pizza.

SPICY BACON PIZZA

1 pizza crust (uh... pre-made *cough*)
1 can tomato sauce
1 small habanero pepper, finely diced
Rosemary, garlic, oregano, basil
6-8 slices bacon
1/4 large onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
Goat cheese, crumbled
Shredded mozzerella
(amount of cheese is to taste)

Heat tomato sauce, and simmer with spices and habanero pepper for about twenty minutes. Fry bacon and chop into pieces. Pre-heat oven to 425.

Add tomato sauce and pizza toppings to crust. Uh... add cheese. You know. To make a pizza.

Bake in oven until cheese is bubbly and browning.



I also added some dipping sauce: a tub of tzatziki with half a spoonful of minced garlic mixed in.

For the sake of completeness, here is the pizza crust recipe you should never, ever use:

BRICK RESEMBLING PIZZA CRUST

2 tsp active dry yeast
13 Tbsp lukewarm water
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 C flour
2 tsp salt

Combine yeast with warm water in a bowl. Leave for 10-15 minutes until frothy on surface. Stir in olive oil.

Sift flour and salt into bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in yeast (this is where it all went wrong).

Using hands or wooden spoon, mix together into dough. Knead until elastic (HA HA). Place in oiled plastic bag or large oiled bowl (covered), let rise (AH HA HA) for an hour. Then the recipe says to punch down the dough and press it out into pizza shape, but, um... if you have any luck with this, let me know!