Continued Breadmaker Carnage (attempt 5) .. starts on Post #87

In_Search_Of_Me

hope it goes well! I put my BM on work internet today as discovered I like making bread from scratch!

PasturesNew

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

hope it goes well! I put my BM on work internet today as discovered I like making bread from scratch!

That's of no interest to me whatsoever. I don't mind lifting a lid and throwing some stuff in, but actually making it would make me annoyed and probably quite distressed. I'd probably cry.

And if it's useless and I've not made much effort it's not too bad. But to make all that mess and put all that effort in to make something nasty isn't something I'd want to repeat.

I'll probably be eating this pizza for days .... it's only when I get it out and start squashing it into size/shape that I'll find out how much it all is. My friend's photo of his looked like it was 2'x1' and quite high. So I'll probably have enough for one 3'x1'.



Topping will be: tomatoes, onions, peppers, mozzarella, mixed herbs.

In_Search_Of_Me

well thats me told!! Hae literally just made a yummy brown loaf in less than 5 mins...rising as I type and even SS cant !!!! it up!! (see his thread I posted the recipe there!). Its actually (much to even my surprise!) therapeutic...and by the sounds of it less stressful than your BM perhaps? Would it be worth flogging it on ebay/car boot (they go well on there) & saving for a panny or suchlike?

PasturesNew

OK. Time for a "what's gone wrong" update.

All looked OK, tipped the dough out, split it in half. Then couldn't get it to go into a round shape. I was pulling and it was either splitting or really thick... so I got a big spoon and just pushed down onto the dough, pushing the dough out to be plate shaped. Did that for 2 plates. So now I know how much it makes....

Next instruction had me lost though: cover and leave somewhere warm for 15 minutes.

That stumped me. I had the oven on (bottom hinged) so covered the two plates in paper towels, opened the oven door and balanced the two plates over the edge of the hob.

Trouble is, I had intended on reducing the tomatoes to make a topping. Can't do that now as the hob's taken. So for a base they'll just have to go on as they are out of the tin.

So, another 15 minutes now of this warming thing... it says it's supposed to rise. Dunno how that works, or if it will.

I suspect this is yet another SH1TE PRODUCTIONS FROM PASTURESNEW!

In_Search_Of_Me

PN when I leave things to rise I just have them in the kitchen - uualy warm enough without having to resort to extreme balancing measures - do you have a radiator you could put it by instead to free up more space? You dont have to use the dough straight away (can use 1/2 & put half in fridge or freezer) and just a bit worried of you put toms on straight from can you'll get soggy pizza...may be best to reduce it or use puree (which I thnk works out cheaper?) ...not sure if that helps...Hang in there - this cooking lark takes time although can understand the frustration!

PasturesNew

Pitlanepiglet wrote: »

If you haven't already gone I wouldn't bother about buying sugar, use honey instead. I use one tablespoon of honey instead of a couple of ounces of sugar. I also use one tablespoon of olive to replace up to two ounces of butter.

This works fine for bread or pizza.

Except I had no honey either.



I used olive oil in the end because I couldn't work out how to melt/use 1 teaspoon of butter... and figured a liquid measure it would be the same quantity.

PasturesNew

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

PN when I leave things to rise I just have them in the kitchen - uualy warm enough without having to resort to extreme balancing measures - do you have a radiator you could put it by instead to free up more space? You dont have to use the dough straight away (can use 1/2 & put half in fridge or freezer) and just a bit worried of you put toms on straight from can you'll get soggy pizza...may be best to reduce it or use puree (which I thnk works out cheaper?) ...not sure if that helps...Hang in there - this cooking lark takes time although can understand the frustration!

No. No radiators. Not had any heating on for a few weeks now as it's deemed summer. I have one fan heater that I use. I can only use that on setting 1 because setting 2 made the smoke alarm go off, so I'm too scared to do that again.

Too late re toms.... pizza one is now in the oven.

I also had no puree.

PasturesNew

OK. Update: Made the first pizza. Had trouble prising it off the plate... and it changed shape when I tried to move it from there onto the pizza tray. But it'll do. Once this pizza's cooked I can do the same with the other one.

Should be 10 minutes before I am eating this thing.

PasturesNew

Update: Decided to start building the second one. What a nightmare. I lifted it up from the plate it had been warming on ... and again it's shape went to pot. And it all clung to itself.

Had many goes at it. Tried using a spoon again to spoon it into shape, but had to settle on "a big lumpy splodge" of base. Topped it anyway.

Had a quick look at the one in the oven. Looks OK, mozarella's not melted yet, it's browning... and smelling good!

In_Search_Of_Me

Hope its yummy