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Homemade Sicilian Style Pizza

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 jcastaldoLeave a comment

Ingredients: 2 + 2/3 cups high gluten flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp dry Fleischmann’s instant yeast  11 oz. very warm water Instructions: Mix dry ingredients Add water Mix with edge attachment for 6 minutes (or by hand)NOTE: This is too wet to mix with a dough hook.  About Halfway through, scrape the sides with… Continue reading Homemade Sicilian Style Pizza

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Today’s adventure… homemade rigatoni

August 11, 2019 jcastaldoLeave a comment

Today the boys helped make some homemade rigatoni. It came out a bit too thick due to the size and shape of the extruder, so while they did a great job, we’ll have to pick a different shape of pasta next time. It was hopefully a good experience.

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Making Pretzels With Our New Host Students

August 10, 2019 jcastaldoLeave a comment

This morning I taught our new hosts students, Georg and Pablo, how to make Bavarian-style pretzels. I think they came out great! Georg said that they were better than those from Germany. I told him, I wasn’t sure about that but, but that it was still a nice thing to say.

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Home Made Bavarian Pretzels

May 31, 2019June 2, 2019 jcastaldoLeave a comment

I remember going into the city while growing up in New York and seeing the street vendors with their carts cooking pretzels over coal. I always felt the need to have one. Then, back in 2012 I visited Germany and found that pretzels are a very common breakfast item. In fact, I think I have… Continue reading Home Made Bavarian Pretzels

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