Pizza Time! Part Deux

May 14, 2024

Long ago when we were young, the esteemed Wolfe3D visited this blog & showed us how to make delicious homemade pizza! That recipe makes 4 pizza’s worth of dough from scratch. This week I’ll be showing you 2 wonderful recipes you can make with that dough! (You could also make these recipes with store-bought pizza dough if you like.) These recipes are great if you are out of pizza toppings or not in the mood for pizza (which I have been assured happens, although I don’t quite believe it.) Each recipe uses 1 pizza’s worth of dough

Fougasse

Fougasse is kind of like French focaccia. Back in the days when wood-fired ovens were cutting-edge technology, fougasse was used as a sort of “test loaf” to make sure the oven was the right temperature for further baking. This recipe is super easy, delicious, & fast! It is also highly customizable; I tend to make it with whatever I have on hand. Even if all you have is pizza dough & olive oil this makes a delicious bread!

Baked Fougasse

Ingredients

One pizza dough
Olive oil
Dried or fresh herbs, finely grated cheese, or sea salt (optional)

Unbaked Fougasse

Instructions

Shape the pizza dough like a leaf, then use a sharp knife to make the slashes for the leaf’s veins.
Pull the cuts further apart than I did so they stay open while baking.
Let rest for 20 minutes
Brush generously with olive oil
Sprinkle on any toppings- keep it light!
Bake 20 minutes at 425 F (220 c)
It is common to brush on even more oil after the fougasse comes out of the oven. I tend to skip this step.
This bread cools quickly!

Scallion Pancake Bread

This bread is everything you love about scallion pancakes, in a delicious loaf of bread. I like to say it’s healthier due to being baked instead of fried, but eating the entire loaf in one sitting probably negates that. Worth it!

Baked Scallion Pancake Bread

Ingredients

One pizza dough
Toasted sesame oil
Toasted sesame seeds
Scallions (green onions), sliced

Instructions

Unrolled Scallion Pancake Bread

Stretch out the dough, brush with toasted sesame oil, sprinkle on sesame seeds and lots of green onions. Roll tightly into a long skinny log.

Rolled Scallion Pancake Bread

Curl dough into a spiral
Let rest 30 min

Ready to bake!

Brush on more sesame oil and seeds and a little salt.
Bake 35 min @ 400 F (205 c)
Bake until very nicely browned; stuffed dough bakes slow!
Give this bread a good long time to cool

Enjoy!

I hope you like these recipes. If you make them, please post pictures & tag me (@KarinWanderer on all the socials). We'll be back next week with a brand-new #KWPrompts art challenge, & the week after that I'll be back to geeking out about color in my ColorFull series.

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