Baked Ziti with Ricotta

I waited for later in the week to do this (waiting on the Cheese Shop to pull mozzarella). As it was getting hotter in the week, maybe making it this week was a mistake.

Boiling water for the pasta
Reducing sauce in another pan
The oven going.

It was quite warm in the kitchen.

That being said, it turned out pretty good. After visiting the Cheese Shop, I tried a new pepperoni they had brought in and on that thought, I said this would be nice with the green onion sausage mixed in and I could add the pepperoni to the pizza. But alas, not this time.

West Indian Rice and Beans

I followed (ish) the recipe and came up with something. Bean forward, but still nice. I added this over flat bread and sprinkled a bit of cheese over the top. I ate the leftovers the next couple of days the same way, except a dash or two of hot sauce. Filling, taste and a nice vegetarian option.

Eggs And Bacon

Opened a package of bacon from the freezer, working on using the bacon. Ended up with scrambled eggs and bacon with a side of buttermilk biscuits.


Sam’s Pizza (retry, now with bread flour and yeast)

Checked mid-week and the dough has already risen, so I’m doing better there. Already doing better than last time.

The dough was quite a bit more springy, and I had an issue getting it stretched out to the entire pan. I kept working at it.

I started to put the pizza layers together, then remembered I hadn’t cooked up the sausage yet. So with he sauce on the dough, I cooked up the sausage and continued.

I added 2 more minutes to my own time. It didn’t look done enough. At 14 minutes, and ok at 16. I’m curious if my old oven and new oven’s 500ºF is a bit different. So I’m going to have to experiment a bit with the placement of the rack, maybe putting it on the lowest setting to crisp up the crust a bit.. but then you don’t want the the toppings to undercook, nor the crust to over cook…

Anyways, way more successful than last time. Better crust, rise and the expected chew.

Hamburgers

Salt, Devon beef from Lucky George, and a pan. Good things.