Sour Dough Discard - Pizza Edition - Come Back to Eating at Home

 

Happy Easter, Happy Spring, Happy Lent, Happy Passover.

I hope that included us all. 

I have been religiously tending to a sour dough starter. There are weeks I may keep her in the fridge and then there are times, I feed her daily. I seem to not be able to time myself to make a complete sour dough loaf. I have tried a few times and they turned out great. With my time line however the discard is my favorite part.

Sometimes, I will let it collect, so that I can make more of things with it.

Today I did not, I made a pan pizza. Straight from the discard.

Taking a skillet, mine was non-stick, note, I have seen it done, in a hot cast iron and put into the oven. I chose to try it this way. It worked and was so delicious and super easy.

My pizza today, was Greek inspired, I only used feta, mozzarella cheese and canned mushrooms. Next time if I have on hand it will be some spinach, onion and some Greek olives. Yum, right.

I do not use a base sauce, preference is just because, I like to put either a laughing cow spread on it, or today, I just sprinkled a little mozzarella cheese.

So let's get to it.

Sour Dough Discard - Pizza Edition

Greek Inspired

Stuff to gather:

Sour Dough discard (as much as you want to use as a pizza, my pan was 8 inches) 

Olive oil (enough to coat bottom of pan)

Mozzarella Cheese (this gave it light base of cheese flavor, so the feta stood out and the seasonings)

Feta Cheese

Mushrooms 

Seasoning (  I used the Cavendar's Greek low salt seasoning. )

*optional toppings to complete the Greek theme, kalamata olives, spinach, onion, and even wait and make a Greek inspired salad and put a little on the warm pizza slice. 

The putting together:

1. Put oil in the pan, making sure it all gets covered.

2. Pour in your discard, when I did mine the oil made it easier to spread out. 

3. Start with the cooking on low, like a pancake, then I waited for a few bubbles, then flip.

4. Put a slight sprinkle of cheese (or if you prefer a sauce, you could spread a little alfredo if you like)

5. Then your toppings. Seasoning. Cover for a few minutes, it helped my top melt and warm through. then Uncover to finish crisping up the bottom. 

  *at this point if your pan is oven proof I guess you could do that to melt the top more, but I found covering was just enough.

6. Check your bottom, and it will start to brown, and get nicely crispy.

This was so fast, and so yummy. Just what I was craving. I love the taste of the Sour Dough, it makes a slightly tangy note. 

As I was flipping this, I realized this could be really versatile, this could have been a nice wrap for a Greek Gyro, or a chicken shawarma wrap. So ideas for the future.

I am trying to commit to sharing at least once a week, keeps me grounded and actually keeps us as a family committed to eating better and eating at home. 

My wish for you is to always find a way to live your best life.

 If you try this always feel free to drop a comment, I would love to have your feedback.

Also if you have a craving, send it in a comment and I will see what I can figure out for us to try.

Thanks again for being part of my community.

Be the Light in Someone's Day

Be back soon. 

Flip It Tortilla Pan Pizza - Eating At Home

 Come on in, have a sit, welcome to "my kitchen".

I was so busy this morning, that I actually forgot to pick out some things for lunch and dinner. My kids are off this week for spring break. If you know you know. My 16 year old, can eat now and again in 30 minutes. Endless pit of a stomach. 

The simple tortilla, can be the gateway to all kinds of snacks, or even a meal. Lately I have been buying the burrito size tortillas at my Sam's Club but they are in all the stores. I usually get the low carb ones for myself. 

I had a pack of the burrito sized tortillas. Find a pan that fits your buritto. That is helpful to be able to flip it over. 

So without to much let me see if I can tell you how to do this simple, flip it tortilla pan pizza.

Flip It Tortilla Pan Pizza

Stuff to gather:

~toppings you would like with your pizza

~spices (garlic powder, onion powder, italian, oregano, basil -what you like)

~sauce (I found no need for it, but if you want then what you like)

~cheeses that you like - I did a handful

~tortilla (the size you want)

The putting together:

1. Spray your pan, then lay in the veggies first if you are using peppers, onions, mushrooms, and sautée them a little to get them tender.

*If you are not that type of person then move to step 2

2. Turn off the heat for a minute. 

3. In the pan (if you have veggies just spread out a little to cover bottom of pan) then meats, spreading it over the entire pan evenly, then the cheese you like and if you like sauce, drip a little all over the top, (not too much, I found I did not even need the sauce, if you like a little tomato flavor use canned or chopped tomatoes) all the while keeping the watery contents down. 

4. Lay the tortilla over it all, turn heat back on, and continue to press down on the tortilla. This is where the cheese will melt and meld with all the stuff under the tortilla and make it easy to flip over.

*I check under a corner to see if we are melding and if the cheese is crusting to the pan.

5. Flip it over and let the tortilla side, get crispy and toasty.

*I put a plate over my pan and flipped onto plate and then slid back into the pan.

6. When crispy like you like, slid back out and let cool a minute and cut.

My opinion, this was a really nice way to make a quick pizza-ish meal. We usually get the NYC style from Papa Johns and with using a non-low carb, I could fold it exactly like we do those and I found it to be texture wise a good match. The taste was on point and filling. 

What I know

The pack of burrito size tortilla can be $ 4 for 8. Cheese 8oz $3. Mushrooms, onions, peppers $2.00. and some sauce $1.00. You could make 8 for less than a large everything pizza ny style from Papa Johns. Healthier because you know what you put on it. Quicker than waiting and going to get it. 

Nothing is better than a nice warm piece of pizza. Especially if you like it garlicy, cheesy...mmmmmm

Thanks again for checking out what I have cooking in my kitchen today.

I am trying to commit to sharing at least once a week, keeps me grounded and actually keeps us as a family committed to eating better and eating at home. 

My wish for you is to always find a way to live your best life.

 If you try this always feel free to drop a comment, I would love to have your feedback.

Also if you have a craving, send it in a comment and I will see what I can figure out for us to try.

Thanks again for being part of my community.

Be the Light in Someone's Day

From My Kitchen to Yours.

Much Love

Louise