IMPARIAMO A FARE LA PIZZA!!
LET'S LEARN HOW TO MAKE ITALIAN PIZZA!!
In May we came back to the farm to learn how to make pizza.
We love pizza and we often eat it as a snack or for dinner.
The baker Italo show us the ingredients we need and then he puts the yeast in the mixer....
He adds warm water and the flour....
and let the mixer mix the ingredients for a while...
We look and wait...
The dough is almost ready...Italo adds salt and olive oil....
Here is the dough! Now we let it rise for 4 hours.....
It's time to roll the dough...
to spread the tomato sauce and add mozzarella cheese...
And to bake it!
Pizza is ready and smells good!!
Let's try it....uhm, it's so tasty!!!
And for the Teachers a nice pizza with nuts and chocolate cream!!!
Do you want to have fun in making pizza? Here is the recipe!!!
PIZZA MARGHERITA
Ingredients:
- 25 g. fresh yeast
- 1/2 litre warm water
- 1 kg. all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- A healthy pinch of salt
- tomato sauce
- mozzarella cheese
- basil
- olive oil
Directions:
Begin by dissolving the yeast in the water, in a large mixing bowl; let it stand for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and mix, either by hand or with a mixer set to low speed, until the ingredients are blended. Now hand-knead the dough or mix it with a dough hook setting the speed to low for about 20 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Then cover with plastic wrap and set the dough in a warm place to rise for two-three hours until it doubles in volume.
Begin by dissolving the yeast in the water, in a large mixing bowl; let it stand for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and mix, either by hand or with a mixer set to low speed, until the ingredients are blended. Now hand-knead the dough or mix it with a dough hook setting the speed to low for about 20 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Then cover with plastic wrap and set the dough in a warm place to rise for two-three hours until it doubles in volume.
Divide the dough in half, shape each half into a ball and let them sit for half an hour.
Grease a metal baking pan, roll the dough and put it in the pan. Then spread tomato sauce on it and add chopped mozzarella cheese on it. Add olive oil and basil. Bake pizzas in preheated oven to 250° C for about 20 minutes.
FACCIAMO IL
PANE
LET’S MAKE
BREAD!!!
Che bella giornata
di sole! L’ideale per una gita all’agriturismo. Andiamo a fare il pane!!!
What a beautiful
sunny day! It’s a perfect day for a trip to a farm. Let’s go there to make bread!
Un simpatico
cagnolino ci accoglie festoso. A funny little dog welcomes us.
Al lavoro. Ecco un
piccolo mulino elettrico. Vediamo come si fa la farina.
At work. Here is a small electric mill. Let’s see how flour is made.
Per separare le parti più grandi dalla farina più fine, usiamo il setaccio.
E ora seminiamo: grano, orzo e mais.
And now let’s sow: wheat, barley and corn.
Una piccolo pausa
e….
A short break then…..
Diventiamo fornai
e facciamo il pane italiano, tedesco e finlandese!
Let’s become bakers and make the Italian, the German and the Finnish bread!
Ecco gli ingredienti... acqua, farina di grano tenero, farina di segale, lievito di birra, latte, olio, sale, zucchero...
Here are the ingredients... wheat flour, rye flour, fresh yeast, milk, olive oil, salt, sugar...
Pronti....via!! Si impasta!!
Ready, steady, go!! Let's mix the ingredients and knead the dough!!
Ehm… la farina sporca… e impastare è faticoso, ma divertente!
Ehm… We get dirty with flour...and to knead is hard, but it’s funny!
Ecco il pane che abbiamo fatto, ora deve lievitare....
Here is the bread we have made. Now we let it rise.
E noi andiamo a
mangiare!!! Let’s go to have lunch!!!
Ehi! Il forno è pronto, cuociamo il pane!
Ehi! Oven is heated, let’s bake the bread!
Nel frattempo...lavoriamo un po' e scriviamo le ricette dei tre tipi di pane.
Meanwhile we work and write the recipes of the three types of bread.
Il pane è pronto!
Bread is ready!
E' ora di merendaaaaaa! Assaggiamo il pane tedesco con la marmellata e quello italiano con la nutella!
UHM!! Che bontà!! Abbiamo trascorso proprio una bella giornata!
UHM!!! It's so tasty!! We spent a very beautiful day!
ITALIAN WHITE BREAD
INGREDIENTS:
1 KG WHEAT FLOUR (TYPE “00”)
10 GR. SALT
10 GR. FRESH YEAST OR ACTIVE DRIED YEAST (1 PACKAGE)
½ LITRE WARM
WATER
1 TEASPOON SUGAR
OIL
DIRECTIONS:
1. In
a large bowl, stir together warm water, yeast and sugar and let proof (5
minutes).
2. Add
flour and salt and mix to make a soft dough that can be kneaded by hand.
3. Turn
the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8 minutes, adding
more flour if necessary, until the dough is soft and not sticky.
4. Place
dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turning once to coat the surface of the dough.
5. Cover
with a clean kitchen towel and let set for 1 hour in a warm, draft-free place.
6. Punch
down and divide the dough into two equal parts. Put each part in a shape of a
loaf.
7. Put
the loaves on a large baking sheet. Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise
again for 30 minutes.
8. Preheat
electric oven 220° C. Make 3 diagonal slashes on each loaf. Bake bread for about
45 minutes.
9. Bread
is done when golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
