from the kitchen of CSC Manager Chris Jonas
Equipment Needed
1 – Pizza Pan
2 – Pizza Cutter
3 – Thermometer
4 – Digital Scale
Master Pizza Dough
Amount | Unit | Ingredients |
1000 | grams | Flour (all purpose or bread; either is fine) |
720 | grams | Water (between 90-95 degrees) |
19 | grams | Salt |
18 | grams | Malt Powder (if not available, increase the flour by 18 grams) |
2 | grams | Yeast |
- Mix flour, water, and malt powder (if available) in a big bowl until shaggy. Cover and let sit for 30 minutes.
- Add salt and yeast. Dip hands into a bowl of cool water and pull dough from the bottom to the top to cover the salt and yeast. Knead the dough to combine it into a cohesive ball.
- Cover and let sit for 20 minutes. Do 3 kneads.
- Cover and let sit for 20 more minutes. Do 3 kneads.
- Cover and let sit for 20 more minutes. Do 3 final kneads.
- Cover and let sit for 4-5 hours minimum or overnight in a fridge.
- Portion the dough into 3-4 dough balls.
Pickled Vegetables
Amount | Unit | Ingredients |
1 | cup | Shredded carrots |
1 | cup | Thinly sliced red onion |
1 | cup | Thinly sliced red pepper |
4 | cups | Rice wine vinegar |
1/8 | cup | White sugar |
1 | big pinch | Salt |
- Prepare vegetables. Make sure the onions and peppers are about the same size as the carrots. Set aside.
- Bring vinegar, sugar, and a big pinch of salt to a boil. Turn off and cool down to room temperature. Once cooled, pour over the cut vegetables. Store in the fridge.
Chicken Dumpling Pizza
Amount | Unit | Ingredients |
1 | ball | Pizza dough |
3 | tbsp | Sesame oil |
1 | tbsp | Minced garlic |
1 | tbsp | Minced ginger |
3/4 | cup | Shredded mozzarella |
1/8 | cup | Sliced scallions |
1/8 | cup | grilled chicken, sliced |
2 | tbsp | Pickled vegetables |
2 | ounces | Sweet teriyaki wing sauce |
Basil for garnish |
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Spread 1 dough ball to 10″-12″ leaving some room around the edge for a crust. Place crust into a pizza pan. Drizzle the sesame oil over the dough. Spread the ginger and garlic evenly across the dough.
- Sprinkle mozzarella over top of the ginger and garlic. Evenly spread out the scallions and chicken. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until crust is a nice deep brown.
- Cut pizza into 6 or 8 slices. Sprinkle the pickled vegetables around the pizza, drizzle the teriyaki sauce, and sprinkle basil over the pizza.
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”
Chris Jonas
– Orson Welles