I'm not a proud person, but my first a'pizza is delicious. I've never made a pizza from scratch, always used a shell, kit, or frozen dough. Mine blows those away, although I've only got an electric oven. I tried to follow the New Haven recipe, but did I cheat, and Dana it up? You know it. I added thyme to the dough. I did not let it rise for five hours, only three. I did not refrigerate the dough overnight, rather a couple of hours. I did follow the garlic and sauce recipe, pretty much, cooking it on low for quite awhile. I don't have a pizza pan, so covered a cookie sheet with foil, olive oil, and a bit of flour. I used six cheeses. My side is just mushrooms, but I added sweet sausage to Ron's as that's how he likes it. I did dust it with a bit of parsley as called for, but I'm not a big parsley fan, so added more oregano and thyme. I baked it as directed: 500 degrees for eight minutes, preheating the oven an hour. It's way better than any other pizza around here. The crust is soft, but not too thick. Ron usually eats ten pieces of other pizza, but was full after two pieces of mine. He had soup and salad, though, too, as I had no idea how my first pizza entirely from scratch was going to turn out. I was full with one piece, along with a nice pinot noir, of course. There are only a few ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, water, oregano, garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, and parmesan, besides what I added, and I'll definitely be making more a'pizza. I'll likely make Ron a clam one, although I won't touch that. I'm thinking I'd like a nice pesto one.
