Pizza!

It's been a little while since I made pizza, and I had a hankering and all the necessary ingredients.

I improvised a no-yeast dough which, unfortunately, kinda sucked. It was just too moist, even after waaaay longer in the oven than the toppings needed. Next time I'll cut the liquid (beer, int his case) in half and eliminate the olive oil from the mix.

It did roll out pretty, though.

The "sauce" for the first pizza was the chipotle sauce from the seitan the night before, and for the second a nice, simple combination of olive oil and sriracha sauce.

Brief side-story: In 2003 J and I visited Thailand, including the namesake city of the sauce. We had a fantastic little hut over the bay where world-famous seafood is caught and processed. I'd noticed some odd splashing noises when I was on the toilet, but not thought much of it until J was in the shower. I then went outside and realized that 100% of our shower water, sink water, and toilet waste was emptying directly into the bay. Sure glad we don't eat seafood!

And now, a step by step assembly of the second pizza: onions!

Cilantro!

Garlic! (Closeup, since I correctly guessed the garlic wouldn't have a sufficient contrast against the onions.)

See?

Broccoli, artfully arranged!

Sun dried tomatoes!

Unfortunately, I somehow failed to take a picture of the final baked product, due in part to my irritation of how long I had to bake it to get the dough to not be overly moist and doughy. Verdict: I'd do the toppings and sauce again, but the dough recipe left a lot to be desired.

Since I had some time while the pizza was baking, and some extra broccoli, I knocked out a quick flash-fried side of broccoli and red pepper flakes. Delicious!