Pizza Mantap

Lately my husband wants to make his own pizza toppings. I make the base.

This pizza is just superb! It is so rich & you won't find pizza sellers outside selling this kind of thick-topping pizza.

Since the flavour is very delicious, we call it Pizza Mantap, which means Superb Pizza :D
The base itself is perfect. If baked at the right temperature & timing, the crust is crunchy.



For the toppings, this is what we put:

• Tomato paste
• BBQ sauce
• Mixed herbs
  
• Onion
• Capsicum
• Olives
• Bacon
• Salami
• Button mushrooms
• Pineapple
• Tomato
• Cheddar cheese
• Mozzarella cheese
• Parmesan cheese to serve
  

We love it! We definitely WILL make more pizza mantap in the near future. So much better than buying from outside.

Wholemeal Bread

I love to eat toast. We always have toast in our fridge. This time I'm thinking to try to make my own toast. Well..the picture doesn't look very convincing. Instead of using bread flour, I use wholemeal self raising flour (I rarely use this flour for baking).

It's very crunchy especially after coming out fresh from the oven. It is also very crunchy when toasted. Not bad for a first try.

Roti Daging/Bread with Meat Filling

Ah....finally I make it. I have this recipe for ages but no time to make it.

This is so Indonesian/Asian Bread. I use beef mince as the filling. You have to deep fry the dough or bake it in the oven.

After cooked I eat 1 piece straightaway, so curious with the taste. It turns up...hm..very soft and crunchy. The best time to have it is when it's just cooked. Still warm & crunchy.

Thank you Kitchen Aid for mixing the dough. I save time & energy so much.

Pretzel

As early as 610AD at a monastery somewhere in Southern France or Northern Italy, where monks used scraps of dough and formed them into strips to represent a child's arms folded in prayer. The three empty holes represented the Christian Trinity.

The monks offered the warm, doughy bribe to children who had memorized their Bible verses and prayers. The monks called it a Pretiola, Latin for little reward. From there, the pretzel transformed into the Italian word, Brachiola, which means little arms.

The Pretiola journeyed beyond the French and Italian wine regions, hiked the Alps, wandered through Austria, and crossed into Germany, where it became known as the Bretzel or Pretzel.

In medieval times merchants traveling to the Frankfurt Fair risked being robbed by bandits. In order to guard the tradesmen, the towns' people would ride out, greet the vendors and offer them pewter pitchers of wine and loads of crisp dough on their spears, called Geleit-pretzels.

The Whimsical Pretzel shape worked its way into the culture not only as a reward but as a symbol of Good Luck and prosperity.

Probably two of the most fascinating things about the pretzel is it was served on Easter with 2 hard boiled eggs and hidden around the farms, for the kids to find. This very likely was the forerunner of the Easter egg hunt. Weddings in Europe for a time used the tradition of the bride and groom tugging at a pretzel like a wishbone, the larger piece assured the spouses fulfillment of their wishes.

I'm so frustrated with the Pretzels sold in the shopping malls. They are rocky, expensive & too plain. I know that Aunty Anne's Pretzels are different. But I can't find them here in Australia. Even I checked the website but no franchise in Aussie.

So, I just peep my Baking Book again & decide to make some. It's not difficult to make pretzels. You just have to be patient when waiting for the dough rising.

I like sugar & cinnamon toppings on pretzel. My hubby likes the savoury one more, so I sprinkle salt & garlic powder instead.

Homemade Pizza Hut

I'm a fan of Pizza Hut. Since the Pizza Hut taste is different here, I'm curious to try making my own. I searched for the recipe online & I got it from cdkitchen.
In terms of shape, well..you can see, it's definitely not very Pizza Hut. I have no special baking pan for that. In terms of taste, I think it's not bad. Quite close to its original taste, especially when it just comes out of the oven. You just have to eat it quickly to get the taste.

Banana Bread

This banana bread was made due to the BAKING RECIPE book given to me by cell group members for my birthday present. It's so easy to make & fast. The taste is yummy & moist. Thank you guys for the birthday present. It does enrich my baking experiment.