This weekend has been one of those weekends that you think is going to be quiet but that turns out being incredibly busy. It has been great though. People are finally starting to come out of winter hibernation and are ironing out the crinkles in those summer dresses and bright t-shirts. London waking up is a good feeling.
I went to Borough Market on Saturday where I picked up some truffle oil and fresh mozzarella for pizza. By the time we got home after a bit of an afternoon drinking session it was fairly late, but luckily I have this easy peasy no rise pizza dough recipe. It's completely cheating but so good if you don't have time to mess around with kneading and rising! I made a tomato/mozzarella/basil one and the other with wild mushroom/mozzarella/truffle oil. Washed down with some red wine it was the perfect way to end a cruisey Saturday.
On Sunday morning I woke up to sun streaming through the blinds in our bedroom. I had planned to make buckwheat pancakes but my trips to every supermarket and health food shop in our area were fruitless - it seems buckwheat is impossible to find in London! Once I get my mind set on something it is very hard to change my mind. So needless to say that put me in a bit of a grump! Instead I made buttermilk pancakes with fresh blueberries and strawberries. I felt better after having eaten those on the sunny rooftop!
Recipe: no rise no knead wholemeal pizza
For the dough
1 packet of active dry yeast
1 tsp sugar
2/3 cup warm water
1 cup plain flour
2/3 cup wholemeal flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
Combine yeast, sugar and water and let it stand for 10 minutes. Put flour and salt into a food processor and turn on. Pour in the yeast mixture and whizz for 45 seconds. Add oil and whizz for another 60 seconds.
Turn on your oven. Divide the dough into two and roll out on a floured surface.
Add toppings.
Pizza 1: tomato puree, finely sliced onion, finely shopped garlic, sliced tomato, fresh mozzarella. Add basil, salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil after it's out of the oven.
Pizza 2: brush lightly with olive oil, add finely sliced onion, finely chopped garlic, wild mushrooms and fresh mozzarella. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle over truffle oil when it is out of the oven.
Serves: well, the two of us us both but this could probably feed 3 or 4!
Recipe: buttermilk blueberry pancakes
3 eggs
150ml buttermilk
175gm self raising flour
1 tbsp caster sugar
pinch of salt
butter for frying
punnet of blueberries
handful of strawberries sliced
Beat eggs and buttermilk together in a large bowl. Add sifted flour, sugar and salt and mix to create a smooth batter. Mix in half of your blueberries.
Heat frying pan and grease with butter. Drop in a large spoonfuls of the batter and cook until the bottom is brown. Flip and cook for another minute or two. Repeat with the rest of the batter.
Stack pancakes and pile with the remainder of the blueberries and the strawberries. Drizzle with honey and natural yoghurt.
Serves 4.
I went to Borough Market on Saturday where I picked up some truffle oil and fresh mozzarella for pizza. By the time we got home after a bit of an afternoon drinking session it was fairly late, but luckily I have this easy peasy no rise pizza dough recipe. It's completely cheating but so good if you don't have time to mess around with kneading and rising! I made a tomato/mozzarella/basil one and the other with wild mushroom/mozzarella/truffle oil. Washed down with some red wine it was the perfect way to end a cruisey Saturday.
On Sunday morning I woke up to sun streaming through the blinds in our bedroom. I had planned to make buckwheat pancakes but my trips to every supermarket and health food shop in our area were fruitless - it seems buckwheat is impossible to find in London! Once I get my mind set on something it is very hard to change my mind. So needless to say that put me in a bit of a grump! Instead I made buttermilk pancakes with fresh blueberries and strawberries. I felt better after having eaten those on the sunny rooftop!
Recipe: no rise no knead wholemeal pizza
For the dough
1 packet of active dry yeast
1 tsp sugar
2/3 cup warm water
1 cup plain flour
2/3 cup wholemeal flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
Combine yeast, sugar and water and let it stand for 10 minutes. Put flour and salt into a food processor and turn on. Pour in the yeast mixture and whizz for 45 seconds. Add oil and whizz for another 60 seconds.
Turn on your oven. Divide the dough into two and roll out on a floured surface.
Add toppings.
Pizza 1: tomato puree, finely sliced onion, finely shopped garlic, sliced tomato, fresh mozzarella. Add basil, salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil after it's out of the oven.
Pizza 2: brush lightly with olive oil, add finely sliced onion, finely chopped garlic, wild mushrooms and fresh mozzarella. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle over truffle oil when it is out of the oven.
Serves: well, the two of us us both but this could probably feed 3 or 4!
Recipe: buttermilk blueberry pancakes
3 eggs
150ml buttermilk
175gm self raising flour
1 tbsp caster sugar
pinch of salt
butter for frying
punnet of blueberries
handful of strawberries sliced
Beat eggs and buttermilk together in a large bowl. Add sifted flour, sugar and salt and mix to create a smooth batter. Mix in half of your blueberries.
Heat frying pan and grease with butter. Drop in a large spoonfuls of the batter and cook until the bottom is brown. Flip and cook for another minute or two. Repeat with the rest of the batter.
Stack pancakes and pile with the remainder of the blueberries and the strawberries. Drizzle with honey and natural yoghurt.
Serves 4.
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