Let's Eat The Alphabet! Recipe
Let's Eat The Alphabet!
Eating the Alphabet Healthy Recipe Challenge~ This month our letters are E-F~
This month we'll again feature fruit, vegetable, bean or grain ingredients starting with the letters E-F. To share and collect new recipe ideas with each other and our readers that features fruits, vegetables, grains or legumes starting with different letters of the alphabet each month. This is a time to get creative and try a new ingredient you're not familiar with or perhaps share a family favorite that you know is a winner! Savory, sweet or in between....that's up to you!
For more information on this fun challenge stop by and visit Brenda at Meal Planning Magic
For this months challenge, I decided on, drum roll please......Elephant Garlic!! I have never used Elephant Garlic before and I am so glad I did!! Elephant Garlic is absolutely Wonderful and Delicious!! The huge bulb cost, $3.49 and was worth every penny! I don't think I will go back to regular garlic. Elephant garlic is sweeter and milder, so the flavor is subtle...which I really liked. I stored the left over garlic, from the pizza crust recipe, in a 1/2 cup plastic container and I added a few drops of olive oil, then I will store it in the refrigerator until next time:)
- Elephant Garlic Pizza Crust Pizza~
- Elephant Garlic, 1 bulb
- olive oil
- sea salt
- 1envelope Fleischmann's Pizza Yeast
- 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1-1/2 t. sugar
- 3/4 t. salt
- 2/3 cup very warm water (120 to 130)
- 3 T oil
- Your favorite Pizza Sauce
- Your favorite Toppings
- Your favorite Shredded Cheese
- Make Roasted Garlic: Preheat oven to 425
- Cut off ends of garlic cloves
Place bulb, root side down on cookie sheet or medium piece of heavy duty tin foil.
Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt.
Roast garlic for 30-45 mins.
Remove from oven, let cool.
Place soften garlic cloves in a bowl and mash with the back of a spoon.
Make Pizza Crust:
Preheat oven to 425
Combine 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add water and oil. Mix until well blended; about 1 minute.
Add gradually, enough remaining flour until soft dough ball is formed. Dough will be sticky. Add 1-2 T. mashed elephant garlic.
Knead on a floured surface adding additional flour if needed, until smooth and elastic; about 4 minutes. With floured hands, pat dough out to fill greased pizza pan, or roll dough to a 12-inch circle and transfer to a greased pizza pan.
Top as desired with pizza sauce, toppings and cheese.
Bake on bottom oven rack for 12-15 minutes until cheese is bubbly and crust is browned.